Artist/Maker
John Vanderlyn
(American, 1775 – 1852)
Dominick Lynch (1754-1824)
ca. 1815-1820
Oil on canvas
Overall: 28 x 23 1/4 in. ( 71.1 x 59.1 cm )
Gift of Lewis Gouverneur Morris
1952.21
Lynch was a wine merchant and one of the partners of the firm of Lynch and Stoughton which had its place of business near the Merchants Exchange. He was reputed to give "royal dinners" and to mingle with "the best society" (Scoville, "Old Merchants of New York," I, 1863, 171). He was living on Staten Island at the time of his death in 1844.
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