Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1836
1858.3
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Daniel Parish, Jr. (1838-1914)
Title
Daniel Parish, Jr. (1838-1914)
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Description
Bas-relief portrait
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number
1914.12
Marks
signed: under proper left shoulder: "Lea Ahlborn"
inscribed: "DANIEL PARRISH JR."
Gallery Label
Daniel Parish, Jr., was born in New York City, and there he died on December 17, 1914, in the house on West 48th Street that he shared with is sister Susan. Parish was secretary of the executive committee of The New-York Historical Society from 1886 to 1902, and from 1903 to his death was its chairman. In addition to several paintings, he gave the Society a collection of over 30,000 pamphlets, photographs, and books on slavery and the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
