Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
James Rushmore Wood, M.D. (1816-1882)
Object Number:
1865.5
Date:
ca. 1860-1865
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 118 x 10 1/2 in. ( 69.8 x 299.7 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust.
Gallery Label:
The subject was born at Mamaroneck, New York, the son of Elkanah and Mary (Rushmore) Wood. After studying at the College of Physicians and Surgeons he graduated from the Vermont Academy of Medicine in 1834 and established his practice in New York. He was among the group of men who founded Bellevue Hospital in 1847, and was one of the foremost surgeons of that institution.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Samuel W. Francis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
