This view depicts the engagement between the Unied States sloop-of-war Wasp, 18 guns, Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the British sloop-of-war Frolic, 22 guns, Captain Thomas Whinyates, in the Atlantic ocean between Bermuda and Halifax on October 18, 1812. Two hours after the capture of the British ship-of-the-line Poictiers, 74 guns, hove in sight and compelled the two smaller ships to surrender.

On June 1, 1813, the United States frigate Chesapeake, 36 guns, Captain James Lawrence, accepted a challenge to combat from the British frigate shannon, 38 guns, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, and sailed from Boston harbor to meet her adversary awaiting her off the Massachusetts coast. After the engagement of only fifteen minutes, the Chesapeake was boarded and captured and was taken as a prize to Halifax.

This picture, depicting a naval encounter of the War of 1812, represents the American privateer schooner Dolphin, 10 guns, Captain W.S. Stafford, capturing the British ship Hebe, 16 guns, Captain W.A. Brighan, and her consort, the brig Three Brothers, 10 guns, off Cape St. Vincent on January 25, 1813.

This depicts the 12-gun schooner Enterprise at the time of the War with Tripol. David Porter (1780-1843) was second-in-command of the vessel, which was built in Maryland in 1799 by Henry Spencer. This watercolor was probably painted at Marseilles and was removed from a sketchbook of the younger Antoine. The date of the drawing, however, means that he would probably have been too young to execute the fine details of this sketch, and therefore it is attributed to his father.

A tavern signpost outside the house has the inscription: "Bedford Inn. J. Stewart." The name "Kneenans" appears on the overhang of the porch.

The subject was the fifth son of William Cutting and Gertrude (Livingston) Cutting and the grandson of the Rev. Leonard Cutting. He became a stockbroker with offices on William Street and was a member of the New York Stock Exchange. This pastel portrait was based on an earlier photograph by Napoleon Sarony. Juliana Cutting, former owner of this work, was the subject's granddaughter.

Brosnan's Bar was located on the north side of Fulton Street between Broadway and Nassau Street. Notes by Wallace cite it as "an old fashioned bar as they were in 1840 or 50." It was celebrated as a resort of the Italian patriot Garibaldi who attended a club on the second floor in 1853. The house was gone by 1920.