Artist/Maker
George W. Hoffman
(American, b. 1823)
Depicted
Henry Aaron Burr
(1810 – 1884)
Henry Aaron Burr (1810–1884)
1859
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 × 28 3/4 in. (91.4 × 73 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Cornelius H. Van Ness
1912.1
The subject of this portrait was the son of Gideon Burr and Indiana (Tinker) Burr of Canaan, New York, and a relative of Aaron Burr. By about 1830 Burr had settled in New York City where he became an accountant in a millinery firm; in 1845 he began experimenting with a hat-making machine which eventually made him a fortune. He was a director of the Mechanics' National Bank and a member of the Volunteer Fire Department, of which he was president of the board of trustees for seventeen years.
SignedSigned and dated at left: "Hoffman 1859 N. Y."
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
George Peter Alexander Healy
1864
1959.14
Companion/Companion