Collection Highlights
Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print
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Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)
Object Number:
1868.4
Date:
1831
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Inman 1831"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right vertically: "Inman. 1831."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A native of Connecticut, Halleck came to New York in 1811 and became associated with a group of literary men, with one of whom, Joseph Rodman Drake, he wrote in 1819 a series of articles for the New York "Evening Post." His fame was established that year with the publication of "Fanny," a satire on the follies of society. Halleck was later employed as confidential secretary to John Jacob Astor; when Astor died in 1848 he left Halleck an annuity, allowing him to resume his career as an author.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Augustus Davis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
