Artist/Maker
Ellen Emmet Rand
(American, 1875 - 1941)
Depicted
William Rhinelander Stewart
(1852 - 1929)
William Rhinelander Stewart (1852-1929)
1923
Oil on canvas
Overall: 44 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. ( 113.7 x 87.6 cm )
Gift of Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris
1954.50
Philanthropist and financier William Rhinelander Stewart was born in New York, the son of Lispenard and Mary Rogers (Rhinelander) Stewart. He was president of the Rhinelander Real Estate Co. and an officer of the Greenwich Savings Bank and the Corn Exchange Bank. As a philanthropist, he was active in the work of the Conference on Charities and Corrections and served as president of the State Board of Charities for twenty-five years.
Markingssignature and date: upper left: "Ellen Emmet Rand / 1923"
inscription: on back: "Mr. Stewart"
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Lydia Field Emmet
1893-1894
1968.49
