Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, NYC, 1776
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1938
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 x 72 in. ( 210.8 x 182.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, General Fund
Object Number:
1938.402
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
11781
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Garret Abeel (1734-1799)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1760-1765
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of George Abeel
Object Number:
1918.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1765
eMuseum Object ID:
11780
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Margaret Ann Benson (Mrs. Andrew Mc Gown)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 x 25 x 1 in. ( 78.7 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1939.534
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Female Saint.
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
oil on paper.
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 7 3/8 in. ( 25.4 x 18.7 cm )
Object Number:
X.730
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Venetian Senator
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.63
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lewis Morris (1698-1762)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1760
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 in. ( 76.8 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of a granddaughter of Lewis Morris, through William A. Whitehead
Object Number:
1845.2
Gallery Label:
The subject, the eldest son of Lewis Morris (1671-1746), was the second Lord of Morrisania Manor and judge of the vice-admiralty court for the provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He inherited large tracts of land in New York from his father. In 1722 he became a member of Governor Burnet's council and in 1737 was chosen speaker of the New York provincial assembly, in which he served until 1750. His second wife, Sarah Gouverneur, was the mother of Gouverneur Morris.
Bibliography:
Logan, Eleanor, "Portraits of Our Forefathers," American Collector, Vol. 12, no. 6, July, 1943, n.p
Sawitzky, Susan, "Thomas McIlworth," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly, April 1951, pp. 117-39.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. II, 1974, p. 555.
Curran, Ona, Thomas McIlworth: Colonial New York Portrait Painter, Esperance, NY: Art Book Press, 2007, p. 58.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
11709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
City Hall Park Showing New City Hall
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 30 in. ( 61 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration
Object Number:
1940.975
Gallery Label:
This was executed under the United States government-sponsored Works Progress Administration art program.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
11695
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Autumn, Mill Stream
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 36 in. ( 50.8 x 91.4 cm )
Frame: 30 x 46 x 3 in. ( 76.2 x 116.8 x 7.6 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
11646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kneeling Saint before Infant Christ.
Classification:
Medium:
oil on linen.
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 48.6 x 43.5 x 1.9 cm )
Object Number:
X.707
Marks:
inscriptions: Strecher marked: "Nadelman Collection".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of a Woman
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
early 19th century
Medium:
Paint on glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 7 x 1 in. ( 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.337
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
11342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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