Dr. John Henry Livingston (1746-1825)
American School, New York
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In Ruth Piwonka’s A Portrait of Livingston Manor 1680-1850 there is another portrait of Dr. John Henry Livingston (at Rutgers) by the same hand; she attributed the portrait to G. D. Abraham Tuthill who arrived in NYC in 1808; the image is almost identical to the bellow described.
Rutgers University; identified as Dr. John Henry Livingston (1746-1825) President Pro Tempore, Queen’s College 1810-1825 Artist unidentified (29 15/16 x 24″)
John Henry Livingston
Queen’s College President, 1810 to 1825
In 1810, the Reverend John Henry Livingston (1746–1825) left the Reformed Dutch Church in New York City and headed for New Brunswick to preside as the fourth president and as professor of theology of Queen’s College. The most influential minister in the Dutch Church at that time, he had agreed to accept the position with limited responsibilities to the college. But to the theological students who came under his wing, he would devote his undivided attention.
John Henry Livingston was born in Dutchess County, near Poughkeepsie, New York, graduated from Yale College in 1762, and by 1766, the year Queen’s College was founded, set sail for Amsterdam to study theology. He was licensed and ordained by the Classis of Amsterdam in April 1770, and one month later received the degree of Doctor of Theology from the University of Utrecht. Upon his return from Holland in 1770, Livingston became one of the ministers of the Reformed Church in New York.
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Item Date: 18th Century
Measurement: Frame: 29.5" x 35.5"; View: 29.5" x 23.5"
Material: Oil on canvas, original stretcher
Price: $6,250
SKU 424-405
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