Andrew McGown III (1856-1873)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1873
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 in. ( 68.6 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry P. McGown
Object Number:
1918.18
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Henry Post McGown (ca. 1823-1904), judge of the city court, and Mary A. McGown of Harlem. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his brother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
16935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dutch Fish Market, Rotterdam
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 26 x 7/8 in. ( 48.3 x 66 x 2.2 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-88
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: J. Akkersdyk H.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Judgment of Midas
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1615
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 24 x 1 in. ( 73.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.25
Provenance:
Luman Reed, d. 1836; Mrs. Luman Reed, New York, 1836-44; New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1844-58.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1615
eMuseum Object ID:
16933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Quarrel
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 57 x 1 in. ( 88.9 x 144.8 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-181
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, dated lower right: L. Knaus 1882.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
16831
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mountain Scenery
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 17 in. ( 55.9 x 43.2 cm )
frame: 32 x 27 x 3 1/4 in. ( 81.3 x 68.6 x 8.3 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-230
Bibliography:
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. 208-9.
Powell, Earl A., Thomas Cole. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990, pp. 35, 38-9.
Foshay, Ella M., and Novak, Barbara, Intimate Friends: Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, William Cullen Bryant, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 2000, p. 46.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16829
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Oil on millboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. ( 45.1 x 32.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1925.11
Gallery Label:
The subject was born near Peterburg, Va. He was a hero of the War of 1812 by the end of which he had risen to the rank of brevet major general. In 1841 he became general-in-chief of the United States army, and in 1847 personally led the American forces in the Mexican War. He was the Whig candidate for president in 1852, but was defeated by Franklin Pierce. With the outbreak of the Civil War he remained loyal to the Union, but resigned his command in November 1861.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
16819
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Roman Campagna with the Claudian Aqueduct, Italy
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865
Medium:
Oil on paper, laid on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 17 in. ( 17.8 x 43.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.40
Marks:
Signature and date: Mid-bottom: " T. H. Hotchkiss / JAN 9th '65"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right of center with a stylus: "Jan. 9th / /65"; frame inscribed in graphite: "Scene in / Italy by / T H Hotchkiss"
Provenance:
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. Durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
16816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Reverend Adiel Sherwood, Jr. (1791-1879)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1835-1840
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 24 in. ( 71.1 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1942.198
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Rev. A. Sherwood / J. P. Sherwood pinx."
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Fort Edward, New York, was a descendant of Thomas Sherwood who had settled in Stratford, Conn., in 1645. He studied theology and then, for reasons of health, went to Georgia, where he became an itinerant Baptist minister. The artist, J. P. Sherwood (relationship to the subject is uncertain), was active in Charleston, South Carolina.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
16811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Giovanni Batista Castaldi
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 7/8 x 30 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 103.8 x 77.2 x 2.2 cm )
Object Number:
1860.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16745
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Mitchell (1801-1886)
Classification:
Date:
1875
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Cornelius von Erden Mitchell
Object Number:
1966.34
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "D. Huntington / 1875"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in New York, graduated from Columbia College in 1820, and was admitted to the bar in 1823. He was elected a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in 1849 and its presiding justice in 1854. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandson.
Bibliography:
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 544-5.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
16735
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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