| Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1813-1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Green Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | MD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Northampton, MA; New York, NY; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Riggs was a Washington banker, one of founders of Corcoran & Riggs banking firm (later Riggs & Company), and collector of art, Americana and manuscripts. In 1840, he married Janet Madeleine Cecilia Shedden, the daughter of Thomas Shedden of Glasgow, Scotland. They had nine children. Riggs was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the Peabody Education Fund, treasurer of the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| decades | 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| research links |
Search FRESCO (Frick Research Catalog Online) Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||