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Sojourner Truth Monument
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Bronze
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Museum Collections
Paintings
Archibald Gracie, Jr. (1795-1865)
Title
Archibald Gracie, Jr. (1795-1865)
Date
1817
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
canvas: 26 x 21 in. ( 66 x 53.3 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of John Fiske in memory of his mother, Margaret Gracie Fiske
Object Number
1957.119
Gallery Label
Born in New York, the subject was the son of Archibald Gracie (1755-1829) and Ester (Rogers) Gracie. He became a merchant in Mobile, Alabama, and married Elizabeth Davidson Bethune of North Carolina. When the Civil War broke out he remained loyal to the North, although his son Archibald (b. 1832) distinguished himself as a Confederate soldier before being killed at the battle of Petersburg.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
