Museum Collections
Luce Center
Michael A. Reed (ca. 1805-?)
Object Number:
1933.10
Date:
1855
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 75 3/4 x 47 1/8 in. ( 192.4 x 119.7 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: on card, left: "Backofen N.Y. 1855"
Gallery Label:
Reed, who was foreman of the Aqueduct Engine Company Number 47, of the volunteer fire department of New York, is surrounded by paraphernalia associated with the fire department in this portrait: in his right hand is a book titled Fire Laws, and on the floor in the lower right are his fireman's hat and his bullhorn.; his watchfob is a miniature fireman's hat.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Associated of the 23rd and 24th Wards, New York City
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