Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
Possible attribution
Daniel Huntington
(American, 1816 – 1906)
Depicted
John A. Luqueer
(American, 1814 – 1866)
John A. Luqueer (1814–1866)
ca. 1855
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm)
Framed: 39 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (100.3 × 82.6 cm)
Framed: 39 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (100.3 × 82.6 cm)
Gift of John T. Luqueer
1944.7
The subject was the son of Francis T. and Mary (Fields) Luqueer. His father was a hardware merchant in Hanover Square in New York. John Luqueer was the founder and first president of the Adriatic Fire Insurance Co. of New York, which was chartered in 1858. He was also president of the Fireman's Insurance Co. and of the Greenwich Savings Bank. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandnephew.
InscribedInscribed on book, lower left: "God said let there be light / And there was light"
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