Artist/Maker
John Wollaston
(English, 1710 – 1775)
Frederick Philipse III (?)
ca. 1750
Oil on canvas
Overall: 29 1/2 × 24 in. (74.9 × 61 cm)
Gift of Elizabeth Richard
1873.1
The subject of this portrait is said to be Frederick Philipse III (1720-85), the son of Frederick II and Joanna (Brockholst) Philipse. Frederick III, the third lord of the manor, was educated at King's College (now Columbia) in New York and after inheriting his father's lands in 1751 served as a member of the Assembly. He sided with the British in the Revolution, so he went to prison and his lands were confiscated and eventually divided and sold.
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