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George Augustus Baker, Jr. (1821-1880)
Portrait of Abiel Abbot Low (1811-1893)
oil on canvas, painted from life in 1864
signed and dated lower left: "G.A. Baker/1864."
plaque: Abiel Abbot Low, Twenty-First President of the Chamber of Commerce 1863-1867, Presented by his sons.
42" x 34"
American frame, circa 1850's
restretched and relined
Low was an Entrepreneur and Businessman active in China trade. He launched a fleet of clipper ships and he was the President, New York Chamber of Commerce, 1863.
President of the Brooklyn Female Academy (later the Packer Collegiate Institute) 1858
Provenance: Property from Credit Suisse's Americana Collection