Joseph Griffiths

220<br/>Engraved on verso: Joseph Griffiths 4th June 1794" />

1794 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing

This may be the Joseph Griffiths who was a mariner and merchant in New York City, and later the chairman of the Republican Party in New York in 1796. He was married twice, first to Sarah Leonard, on July 19, 1775, and then to Agness Van Wagenen, on April 11, 1781, in New York City.

Artist

220<br/>Engraved on verso: Joseph Griffiths 4th June 1794" />

Date

1794

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Bequest of Antoinette D. T. Throckmorton, by exchange, 1985