Artist/Maker
William Sidney Mount
(American, 1807 – 1868)
Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk (1791–1861)
ca. 1830-1833
Oil on canvas
Overall: 34 x 27 in. ( 86.4 x 68.6 cm )
Bequest of Henry Selden Weller
1953.71
A native of New York, Onderdonk graduated from Columbia College in 1809, went on to study theology, and was ordained a priest in 1815. He served at Trinity Church in New York, the spire of which is visible in this painting. The Society owns many of his papers.
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