George LUKS, General Peyton Conway March (1864-1955), 1919
oil on canvas, 44 1/8 x 38 3/8 in.
Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864 – April 13, 1955) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921. March attended Lafayette College from 1880-1884; his father was Francis Andrew March, a Lafayette professor. Painted from photograph.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: From Robert D. Schwarz: George Luks values vary dramatically based on subject matter; portraits by the artist are some of the least valuable.
Gift of Allan P. Kirby; using Scott & Fowles; E.J. Rousuck
Source Institute: Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Class of 1915
Credit Line: Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Gift of Allan P. Kirby (class of 1915)
Caleb BOYLE, John Jay (1745-1829); first Chief Justice of the U.S., after 1782
oil on canvas, 92 1/2 x 61 1/4 in.
Full length standing portrait showing Jay as treaty maker. This painting is a companion to Boyle's Thomas Jefferson (K 06). They have always been sold and purchased together, but are separate entities.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NOTE: database had the 1782 date; 1801 date from information in the object file
See Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of John Jay, 1794
Full length standing portrait showing Jay as treaty maker. This painting is a companion to Boyle's Thomas Jefferson (K 06). They have always been sold and purchased together, but are separate entities.
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Provenance Notes:
This painting was unveiled on campus 09-02-1943 at a ceremony in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights library.
Provenance:
1889 exhibited at the Washington Inaugural Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Opera House; 1822 bought by Sir William Brown in Liverpool, England and hung in his "Holmbush House" in Faygate, Sussex for 106 years; sold by his great grandson Brigadier Gen. Howard Clifton Brown to Mr. Percy A. Rockefeller for $25,000.00; illustrated in the Rotogravure Section of the New York Times 01-08-1928; hung in Rockefeller's 26 Broadway, New York office until his death; 1939 exhibited at the opening of the Art Gallery of University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Source Institute: Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Class of 1915
Credit Line: Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Gift of Allan P. Kirby (class of 1915)
![George LUKS, General Peyton Conway March (1864-1955)
1919, oil on canvas image George LUKS, General Peyton Conway March (1864-1955)
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![Caleb BOYLE, John Jay (1745-1829); first Chief Justice of the U.S.
after 1782, oil on canvas image Caleb BOYLE, John Jay (1745-1829); first Chief Justice of the U.S.
after 1782, oil on canvas](/images/16216_h125w125gt.5.jpg)