Lewis Gaylord Clark

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Lewis Gaylord Clark

Entry/Object ID

SS.79.45 a-b

Description

a. Painting: Bust-length, nearly profile view of man with blue eyes, light brown hair and short beard: wearing black coat and striped stock, white shirt, studded stickpin; light green-brown background; dated 1846 by artist. b. Frame

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil Paint, Canvas, Oil Paint, Canvas

Subject Person or Organization

Lewis Gaylord Clark

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Charles Loring Elliott

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1846

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SP 2234

SS.79.45

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

25 in

Width

21-15/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 25 x 21 15/16 in. (63.5 x 55.7 cm)

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

20-1/2 in

Width

17-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (52.1 x 44.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Heavy buildup of paint in one spot in background near ear; patch lower left corner.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Lewis Gaylord Clark

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #4.

Note Type

General Note

Note

An engraving after this portrait was made by J. Cheney, and printed as a frontispiece in the Knickerbocker Magazine, 1848, volume 34, and in 1853, volume 41. It was also the frontispiece of the Knickerbocker Gallery, published in New York in 1853, and was reproduced in the New York Public Library Bulletin, October, 1938, facing page 734.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 2 Slot 6