Carl Schurz (1829-1906)
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 31 in. ( 94 x 78.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of James P. Warburg
Object Number:
1946.74
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Ferraris 1900"
Gallery Label:
A native of Cologne, Germany, Carl Schurz came to the United States in 1852. He was minister to Spain under President Lincoln, and served in the Civil War. After the war he turned to journalism and also returned to politics. He is probably best remembered for his role as secretary of the interior (1877-81) because of his efforts for just treatment of the Indians, a merit civil service program, and national parks.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Autumn Landscape
Classification:
Date:
1881
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 18 x 1 in. ( 55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1983.18
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1881
eMuseum Object ID:
19427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. James Saxe (1828-1921)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John Godfrey Saxe
Object Number:
1956.109
Gallery Label:
Sarah Storrs Sollace, the daughter of Judge Calvin Sollace and Sophia (Bascome) Sollace, was married to James Saxe about 1850.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
19406
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Henry Bromfield Rogers (1802-1880)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 14 in. ( 43.2 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Katherine R. Rogers
Object Number:
1955.158
Gallery Label:
Anna Powell Mason Perkins was the oldest daughter of Thomas Perkins of Boston. She married Henry Bromfield Rogers on September 12, 1831. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her grandniece.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
19403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inscribed backing panel for "The Course of Empire"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1836
Medium:
Oil on pine board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 7/8 x 42 1/8 in. ( 50.5 x 107 cm )
Description:
Wood panel inscribed: "This picture with four others constitute a series called The Course of Empire. They were painted for Mr Luman Reed, but before they were completed I had to lament his death./Thomas Cole./Catskill.1836"
Object Number:
INV.4815
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed: "This picture with four others constitute a series called The/Course of Empire. They were painted for Mrs. Luman Reed,/But before they were completed I had to lament his death./Thomas Cole./Catskill. 1836."
Gallery Label:
This wood panel was used as a protective backing for "The Consummation of Empire" canvas from the five-part series of paintings "The Course of Empire". The moving inscription refers to Luman Reed's death on June 7, 1836, and suggests that Cole intended "The Course of Empire" to serve as a lasting memorial to Reed, both as a friend and as a patron of the arts.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
19399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figures in Park (Sketch for Madison Square)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1926
Medium:
oil on artboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 x 1 in. ( 22.9 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1985.18
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
19346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Erie Canal and Covered Bridge
Classification:
Date:
1847
Medium:
oil
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 x 45 x 1 in. ( 78.7 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1981.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
19345
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Classification:
Date:
1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
frame: 40 x 35 x 4 1/4 in. ( 101.6 x 88.9 x 10.8 cm )
Overall: 31 x 26 x 1 in. ( 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.7
Provenance:
Luman Reed, d. 1836; Mrs. Luman Reed, New York, 1836-44; New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1844-58.
Bibliography:
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.
Sheldon, G. W., American Painters: With Eighty-Three Examples of their Work Engraved on Wood, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879, p. 129.
"Pictures by Durand," The New York Times, April 26, 1903, p. 34.
Tolman, Ruel P., "Asher Brown Durand", Art in America, vol. 11, no. 4, June 1923, pp. 196-200.
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, Early American Portraiture, New York: Privately Printed, 1930, pp. 38-40.
Vail, R. W., Knickerbocker Birthday: A Sesqui Centennial History of The New-York Historical Society 1804-1954, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1954, pp. 334-5.
Vail, R. W., "A Distinguished Company," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XXXVIII, no. 2, April 1954, pp. 139-40, 143.
Lawall, David B., Asher Brown Durand: His Art and Art Theory in Relation to his Times, Submitted to Princeton University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, March 1966, pp. 57, 140-159, 192-4, 616.
Oliver, Andrew, Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970, pp. 168-181.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, Vol. 1, p. 6.
Lassiter, Barbara Babcock, American Wilderness: The Hudson River School of Painting, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977, pp. 36-7.
Foshay, Ella M., Luman Reed's Picture Gallery: Pioneer Collection of American Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990, pp. 19, 141-145, 30-1, 46-8, 61-2,
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Asher B. Durand, American Landscape Painter," Kindred Spirits Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, Brooklyn Museum, 2007, pp. 70-1, 77, 81, 130, 201, 207, 217.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
19344
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Edward Jenner Swords (1852-1896)
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/8 x 20 in. ( 61.3 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William Voorhis Swords
Object Number:
1952.346
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "J. Harrison Mills '96"
inscription: on back (under relining): "By J. Harrison Mills / N.Y. Oct. 1896"
Gallery Label:
Julia Jarvis Marvin was the younger daughter of Walter Taylor Marvin and Eliza Rowland (Jarvis) Marvin of New York. She married Edward Jenner Swords on September 11, 1872. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her daughter-in-law.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
19341
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Running Action Between the U.S. Frigate President and H.M.S. Endymion
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 23 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 59.7 cm )
Description:
Marine view depicting January 15, 1815, confrontation between U.S. Frigate President and H.M.S. Endymion.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.69
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
19340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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