Lilly Brown: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 5/8 in. ( 24.4 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2629
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Lilly Brown"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Helen Cogart"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss H. Low: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/8 in. ( 23.2 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of light brown paper.
Object Number:
Z.2628
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "H. Low"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "H. Low"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Scott: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 3/8 in. ( 23.8 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of beige paper.
Object Number:
Z.2626
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Miss Scott"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Miss Scott"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42803
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Brehon B. Somervell (1892-1955)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Watercolor, crayon, black ink, and charcoal on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. ( 61.6 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.222
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in gray ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Somervell, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in Europe during World War I as an engineer and supply chief. In 1925 he worked on a League of Nations' project surveying the Rhine and Danube rivers, and from 1936 to 1940 served as administrator of the WPA for New York. He returned to military duty in 1940 and was promoted to the rank of four-star general in 1945.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
42802
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragmentary Profile Portrait of Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1842
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 11.7 x 3.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1957.83
Marks:
inscription: "Joe Smith of / Nauvoo / July 1842"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Joe Smith of / Nauvoo / July 1842"
Gallery Label:
Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, was born in Sharon, Vermont, the son of Joseph and Lucy (Mack) Smith. He began experiencing visions in 1820, and these eventually led him to a cache of golden "plates" on a hillside near Manchester, New York. These he translated from their ancient characters and published in 1830 as "The Book of Mormon." Smith moved his flock several times because of conflicts with his neighbors; at the time this portrait was made he was living in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
42798
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General John Smith (1756-1816)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1795
Medium:
Pastel and gouache on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. ( 23.5 x 17.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Object Number:
1950.304
Gallery Label:
Born at Mastic, Long Island, Smith was a son of William Smith (1720-99) and Mary (Smith) Smith. He was a member of the New York state legislature from 1784 to 1799, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1800 to 1804, and was a senator from New York from 1804 to 1813. In addition, he served as major general in the state militia and was a U.S. marshal for the district of New York from 1813 to 1815.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
42797
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Black ink and wash, charcoal, and white chalk on gray paper, mounted on stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 10 in. ( 36.2 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of R.W.G. Vail
Object Number:
1957.9
Marks:
signature: lower right, graphite
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "F Hopkinson Smith"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Baltimore, a great-grandson of Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As an engineer in New York, his most notable work was the foundation of the Statue of Liberty. He pursued painting as a hobby, but was eventually recognized as a professional. He created the illustrations for several of the books he wrote: "Charcoals of New and Old New York" (1912), for example. He also wrote several novels.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42796
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1797
Medium:
Pastel on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 19 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. David Hosack
Object Number:
1833.1
Marks:
inscription: on wood backing: "Likeness of Dr. Elihu Smith author of Edwin & Angelina; / One of the Editors of the Med'l Repository / presented to the Histor'l Society / by David Hosack feb'y 19th 1833 / This likeness executed by / Sharpless [sic] celebra
Inscriptions:
Wood panel backing of frame inscribed in black ink: "Likeness of Dr Elihu Smith / author of Edwin & Angelina; / one of the Editors of the Medl. Repository / presented to Historl. Society / by David Hosack feby 19th 1833 -- / This likeness executed by by / Sharpless[sic] celebrated Painter in Crayon""
Gallery Label:
Born in Litchfield, Conn., the subject was the only son of Dr. Reuben Smith and Abigail (Hubbard) Smith. He graduated from Yale in 1786 and studied medicine in Philadelphia. In 1794 he established a successful medical practice in New York. He founded the first American medical journal, "The Medical Repository," and wrote "Edwin and Angelina," which was produced as a ballad opera in 1796.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1797
eMuseum Object ID:
42794
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss G. Meszellenyi: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2637b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2637a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "G. Meszellenyi"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "G. Meszellenyi"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42775
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bessie Mead: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2623
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Bessie Mead"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Bessie Mead"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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