Artist/Maker
George Peter Alexander Healy
(American, 1813 – 1894)
Depicted
Horatio Gates Shumway
(American, 1817 – 1862)
Horatio Gates Shumway (1817–1862)
1864
Oil on canvas
Framed: 37 × 32 in. (94 × 81.3 cm)
Unframed: 27 × 22 in. (68.6 × 55.9 cm)
Unframed: 27 × 22 in. (68.6 × 55.9 cm)
Gift of Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks
1959.13
The subject was born in West Granville, New York, the eldest son of Colonel Duty Shumway and Eunice (Kinney) Shumway. He graduated from Union College and studied law with his uncle Horatio Shumway in Buffalo. After practicing for a while in West Granville he moved to Chicago where he built up a lucrative business. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandson.
SignedSigned and dated at left: "G. P. A. Healy / 1864"
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
George Peter Alexander Healy
1864
1959.14
George Peter Alexander Healy
1858
1972.10
Companion/Companion