Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . d the reinforcement of Burgoyne at Saratoga. For thishe received the thanks of Congress. He was made brigadier-general in the regular army in 1809. He was a regent ofthe University of the State of New York; commissioner ofIndian Affairs; commissioner for fortifying the frontier andmilitary agent for the War Department. He wears the deco-ration of the Order of the Cincinnati. This portrait is ownedby his canvas: H. 30


Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . d the reinforcement of Burgoyne at Saratoga. For thishe received the thanks of Congress. He was made brigadier-general in the regular army in 1809. He was a regent ofthe University of the State of New York; commissioner ofIndian Affairs; commissioner for fortifying the frontier andmilitary agent for the War Department. He wears the deco-ration of the Order of the Cincinnati. This portrait is ownedby his canvas: H. 30 inches; W. 25 inches. Lent by Mrs. Abraham Lansing. 85 EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS GILBERT STUART CONTINUED qa HON. THOMAS B. LAW (1756-1834). Thomas Law* was the son of Rt. Rev. Edmund Law, Lord Bishop ofCarlisle, and younger brother of Lord Ellenborough, LordChief Justice of the Kings Bench. His early life was spentin official position in India, and he came to this country in thesummer of 1794 and settled in the Federal City, as Washingtonwas then called, where he ca. canvas: H. 29 inches; W. 24 inches. Lent by Mr. Herbert Lee THOMAS B. LAW BY GILBERT STUART


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