Benjamin Strong correspondence with Gari Melchers
name: label: Creator
content: Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
label: Names
content: Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portraits
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2015 by Margot Semler, Benjamin Strong's granddaughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Benjamin Strong (1872-1928) was a banker and governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who was the subject of a 1925 portrait by Gari Melchers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1926
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.strobenj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence including 19 letters between Benjamin Strong and Gari Melchers about a 1925 portrait painting of Strong by Melchers. They write about schedules and fees. The painting is owned by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.