Artist/Maker
George Augustus Baker
(American, 1821 – 1880)
Depicted
Andrew Warner
(American, 1806 – 1899)
Andrew Warner (1806–1899)
1877
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 1/4 × 29 1/4 in. (92.1 × 74.3 cm)
Commissioned from the artist by the New-York Historical Society
1877.1
Warner was a colonel in the Fifth German Regiment of New York. He was president of the Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks from 1881 to 1898, and was recording secretary of The New-York Historical Society from 1846 to 1849 and from 1854 to 1899.
SignedSigned and dated at lower left: "Baker 1877"
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
George Augustus Baker
ca. 1867
1957.63