Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
Depicted
Nicholas de Peyster
(American, c. 1824 – 1889)
Nicholas de Peyster (ca. 1824-1889)
ca. 1885
Oil on canvas
Overall: 27 in. × 22 1/8 in. (68.6 × 56.2 cm)
Gift of William Moore De Peyster
1952.24
The subject of this portrait inherited a large fortune from the De Peyster family and added to it significantly through several successful business ventures in California, where he went in 1849.
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