Mrs. John Geib, Jr. (ca. 1785-?)
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Emma J. Brown
Object Number:
1967.36
Gallery Label:
The subject's maiden name was Margaret Lawrence.
Bibliography:
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, p. 351.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 290.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
14782
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Hudson River Near Hastings, N.Y.
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 22 1/8 in. ( 29.5 x 56.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1946.203
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: G. H. McCord A.N.A.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
14772
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1775-1862)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/8 x 27 in. ( 86.7 x 68.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Henry Dudley Family through Fannie Graham Dudley
Object Number:
1957.135
Marks:
inscription: on back of canvas (under relining): "Painted / by / Durand"
Gallery Label:
Catharine Livinston Reade was the eldest daughter of John Reade and Catharine (Livingston) Reade. She married Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769-1833) on January 31, 1795. Her portrait was donated to the Society through Fannie Graham Dudley, her great-granddaughter.
Bibliography:
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, p. 84.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, pp. 781-2.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
14736
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Verplanck Mansion, Plum Point, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1824-1876
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 19 1/2 in. ( 33 x 49.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Cattus
Object Number:
1968.15
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
14710
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
New York Harbor from the Battery
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 24 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 61.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accession Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.137[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
14707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Boy with a Toy Horse
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 1/2 x 40 in. ( 128.3 x 101.6 cm )
frame: 58 x 48 in. ( 147.3 x 121.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.452
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
14703
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Group of Trees
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1855-1857
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 18 in. ( 61 x 45.7 cm )
Framed: 31 1/4 × 25 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (79.4 × 64.5 × 7 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1887.8
Bibliography:
Executor's Sale, Studies in Oil by Asher B. Durand, N.A., Deceased, Ortgies' Art Gallery, New York, April 13 and 14, 1887, p. 28, no. 360.
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, p. 170.
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, p. 252.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, p. 341.
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. 55.
Rosand, David, The Invention of Painting in America, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, pp. 57-63, 93, 193-4.
Carbone, Teresa A., American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876, Brooklyn Museum, 2006, Vol. I, p. 479.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
14700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chambers Street and the Municipal Building, N.Y.C.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1922
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 in. ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1940.957
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1922
eMuseum Object ID:
14698
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old English Sportsman
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790-1804
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/16 x 24 1/8 in. ( 48.4 x 61.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.47
Marks:
stenciled: on back: "47"
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:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
14693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Classification:
Date:
Before 1828
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. ( 67.3 x 47 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. David Hosack
Object Number:
1828.1
Gallery Label:
This is an unsigned and undated copy by an unidentified artist after Gilbert Stuart's life portrait of 1805 or one of its replicas.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
14618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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