Arnold, Hicks |
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Collector |
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dates
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1837-1903 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Tarrytown, NY; London, United Kingdom; |
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sex
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M |
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historical notes
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Hicks Arnold was a New York City dry goods merchant (Arnold, Constable and Co.) and art collector.
Arnold was the Director of the Bank of the Metropolis, a Trustee of the Bowery Savings Bank, a Vestryman of the Trinity Parish, and a member of the American Yacht Club and the Aldine Association.
Arnold collected paintings by, among others, Charles François Daubigny (1817–1878) and Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904). The National Academy of Design’s publication of 1887, lists Arnold’s private collection as one of “great merit” in New York City.
Arnold married the daughter of his business partner, James M. Constable (1812–1900), philanthropist Harriet Matilda Constable Arnold (1852–1942). Mrs. Arnold gave 200 acres of land in Greenwich, CT, to Saint Luke’s Hospital along with 1 million dollars to establish and maintain a home for the convalescent. According to the New York Times, July 15, 1943, Mrs. Arnold left $16,435,405 ($20,629,539 estate net) to 38 individual charities, seven of the charities including, among others, St. Luke’s Hospital, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and Trinity Church received sums totaling 1.38 million dollars.
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decades
of activity | 1880-1890
1890-1900
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