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![]() | Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Susannah Or Mary Bontecou ca. 1768–70 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Rapalje Children 1768 New York Historical Society New York, NY | ![]() According to the Historical Society, John Durand’s group portrait of the four children of the prominent mercantile family of Manhattan is considered one of the finest examples of colonial painting in America. From left to right are Garret (b. 1757), George (b. 1759), Anne (b. 1762), and Jacques (b. 1752). Durand had come to New York from Virginia... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | William Beekman 1766 New York Historical Society New York, NY | ![]() James William Beekman (22 November 1815 – 15 June 1877) was vice president of the New York Hospital.
Biography
He was born in New York City on November 22, 1815. He was a descendent of Wilhelmus Beekman, who sailed with Peter Stuyvesant to New Netherlands, and was an officer of the Dutch West India Company.[1]
He graduated from Columbia College in... | GA | Anonymous |
- John Durand