Lot Essay
The monogram PCW is that of Peter and Catharine (Duryea) Wilson
Peter Wilson, educated at the University of Aberdeen, began his academic career in the colonies as principal of Hackensack Academy in New Jersey. From 1777 to 1781, he served in the New Jersey Assembly, continuing to hold office in the state legislature until after the Revolution. In 1789 he became professor of Greek and Latin languages at Columbia College, a position which he held until his retirement in 1820. Wilson also held a chair at Columbia in Grecian and Roman Antiquities, and was awarded an honorary A.M. by Brown University in 1786.
A related coffee pot by Myers from the Livingston family sold Sotheby's, June 23, 1988, lot 244.
[photo caption:] Peter Wilson, portrait by Waldo & Jewett, New York, circa 1820, Columbia University
Peter Wilson, educated at the University of Aberdeen, began his academic career in the colonies as principal of Hackensack Academy in New Jersey. From 1777 to 1781, he served in the New Jersey Assembly, continuing to hold office in the state legislature until after the Revolution. In 1789 he became professor of Greek and Latin languages at Columbia College, a position which he held until his retirement in 1820. Wilson also held a chair at Columbia in Grecian and Roman Antiquities, and was awarded an honorary A.M. by Brown University in 1786.
A related coffee pot by Myers from the Livingston family sold Sotheby's, June 23, 1988, lot 244.
[photo caption:] Peter Wilson, portrait by Waldo & Jewett, New York, circa 1820, Columbia University