Erie Canal at Little Falls, N.Y.
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/8 x 36 in. ( 61.3 x 91.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1949.4
Gallery Label:
This study is based on an earlier work by the artist which was published as a wooden cut in Holden's Dollar magazine.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
7748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chester Alan Arthur
Classification:
Date:
1944
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1944.352
Gallery Label:
This is one of several paintings by Rittenberg commissioned by Mr. Zabriskie to add to the Society's collection of presidential portraits.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1944
eMuseum Object ID:
7724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Oil on artboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 7 in. ( 19 x 17.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1984.121
Marks:
signature: Lower right: EJ
inscription: On reverse: THIS IS A STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF GROVER CLEVELAND PAINTED BY EASTMAN JOHNSON NOW IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF ALBANY. THIS STUDY WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MRS. EASTMAN JOHNSON WHEN I WAS ARRANGING THE PURCHASE
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
7695
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James Milton Benedict
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1841
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 30 x 1 in. ( 94 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1983.35
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
7436
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Horatio Gates Shumway (1827-1884)
Classification:
Date:
1864
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 in. ( 68.6 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks
Object Number:
1959.14
Gallery Label:
Augusta Mary Johnston was married to Horatio Gates Shumway on December 11, 1856. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her grandson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
7386
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 19 1/4 in. ( 48.3 x 48.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Annie L. Gebhard
Object Number:
1921.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
7380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fjord in Norway
Classification:
Date:
1862
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/4 x 49 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 84.5 x 126.4 x 1.9 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-212
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, dated lower left: H. Herzog '62
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
7373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
In back of Cleopatra's Needle, Central Park
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Oil on artboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 16 in. ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape that depicts the view in the back of Cleopatra's needle in Central Park in Manhattan;skyscrapers and skyline of New York City in the distance.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1974.39
Marks:
signed: in lower right corner: "Bry"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
7365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
An Allegory -- Death and Immortality.
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1675-1725
Medium:
Oil on wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 19 x 1 in. ( 38.1 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.17
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1725
eMuseum Object ID:
7334
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
David Dows (1814-1890)
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mr. Olin Dows
Object Number:
1981.15
Gallery Label:
The subject was a successful New York grain merchant; member of the Chamber of Commerce, 1875-90; employed by his brother in the grain trade; amassed a fortune in a comparatively few years; one of the organizers of the New York Corn Exchange; saved the government an enormous amount of money by his purchase of supplies for the Army during the Civil War; portrait presented by his family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
7308
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.







