Andrew Varick Stout

Charles Loring Elliott

1859 · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

A member of a prominent New York family, Stout (1812-1883) established the successful shoe company, Stout and Ward, and in 1855, became the founder and first president of the Shoe and Leather Bank. He also served as the director of several other banks and insurance companies, and was a supporter of both the Drew Theological seminary in New Jersey and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. An active civic leader in New York City and City Chamberlain (1857-60), Stout advanced his own money to pay the salaries of the police department during a shortage of public funds. In gratitude, they presented him with this portrait, which exhibits the characteristic detail and care of Elliott's style.

Artist

Charles Loring Elliott

Date

1859

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of his great-grandson, Andrew Varick Stout, 1965