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Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon portraits, circa 1780s

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .B84
Scope and Contents

Nine assorted portraits of Buffon some copperplate engraving prints (one color, rest black and white), and one letter of correspondence (1787).

Dates: 1780 - 1789

Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) portrait

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119120]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 208
Scope and Contents

Painting of man in his academic robe, holding book, 3/4 view. Inscription: Frame plate "Henry Fairfield Osborn/Fourth President/of the/American Museum of Natural History/February 10, 1908". Osborn was A.M.N.H. President from 1908 to 1933, paleontologist, naturalist, author; growth of museum and its collections are attributed to him.

Dates: undated

Herbert Lang (1879-1957).

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 960

Honorable Joseph H. Choate (1832-1917) portrait

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119103]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 258
Scope and Contents

Portrait of seated man in academic robe with hand holding coat lapel and other arm on arm rest. Inscription: Frame plate "Honorable Joseph H. Choate/A Founder of the American Museum/and a Patron of the Arts and Sciences/Painted by the Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy/and presented by her to the American Museum of Natural History/February 29, 1911. Choate was American lawyer and diplomat; founder and trustee of A.M.N.H.

Dates: 1911