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Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912

printer
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role Collector
dates 1842-1912
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesOceanic, NJ; Fall River, MA;
sex M
historical notes Collector, patron, cotton manufacturer, and printer.

Borden collection included work by George Romney, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hopner, Lawrence, Corot, Rembrandt, Daumier, Dupre, Diaz,
Constable, Troyon, Delacroix, Detaille, Breton and Alma Tadema.

In 1865, he married his relative, Harriet M. Durfee of Fall River, with whom he had seven children. He died in 1912.

Borden lent artwork to the Fulton-Hudson Celebration; Aelbert Cuyp, Man Eating Mussels, art market 1909. He also lent Caspar Sibelius, by Frans Hals, Castle Kostverloren, by Meindert Hobbema, Pieter de Hooch's The Music Party, Ruisdael's The Castle, Terborch's Lady Pouring Wine, and Velde's Calm Sea.

Borden was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Down Town Association, Jekyll Island Club, Merchants Club of New York, Metropolitan Club of New York, New England Society, New York Yacht Club, Players Club of New York, Republican Club of New York, Riding Club of New York, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Skull and Bones, South Side Sportmen's Club, Union League Club of New York and the Whist Club of New York.

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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Fall River Historical Society
451 Rock Street
Borden family photographs, portraits and some business records see details...
Historical Collections, Baker Library
Bloomberg Center, Harvard Business School
Fall River Iron Works Company Records, 1821-1909 (inclusive). see details...
Frick Art Research Library and Brooklyn Museum
An exhibition of paintings from the collection of M.C.D. Borden, Esq [electronic resource]. see details...
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details...