Painting, Miniature, Portrait of Daniel Hand on Ivory by George H. Hite
September 1840 (Date manufactured/created)
Oil Paint on Ivory, Mounted on Paper
Small oval portrait of Daniel Hand (1801-1891). Sitter identified on back. Artist's signature, George H. Hite and date Sept 1840, in pencil on back of painting. Under glass in gold frame. Oil paint on ivory, mounted on paper. Ivory has split vertically in half. September, 1840.
In 1884, Daniel Hand generously provided $15,110 for the construction of Hand Academy, the seminal foundation for the present-day Daniel Hand High School. By the end of his life, Hand had established a trust fund valued at $1.5 million with the American Missionary Society for the purpose of educating black Americans in the seven southern states that had formerly permitted the enslavement of African people and their descendants. Hand’s trust fund was, at the time, the largest philanthropic gift to a benevolent association in the history of the nation.
OH 4 1/2; OW 3 3/4. Donated by Philip S. Platt
In 1884, Daniel Hand generously provided $15,110 for the construction of Hand Academy, the seminal foundation for the present-day Daniel Hand High School. By the end of his life, Hand had established a trust fund valued at $1.5 million with the American Missionary Society for the purpose of educating black Americans in the seven southern states that had formerly permitted the enslavement of African people and their descendants. Hand’s trust fund was, at the time, the largest philanthropic gift to a benevolent association in the history of the nation.
OH 4 1/2; OW 3 3/4. Donated by Philip S. Platt
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