Colonel Thomas Seabrook (1736-1805)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1770-75
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 4.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number:
1929.14
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Daniel and Mary (Brown) Seabrook of Middletown, N.J., and the brother of Nicholas Brown Seabrook. He was a militia officer and a member of the New Jersey Assembly during the American Revolution. This miniature portrait of him was a gift to the Society from his great-grandson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
16954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Edwin Stillwell, Sr. (1815-1890)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 6 x 4.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number:
1929.10
Marks:
Signed: at right: "Th. Wust"
Engraved: on back of frame:"Elizabeth Gillies/wife of/Dr. John E. Stillwell/Born/Nov. 3rd 1815/Died/June 6, 1890"
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth Gillies was the daughter of John and Ann (Hogg) Gillies. She married John E. Stillwell on March 17, 1844, in New York. This miniature portrait of her was a gift to the Society from her son.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
16953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henry Bedlow (1767-1838)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 3.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1928.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
16907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Daughters of Robert Minturn
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1899
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory; silver gilt; textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 5 in. ( 9.8 x 12.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Object Number:
1905.161
Marks:
signed: lower left: "C. and F. Weidner"
label: attached to back of frame: "The 4 daughters of the late / Robert Minturn, viz. / Sarah May, wife of / H. D. Sedgwick, Jr. / Edith, wife of Newton Phelps Stokes / Miss Gertrude Minturn / Miss Mildred Minturn"
Gallery Label:
The husband-and-wife team of Carl and Fredrika Weidner painted this extraordinary miniature after an earlier photograph of the daughters of New York shipping magnate Robert Minturn, Jr. Peter Marié's collection also included individual portraits of Edith and Sarah May as well as one of their mother. Edith, who later married the architect and historian I.N. Phelps Stokes, was an acknowledged beauty who served as the model for Daniel Chester French's monumental "Statue of the Republic," created for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
The four daughters of Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr., and Susanna (Shaw) Minturn were Edith, Sarah May, Gertrude, and Mildred.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
16906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alice Christy Colden (1768-1788/89)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 2.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1927.64
Gallery Label:
The subject of this miniature was the daughter of David and Ann (Willett) Colden and the granddaughter of Cadwallader Colden and of Alice (Christy) Colden.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1785
eMuseum Object ID:
16905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Park
Classification:
Date:
ca.1820
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1927.9
Marks:
Inscribed: on back:"Jno Park/Wm Dunlap/Pinxt; JP/He rests in peace"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
16904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
W. B. Callender (b. 1788)
Classification:
Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1927.5
Marks:
Inscribed on back: Taken April 1824/When/W.B. Callender/was 35 years old/the Decr previous/by Thos Edwards.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
16903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Girl
Classification:
Medium:
Enamel on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.8 x 9.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Ann E. Bishop
Object Number:
1925.26
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Washington (1732-1799)
Classification:
Date:
1814
Medium:
Enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 7 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Ann E. Bishop
Object Number:
1925.23
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "Thomas Bishop. pinxit / Philadelphia 1814 / Washington. / a faithful copy from the original painted in Oil by Gilb't Stuart"
Gallery Label:
This miniature was copied from the "Athenaeum type" of Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart; the original, owned by the Boston Athenaeum, was painted in Philadelphia in 1796 and was the prototype for countless replicas by many later artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
16901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Reverend William Humphrey
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 in. ( 12.1 x 10.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Ann E. Bishop
Object Number:
1925.20
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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