Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Francis Robert Schell (after 1850-1928)
Object Number:
1934.10
Date:
ca. 1855-1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. ( 67.9 x 55.2 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject, the son of Robert Schell and Mary Stewart (Taber) Schell of New York and East Northfield, Mass., was a life member of The New-York Historical Society from 1867 and its vice-president from 1903 until his death. He is represented here at the age of about five.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Francis Robert Schell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
