Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959)
Object Number:
1949.2
Date:
1895
Medium:
Dark brown patinated bronze with ebonized wood frame
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 19 in. ( 64.8 x 48.3 cm )
Marks:
signed: under proper right label: "J.Q.A. WARD/SCULPTOR"
inscribed: proper right side of image: "6th/June/1876"
inscribed: around proper right bottom edge: "Cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Co N.Y. 1895"
inscribed: proper left side of image: "J.H./
Description:
Bas-relief portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in New York, the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde and Annie (Fitch) Hyde, and succeeded his father as president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society after serving as vice-president from 1899 to 1905. He was a founder of the Alliance Française in America, received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government, and was a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He was also a member of The New-York Historical Society.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
