File:Andrew Varick Stout.jpg
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English: Andrew Varick Stout
Artist:Charles Loring Elliott (1812–1868) Date:1859 Medium:Oil on canvas Dimensions:44 x 37 5/8 in. (111.8 x 95.6 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Gift of his great-grandson, Andrew Varick Stout, 1965 A member of a prominent New York family, Stout (1812-1883) established the successful shoe company, Stout and Ward, and in 1855, became the founder and first president of the Shoe and Leather Bank. He also served as the director of several other banks and insurance companies, and was a supporter of both the Drew Theological seminary in New Jersey and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. An active civic leader in New York City and City Chamberlain (1857-60), Stout advanced his own money to pay the salaries of the police department during a shortage of public funds. In gratitude, they presented him with this portrait, which exhibits the characteristic detail and care of Elliott's style. |
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