Mrs. John De Peyster (1743-1821)
Classification:
Date:
1798
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Christopher Champlin
Object Number:
1894.3
Marks:
signature and date: at right: "C. W. Peale / painted 1798"
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth (Haring) De Peyster was the daughter of Elbert and Elizabeth (Bogart) Haring, of New York and Tappan.
Bibliography:
Sellers, Charles Coleman, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale, The Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 42, Part I, Philadelphia: 1952, pp. 63, 270.
Belknap, Waldron Phoenix, Jr. The De Peyster Geneaology. Boston: Privately Printed, 1956, p. 63-4, fig. 11
Belknap, Waldron Phoenix, Jr. American Colonial Painting, materials for a history. Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1959, pp. 47-58, II-IV.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p 208.
Miller, Lillian B., ed., The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and his family. New Haven: Published for the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution by Yale University Press, c. 1983, p. 226.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1798
eMuseum Object ID:
17725
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Head of a Roman
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
image size: 29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (74.9 x 61.6 cm)
framed: 35 x 30 in. (88.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1907.8
Gallery Label:
This painting along with Durand's other "Head of a Roman" paintings were exhibited at the National Academy in 1842. This is one of eight studies of elderly men painted by Durand in 1840-41, of which the Society owns four.
Bibliography:
"Exhibition of the National Academy," The New World, May 21, 1842, p. 337.
"National Academy of Design," The NY Herald, May 25, 1842, p.2, col. 4.
"Editor's Table," The Knickerbocker, June 1842, pp. 588-93.
Executor's Sale, Studies in Oil by Asher B. Durand, N.A., Deceased, Ortgies' Art Gallery, New York, April 13 and 14, 1887., p. 31, no. 378.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 43.
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. 159-62, 215, 241, 445, 616-7, 671.
Caldwell, John S., Asher B. Durand's Travels in Europe, 1840-1841 and their Role in his Artistic Development, Submitted to Hunter College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, 1973, pp. 42-3.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 312.
Stebbins, Jr., Theodore E., The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience 1760-1914, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992, p. 194.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
17723
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The Roman Forum
Classification:
Date:
mid 19th century
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Frame: 2 x 7 1/2 in. (5.1 x 19.1 cm)
Frame (1): 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26 cm)
Frame (2): 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm)
Description:
Micro-mosaic scene of Roman Forum set with black border
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-145
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17721
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S Java
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. ( 42.5 x 59.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.50
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17720
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Jefferson Bryan (1800-1870)
Classification:
Date:
1831
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 16 3/8 in. ( 50.8 x 41.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Watson Fund
Object Number:
1960.26
Marks:
monogram and date: lower left: "T S 1831"
Gallery Label:
This unfinished study of Thomas Jefferson Bryan is probably a sketch for no. 236 in Sully's register of paintings (see Biddle and Fielding, "Life and Works of Thomas Sully," 1921).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
17719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peleg Pelton (1759-after 1826)
Classification:
Date:
1826
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. ( 76.8 x 61.6 cm )
Object Number:
1984.70
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
17701
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Adams (1735-1826)
Classification:
Date:
1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 in. ( 74.9 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm )
frame: 40 x 34 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 101.6 x 88.3 x 10.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.6
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. 195, 621.
Durand, John, The Life and Times of Asher B. Durand, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894; Reprint, Hensonville, NY: Black Dome Press, 2007), pp. 106-15.
"Pictures by Durand," The New York Times, April 26, 1903, p. 34.
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, Early American Portraiture, New York: Privately Printed, 1930, pp. 38-41.
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 Adams and His Wife, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967, pp. 169-171, 254.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, Vol. 1, p. 5.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, pp. xii, xiii, xviii.
Lynes, Russell, "Luman Reed: A New York Patron," Apollo, Vol. 107, No. 192, 1978, pp. 124-9.
Foshay, Ella M., Luman Reed's Picture Gallery: Pioneer Collection of American Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990, pp. 19, 30-1, 46-8, 61-2, 84, 141-5, 208-9.
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, 81, 130, 207, 217.
Date Begin:
1835
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
17672
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hanson Edward Ely (1867-1958)
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Description:
A portrait of General Hanson Edward Ely (1867-1958) wearing his uniform, which is clad with a myriad of distinguished military medals. The partially bald subject is seated against a non-descript background and is facing right with his left hand thumb in his belt. Signed in the lower right hand corner: DeWitt M. Lockman
Credit Line:
Painted from life for the Society
Object Number:
1932.61
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "DeWitt M. Lockman / 1932"
Gallery Label:
At the time of his retirement Ely had attained the rank of major general in the U.S. army. He served in the Philippines in 1899-1901, again in 1907-1912, and was commander of the Fifth Division of the Third Army Corps, American Expeditionary Force, in Europe in 1918. His portrait is one of the group of American portraits given to the Society by the artist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
17666
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Mrs. Philip Milledoler (d. 1852)
Classification:
Date:
1832
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 26 in. ( 83.8 x 66 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1965.6
Marks:
stenciled: on back of canvas: "Waldo and Jewett / 1832 / New York"
Gallery Label:
Margaret Steele was the daughter of General John Steele and Abigail Ann (Bailey) Steele of Philadelphia. She became the second wife of Philip Milledoler on November 4, 1817. Her portrait was painted as a pendant to that of Mr. Milledoler.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
17656
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peter Stuyvesant (ca. 1612-1672)
Classification:
Date:
Early 19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nicholas William Stuyvesant
Object Number:
1829.1
Gallery Label:
This portrait, a copy of a 17th-century portrait of Governor Stuyvesant attributed to Hendrick Couturier, was a gift to the Society from Stuyvesant's great-great-grandson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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