Leavitt, David, 1790-1879 |
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Collector Patron |
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1791-1879 |
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Bethlehem, CT; Great Barrington, MA; |
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historical notes
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David Leavitt (1790-1879) was a New York City art collector, financier, merchant, banker president of the Housatonic Railroad and the National Exchange Bank.
Leavitt was a patron to the artist Emanuel Leutze and many of Leutze's paintings, including that of Washington at Valley Forge, were initially in Leavitt's collection housed at his Great Barrington estate.
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decades
of activity | 1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
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Chicago History Museum
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Illinois and Michigan Canal records [manuscript], ca. 1839-1871 |
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