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Fig. 2. Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
                     The Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. No. 97.34)














           At the Metropolitan Museum, Mr. Kennedy served as a Trustee for more   other guests were J. Pierpont Morgan, Jacob H. Schiff, Cleveland
           than twenty years, a member of its Executive Committee for over nine   Dodge, Joseph Choate, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Henry De
           years, and as one of the Vice Presidents for four years. During his tenure  Forest and Eugene Delano.
           at the Museum, he was particularly interested in its educational mission.
           His first gift to The Museum was Washington Crossing the Delaware   Sources:
           (1851) (acc. no. 97.34) by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), which Kennedy   https://www.jstor.org/stable/3253083
           gave in 1897 after consulting with Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904). (Fig. 2)  https://www.jstor.org/stable/3253024
                                                             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart_Kennedy
           The funds he left to the Museum have enabled significant acquisitions   https://eh.net/book_reviews/john-stewart-kennedy-the-man-who-
           in Asian art, Old Masters paintings, furniture and decorative arts.   found-the-money/
           His impressive funeral service in November 1909, that took place   https://thebhc.org/sites/default/files/beh/BEHprint/v015/
           at the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, was packed with the   p0069-p0084.pdf
           leading trustees and managers of the numerous institutions that he   https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1909/12/1/john-
           was connected to including the Presbyterian Hospital (he was the   s-kennedy
           President), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Public   https://research.frick.org/directory/detail/948
           Library, Columbia University, The Charity Organization Society, the   https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-a041-a3d9-e040-
           St. Andrew’s Society and the Bank of Manhattan Company. Amongst   e00a18064a99






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