Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James (ca. 1868-1941)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1904
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 92 x 40 in. ( 233.7 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the James Foundation
Object Number:
1959.39
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: Hubert Vos 1904
Gallery Label:
Harriet Eddy Parsons was the daughter of Sydenham Clark Parsons. She married Arthur Curtiss James in Northampton, Massachusetts, on April 23, 1890.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
16733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Owens
Classification:
Date:
1916
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 3/4 x 40 in. ( 126.4 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James M. Todd from the Estate of Helen M. Turner
Object Number:
1958.139
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Helen M. Turner / N. Y. 1916"
Gallery Label:
The artist, Helen Turner (1858-1958), was the great-granddaughter of John Pintard, one of the founders of The New-York Historical Society. The subject was a friend of hers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1916
eMuseum Object ID:
16732
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clermont, Tivoli, N.Y.
Classification:
Date:
1909
Medium:
Oil on canvas, mounted on millboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 3/4 x 65 5/8 in. ( 106 x 166.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Steamship Historical Society of America, through William H. Ewen
Object Number:
1957.72
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, dated lower right: Vernon Howe Bailey /Frederick W. Glover /09.
inscribed: in center: "Clermont/Built about 1730, burned by the British 1777/ Rebuilt in 1778/Inherited from his father in 1775 by Chancellor Robert R. Livingston."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
16731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
French Line Steamship
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/8 x 56 1/2 in. ( 89.9 x 143.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Trustees of Packard Junior College
Object Number:
1954.129
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: Ed. Odom 1891
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16730
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dutch Cottage, Beaver Street, N.Y.C
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1853
Medium:
Sepia oil on canvas (relined)
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 36 1/4 in. ( 55.9 x 92.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Susie Cruikshank Snyder
Object Number:
1926.39
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
16729
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles Elliott Warren (1864-1945)
Classification:
Date:
1911
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 1/2 x 38 in. ( 120.6 x 96.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Veteran Corps of Artillery
Object Number:
1950.77
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Adjutant Charles Elliott Warren / Veteran Corps of Artillery / painted by O. H. Perry / N.Y. 1911"
Gallery Label:
Warren was born in New York, the son of George William and Mary Elizabeth (Pease) Warren. After attending the University of California he entered the banking business in New York in 1882. By 1910 he was president of the Lincoln National Bank. He served in both the Spanish-American War and World War I, ultimately achieving the rank of brigadier general. He was a member of The New-York Historical Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
16728
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Norreys Jephson O'Conor (1885-1958)
Classification:
Date:
1894
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 x 35 in. ( 139.7 x 88.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Norreys Jephson O'Conor
Object Number:
1948.174
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, dated: Pennington-1894
Gallery Label:
This full-length portrait is not signed or dated, but is clearly in the same style as Pennington's large portrait of the subject's father (1933.9). Since the boy in this picture apears to be about nine or ten years old, it is safe to assume his portrait, like that of his father, was painted in Newport in the summer of 1894.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
16726
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
G. Creighton Webb (1854-1948)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 3/4 x 40 in. ( 126.4 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Colonel G. Creighton Webb
Object Number:
1948.148
Marks:
signature: lower right: "M. Bangon Copeland"
Gallery Label:
Webb was born at Tarrytown, New York, the son of General James Watson Webb. He graduated from Yale in 1876 and later received a law degree from that institution. After practicing law for five years he became the music librarian of the Metropolitan Opera Company. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was commissioned a colonel and served with distinction. He was appointed secretary to the American legation at St. Petersburg, Russia, after the war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
16725
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles Tracy Barney (1850-1907)
Classification:
Date:
1904
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Framed: 101 × 57 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (256.5 × 146.7 × 10.8 cm)
Unframed: 90 × 48 in. (228.6 × 121.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of James W. Barney
Object Number:
1947.112
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: "Zorn 1904"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
16724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Hancock (1737-1793)
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Van Zandt Lane
Object Number:
1945.84
Gallery Label:
Copley's original portrait of Hancock, of which the Society's example is a 19th-century copy, was painted in Boston in 1765.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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