The "Clermont" Making a Landing at Cornell on Hudson
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1914
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, white chalk, black crayon, graphite, and white gouache on ivory paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. ( 25.7 x 49.8 cm )
Description:
Marine: Brown ink, wash, black chalk and white heightening drawing on paper mounted on gray board with a image of the "Clermont"shown at left landing at Cornell-on-Hudson in the summer of 1814 with extensive landscape with figures at right.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
Object Number:
2000.33
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "EL HENRY/ -1914 -
mount inscribed: lower left: "The 'Clermont' making a Landing. / at Cornwall on Hudson - Summer of 1814"
mount inscribed: lower right" "To the Hon. abl. A.J. Clearwatrer - / with the Compliments of / E.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown wash: "E L Henry -- 1914 --"; board inscribed at lower right: " To the Honrbl AJ Clearwater -- / with the Compliments of / EL Henry. N.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
41305
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of an American Fort With Steam Ships and Sailboats
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1811-15
Medium:
Black chalk and white chalk and scratching out on marble-dusted prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 14 7/8 in. ( 25.4 x 37.8 cm )
Description:
Marine: Black and white chalk with black ink wash and sgraffito drawing of a fort with an American flag on the water with boats on marble-dusted prepared paper.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
Object Number:
2000.32
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
41304
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Hudson River and the Palisades with Steam and Sailing Boats
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1811-15
Medium:
Charcoal and black chalk and scratching out on marble-dusted prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 13 7/8 in. ( 25.4 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Marine: Black chalk drawing of the Hudson river and the New Jersey Palisades with steam and sailing boats highlighted with white chalk and black ink wash on marble-dusted prepared paper.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
Object Number:
2000.31
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
41303
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, and black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. ( 64.8 x 50.5 cm )
Object Number:
X.434
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom right: Crayon Portrait of Frederic De Peyster. Repeated on back.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: " Crayon Portrait of Frederic De Peyster"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was born in New York, the son of Frederic and Helen Livingston (Hake) De Peyster. He was a trustee of the New York Society Library, a founder of the Soldier's Home, a vice-president of th Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and a member of the boards of several charitable organizations. From 1829 to 1837 he was recording secretary of The New-York Historical Society, from 1850 to 1863, a vice-president, and president in 1864-66 and 1873-82.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
41265
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Lewis Blaine Hershey (1893-1977)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and white tempera on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. ( 54.6 x 40 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.206
Gallery Label:
General Hershey decided to make a career in the army after serving in France in World War I. He was a frequent advisor to the congressmen drawing up the Selective Service Act, which was passed in 1940, and the next year President Roosevelt appointed him director of the selective service system. He retired from the army in 1946, but two years later he was recalled, after Congress passed the Selective Service Act of 1948, and he was again appointed director.
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:
41223
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Emilie Aglae Cox Henry (1821-1866)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1850
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and pastel on thin beige board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 13 in. ( 40.6 x 33 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox, her neice
Object Number:
1935.78
Gallery Label:
Emilie Aglae Cox was the daughter of Dr. John Palmer Cox of Rhinebeck, New York, and Emilie (Vaché) Cox; she was the sister of John Vaché Cox of New York. In 1842 she became the wife of Thomas Henry. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her niece.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
41222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William de Groot (1825-1898)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1865-1870
Medium:
Black and white chalks, and charcoal on brown paper, nailed to stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. ( 69.8 x 49.5 cm )
frame: 41 x 32 3/4 x 1 in. ( 104.1 x 83.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Object Number:
1941.1046
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was a member of the firm of De Groot and Peck and was president of the Hudson River Bank. The artist, Elizabeth King (Hawley) de Groot, was his second wife and the mother of two of his five daughters, one of whom was Adelaide Milton de Groot, the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
41214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Hawley de Groot (1873-1901)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1878
Medium:
Black, white, and beige chalks and charcoal on brown paper, laid on another sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 in. ( 68.6 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot, sister of the sitter
Object Number:
1941.1036
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the daughter of William de Groot and Elizabeth King (Hawley) de Groot. She married Giulio Caravadossi, Conte d'Aspremonte, at the Hofburg Chapel, Vienna, on June 25, 1898. The subject, who was about five when this portrait was made, was the daughter of the artist. The portrait was a gift to the Society from the subject's sister.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
41212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Hawley de Groot (1873-1901)
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Pastel on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 14 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot, her sister
Object Number:
1941.1037
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed upper right: Altamura/95
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at the upper right in pastel: "Altamura / 95"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the daughter of William de Groot and Elizabeth King (Hawley) de Groot. She married Giulio Caravadossi, Conte d'Aspremonte, at the Hofburg Chapel, Vienna, on June 25, 1898. This portrait was a gift to the Society from the subject's sister.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
41211
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James M. MacGregor framed testimonial
Classification:
Date:
1873
Medium:
Wood, glass, paper, pen and ink, charcoal
Dimensions:
overall in frame: 96 x 54 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 243.8 x 138.4 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden frame with painted gold accents, with an anthemion and pineapple finial on the broken and scrolled pediment with carved fleur-de-lys and foliate decoration; drawn charcoal image of James M. MacGregor in a medallion in the top center of the frame; three panels of testimonial in pen and ink in the center of the frame; center panel with a columned archway with the Seal of the City of New York at the top flanked by cherubim, architectural tools in the pediment, cherubim with a map , globe and surveyors telescope in a garland at the bottom; lower panel with images of builders and carvers at the top and the Tiffany building, a building on fire, and a building under construction at the botttom; bottom of the frame with two carved, winged griffen and a small pen and ink medallion of the Seal of the City of New York with the inscription, "JAMES M. MACGREGOR/ SUPERINTENDENT/ DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS" at the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
Z.3225
Marks:
drawn: at the base: "JAMES M. MACGREGOR/ SUPERINTENDENT/ DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS"
written: center panel: "TESTIMONIAL/ AT A MEETING/ OF THE FRIENDS/ JAMES M. MACGREGOR/ LATE/ SUPERINTENDENT/ OF THE / DEPARTMENT/ OF BUILDINGS OF/ THE / CITY OF NEW YORK/ C
Gallery Label:
John M. MacGregor, Superintendent of Buildings of the City of New York, retired in 1873. He was presented this testimonial at the time of his retirement.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
41204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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