Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Archibald Laidlie, D.D. (1722-1779)
Title
Archibald Laidlie, D.D. (1722-1779)
Date
ca. 1767
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 32 in. ( 99.1 x 81.3 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Walter Pierson in memory of her cousin, Richard Varick Dey
Object Number
1927.3
Gallery Label
A native of Kelso, Scotland, Laidlie was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1759. He accepted a call to the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church in New York in 1763. This portrait of Dr. Laidlie was painted in New York and reproduced as a mezzotint by John Wesley Jarvis.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
