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Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) Portrait of Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) seated at a table with a paisley cover reading a book with a mountainous landscape in the background oil on canvas, circa 1899 signed and titled, lower right: "Albert Gallatin", "D. Huntington" Plaque: Albert Gallatin, Painted for The Chamber of Commerce by Daniel Huntington 50" x 40" American frame, circa 1860's, frame wd. 7 in. Restretched and relined Gallatin was a United States Senator 1793-1794, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district 1795-1801, United States Minister to France 1816-1823, United States Minister to the United Kingdom 1826-1827, longest serving United States Secretary of the Treasury 1801-1814, one of the founders of the University of the City of New York (now New York University) 1831, and President of the National Bank in New York 1831-1839. Provenance: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York Property from Credit Suisse's Americana Collection Literature: [Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York], Catalogue of Portraits in the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York (New York, 1924) p. 22, no. 52.