Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
Businessperson, Art patron
Size: 19 Items
Summary: Correspondence including 19 letters between Benjamin Strong and Gari Melchers about a 1925 portrait painting of Strong by Melchers. They write about schedules and fees. The painting is owned by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Benjamin Strong (1872-1928) was a banker and governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who was the subject of a 1925 portrait by Gari Melchers.
Donated 2015 by Margot Semler, Benjamin Strong's granddaughter.
English .
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Benjamin Strong correspondence with Gari Melchers, 1924-1926. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
