Artist/Maker
Daniel Huntington
(American, 1816 – 1906)
Depicted
James Boulter Stokes
(American, 1804 – 1881)
James Boulter Stokes (1804-1881)
1872
Oil on canvas
Overall: 7 ft. 8 in. × 66 in. (233.7 × 167.6 cm)
Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes
1944.268
The subject was the son of Thomas Stokes, a merchant, and Elizabeth Ann (Boulter) Stokes who came to New York from England in 1798. Stokes was a partner in Phelps, Dodge and Company, New York, and Phelps, Dodge and Company, Liverpool. With his son Anson Phelps Stokes he successfully entered the banking business in 1879. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandson.
Markingssignature and date: lower right: "D. Huntington / 1872"
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