Silas B. Dutcher (1829-1909)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870-1880
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 30 1/8 in. ( 63.5 x 76.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Malcolm B. Dutcher, through Jessie R. Dutcher
Object Number:
1948.471
Marks:
signature: upper right: "J. H. Hill"
Gallery Label:
Silas B. Dutcher was born in Springfield, New York, the son of Parcefor C. and Johanna Low (Frink) Dutcher. He served as supervisor of the city and county of New York, a supervisor of the Internal Revenue Service, a pension agent, an appraiser for the Port of New York, and superintendent of public works in New York. He was appointed to the commission charged to draw up the charter of Greater New York in 1896-97. His portrait came to the Society as a gift from the estate of his son.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
27842
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Cadwallader David Colden (1769-1834)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 28 1/2 in. ( 88.9 x 72.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan
Object Number:
1867.316
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the son of David and Ann (Willett) Colden and the grandson of Cadwallader Colden. Cadwallader D. Colden was major of New York from 1818 to 1820, and in 1821 was elected a vice-president of The New-York Historical Society. Colden was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1821-23) and served in the New York State Senate (1825-27).
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1866, p. 54.
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists, American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 621.
Official Robert Fulton Exhibition of the Hudson-Fulton Commission 27 September-30 October 1909, Exhibition Catalogue, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1909, p. 10.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 61.
Harrington, John Walker, "John Wesley Jarvis, Portraitist, The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 8, No. 11, November 1927, pp. 577-84.
Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321.
"Jarvis Centennial Exhibition List," New York; The New-York Historical Society, 1940, p. 1.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter, The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1940, pp. 47-64.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, p. 59.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. 209, 332-3, 348, 438.
Paris, W. Francklyn, "John Wesley Jarvis" in The Hall of American Artists, New York University, vol. 8, New York: New York University, 1954, pp. 29-30.
Duffy, John, "An Account of the Epidemic Fevers that Prevailed in the City of New York from 1791 to 1822," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, 50, no. 4, October 1966, pp. 333-64.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, pp. 154-5.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
27814
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Peter R. Livingston (1766-1847)
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. William S. Livingston
Object Number:
1901.1
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W. H. Powell. Pinxt. 1841"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Robert James and Susan (Smith) Livingston. He practiced law in New York and was a member of the New York legislature and speaker of the assembly in 1823.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
27737
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Pope Morris (1802-1864)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1842-1845
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 x 20 in. ( 60.3 x 50.8 cm )
Framed: 36 in. × 32 1/4 in. × 3 5/8 in. (91.4 × 81.9 × 9.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1900.2
Gallery Label:
Morris, a journalist and poet, was born in Philadelphia and came to New York at an early age. He was founder and editor of "The New York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette," editor of the daily "Evening Mirror," and founder and editor of "The Home Journal." His most famous poem was "Woodman, Spare that Tree." This portrait shows Morris in the uniform he wore as an officer in the New York State Militia. His friends commonly called him "General" Morris.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
27376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Mc Kesson (1783-1810)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1959.43
Gallery Label:
Sarah Hull was the eldest daughter of General William Hull (1753-1825) and Sarah (Fuller) Hull of Newton, Mass. Her father was a judge, state senator, and governor of the Michigan Territory (1805-12). She married John McKesson of New York on August 26, 1802.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
27210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Samuel Barker Harper (1777-1860)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 in. ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
Object Number:
1957.209
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of James Harper (b. 1740) of Ispwich, England, who settled in Long Island before the Revolution. His brother, James Harper, was mayor of New York from 1844 through 1845, and grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
27186
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Martha "Patty" Pintard (1769-1837)
Classification:
Date:
Late 18th century
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Full length figure of a nude-blond haired infant seated on a rose colour cloth in a verdent open landscape. The Child has just released a dove into flight.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Mary Stevens
Object Number:
1987.11
Gallery Label:
The artist who painted this work is identified only as a "Hudson Valley limner."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
27138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Darius Mead, M.D. (1787-1864)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1847-1848
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 27 in. ( 86.4 x 68.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edwin A. Abbey
Object Number:
1929.3
Gallery Label:
The subject was the fifth son of Joshua Mead and his first wife, Rachel (Knapp) Mead of Round Hill, Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1807 and studied medicine in Philadelphia with Dr. Benjamin Rush. He practiced medicine in Greenwich from 1810 until the end of his life. He also served in the Connecticut state senate (1845-46). His portrait was a gift to the Society from his granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
27132
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mildred Morris (1880-1966)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1901
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. ( 51.1 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Oil on canvas portrait depicting frontal view of young woman against dark background, cropped below shoulders; figure attired in pale dress with collar and dickey painted cream with color highlights, and puffed sleeves with daubs of reds and pinks, with dark hair put up behind.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Felice T. Morris
Object Number:
1970.38
Gallery Label:
The subject was the elder daughter of Felix William James Morris (1845-1900), the character actor, and Mary B. (Shoot) Morris (d. 1954), an actress whose stage name was Florence Wood. The subject was also an actress, as was her younger sister, Felice, the donor of this portrait.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1901
eMuseum Object ID:
26905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall (canvas): 24 3/4 x 20 in. (62.9 x 50.8 cm)
Frame: 34 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 2 in. (88.3 x 75.6 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1939.161
Gallery Label:
Huntington executed this portrait of his friend Cole in the early part of 1841, and it was shown at the annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design that spring, before Cole left New York for Europe.
Thomas Cole had first journeyed up the Hudson River as a young man in the summer of 1825. In the Catskill Mountains he made sketches for paintings that not only launched his career, but also the Hudson River School. In 1836 Cole left New York City to settle permanentlly at Catskill, a village on the west side of the Hudson River and a prtal to teh popular mountain sketching and touring grounds. Daniel Huntington's appealing portrait of the artist in middle age at the height of his career was shown at the National Academy in 1841. Huntington wrote to Cole's wife, Maria in 1843: "I beg you will accept the portrait of Mr. Cole, which for your sake I could wish was the best likeness in the world. If it affords you as much pleasure as I enjoyed while painting it - I shall be quite satisfied."
Bibliography:
"National Academy of Design," New York Express, May 13, 1841, n.p.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 155-6.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
26408
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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