JOHN JACOB ASTOR, 1825, by John Wesley Jarvis
JOHN JACOB ASTOR, 1825, by John Wesley Jarvis, painting, oil on canvas. He made a fortune in the fur trade. As a teenager, he emigrated from Germany to England, and then to the US after the Revolution. His American Fur Company successfully competed with the British Hudson Bay Company and Canadian North West Company. He was the founder of the fortune that launched the socially prominent Astor family of New York City
Picture No
13125613
Media ID
45374985
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2422px x 3000px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
