| Leavitt, David, 1790-1879 | |||||||
| type | Collector Patron | ||||||
| dates | 1791-1879 | ||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||
| state | NY | ||||||
| other cities | Bethlehem, CT; Great Barrington, MA; | ||||||
| sex | M | ||||||
| history |
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 | 1840-1850 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 |
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| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:22 | ||||||
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