TitleRobert Rait
Artist
Charles Loring Elliott
(American, 1812 - 1868)
Date1860
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 40 × 30 in.
Framed: 48 × 38 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.
SignedSigned at lower right: "Elliott 1860".
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, Gift of Francis Dashwood, 1894
Object number411-P
Label TextThe Scottish-born Rait immigrated to the United States in 1833, settling in New York, and immediately opened one of the city's first jewelry stores, which he maintained until his retirement in 1856. He was renowned in the New York commercial community for his geniality. Rait died in 1870, while on a visit to Great Britain.
