Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
James Lloyd White (1822-1884)
Object Number:
1941.642
Date:
1884
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "D. Huntington 1884"
Gallery Label:
The subject, the son of Eli White and Caroline (White) White of Danbury, Connecticut, became a merchant in New York. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his niece.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 2, 1974, p. 887.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John Ross Delafield
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
