James Lefferts Brinckerhoff

PeriodEarly 19th century

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions26 × 19.75 in. (66 × 50.2 cm)

ClassificationsPortraits

Credit LineGift of Gilbert H. Van Note, from the estate of Elizabeth Vredenburgh Knight, 1977

Object number1977.3.56

DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a young brown-haired man in a black coat, white shirt, and white stock, seated on a chair upholstered in crimson fabric with brass studs.
NotesJames Lefferts Brinckerhoff of New York was born in 1791, a son of Abraham and Dorothea Remsen Brinckerhoff. He married Charlotte Troup in 1815 and died in 1846. Brinckerhoff was a partner with his brother Abraham Jr. in a dry goods business in New York City.

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ProvenanceBy descent. First lent to MCHA in 1933 by Amelia Vredenburgh Knight, to her daughter Elizabeth Vredenburgh Knight, to her nephew Gilbert H. Van Note