biography of J. Sanford SALTUS (1853-1922)

Birth place: New Haven, CT

Death place: London

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Patron, painter

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1887-88

Member: British Numismatic Soc. (pres.); Am. Numismatic Soc. (hon. pres.); Legion of Honor of France; SC.

Comments: He annually gave the Saltus medal for merit at the National Academy of Design, and gave rare books on costume to the library of the Salmagundi Club. He donated $25,000 to the fund for the erection of the Joan of Arc statue on Riverside Drive, and presented a replica of it to the city of Blois, France. He also gave a life-size statue of Joan of Arc to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for the French Chapel.