Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Mrs. Isaac John Greenwood (1815-1899)
Object Number:
1969.6
Date:
1896
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Framed: 30 3/4 × 26 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (78.1 × 67.6 × 8.9 cm)
Unframed: 21 1/4 × 17 in. (54 × 43.2 cm)
Marks:
Signed and dated upper right: "William Thorne / 1896"
inscription: on stretcher: "To Langdon Greenwood, Jr. / Feb. 5, 1896"
label: on stretcher: "Mrs. Mary McKay Greenwood, b. Dec. 24, 1815. / d. Jan. 27, 1899. She was the daughter of / John and Elizabe
Gallery Label:
Mary (McKay) Greenwood was married to Isaac John Greenwood I in 1832, as his second wife. She was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth (Ridell) McKay of New York. Her father was a merchant in the China trade who had come to New York from Ireland in 1783. This portrait was a gift to the Society from her granddaughter.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
