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Francis Martin Drexel. DREXEL, Francis Martin, banker, born in Dornbirn, Austrian Tyrol, 7 April 1792 : died 5 June 1863. In 1803 he was sent to study Italian and the fine arts in a Catholic institution near Turin. On his return in 1809 he found his country invaded by the French, and to escape conscription he went to Switzerland and ...
Drexel, Francis Martin [American/Pennsylvania, 1792-1863] oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, th... 1210 : Attributed to Frances Martin Drexel (1792-1863), portrait of a young man seated in a fancy chair, Oil on canvas, framed.
Dec 6, 2023 · Includes a diary written by Francis Martin Drexel in 1826-1830 and three letters authored by Anthony J. Drexel, the founder of Drexel University. The bulk of material dates from the twentieth century and is contained in eleven volumes of scrapbooks that begin with the death of Anthony J. Drexel in 1893.
Dec 7, 2023 · Detail of Portrait of Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863) Original painting attributed to Constant, Jean Joseph Benjamin, 1845–1902 Black and white print MC.00.065 Drexel & Co. Records Drexel University Archives, Drexel University 20130740017
Francis Martin Drexel was born at Dornbirn, Tyrol, Austria near the Swiss border in 1792. He was the son of a merchant, Francis Joseph Drexel, and apprenticed with a local painter after attending school in Milan.
Dec 6, 2023 · Joseph Wilhelm Drexel (1833-1888) was the fourth child of Francis Martin Drexel and Katherine Hookey, and married Lucy Wharton (1841-1912). Drexel-Fell line Sarah Drexel (1860-1929) was the fifth child of Anthony J. Drexel and Ellen Bicking Rosét and married John R. Fell (1858-1895) in 1879.
The Founding Collection also has the largest collection of paintings by Francis Martin Drexel, the father of Anthony J. Drexel and founder of the Drexel & Co. bank. Other notable sections of the painting collection include portraits of Drexel family members, Drexel University presidents and portraits of the Woman’s Medical College of ...
