Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Object Number:
1844.1
Date:
1843
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 in. (76.8 × 63.5 cm)
Framed: 37 in. × 32 in. × 3 1/4 in. (94 × 81.3 × 8.3 cm)
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Hon. Albert Gallatin / Painted by Wm. H. Powell 1843"
Gallery Label:
In 1843, the year in which Powell painted this portrait, Albert Gallatin was elected the ninth president of The New-York Historical Society.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
