Collection Highlights
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Golden Mortimer, M.D. (1854-1933)
Title
William Golden Mortimer, M.D. (1854-1933)
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 32 in. ( 101.6 x 81.3 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Helen Adams
Object Number
1950.146
Marks
signature: lower left: "W. Morgan"
Gallery Label
The subject, a prominent New York specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, received his M.D. degree from New York University in 1885. He was member of the New York Academy of Medicine, of which his maternal grandfather, James Herring, was a founder. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his daughter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
