David Hosack

David Hosack (1769-1835) was a physician, botanist, educator, and cultural leader who developed the Elgin Garden in New York city and an ambitious private garden at his country house, Hyde Park.

History

Fig. X, John Trumbull, Niagara Falls, from Two Miles Below Chippawa, 1808, oil on canvas, New-York Historical Society, Gift of Alexander Eddy Hosack

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Images

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  John Trumbull, Niagara Falls, from Two Miles Below Chippawa, 1808, oil on canvas, New-York Historical Society, Gift of Alexander Eddy Hosack.

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  John Trumbull, Niagara Falls, from under Table Rock, 1808, oil on canvas, Overall: 29 x 168 1/2 in. ( 73.7 x 428 cm ), New-York Historical Society, Gift of Alexander Eddy Hosack

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  Thomas Cole, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1828, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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  Asher Brown Durand, "The Chestnut Oak on the Hosack Estate, Hyde Park, New York with Five Figures and an Artist Sketching," 1838, graphite on paper, New-York Historical Society,