Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Leggett Jenkins (1804-1903)
Title
William Leggett Jenkins (1804-1903)
Date
1921
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Edward C. Delafield
Object Number
1944.77
Gallery Label
The subject was the eldest child of Silvanus Folger Jenkins and Hannah S. (Leggett) Jenkins, Quakers of New York. He joined the bank of America in 1846 and was elected president in 1846, from which position he retired in 1888. He was a charter member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and a life member of The New-York Historical Society. This portrait is based on an original that dates from about 1830.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
