The Fortress of Kronborg at Elsinore, Scene of the Play of Hamlet
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1855
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/4 x 57 in. ( 94.6 x 144.8 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-158
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, dated lower right: F. Richardt 1855.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
7141
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Capture of US Frigate Chesapeake by HMS Shannon off Boston..
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 21 in. ( 43.2 x 53.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of James Laurence Pool and Mr. Beekman H. Pool
Object Number:
1949.134
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
7139
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Southside Sportsman's Club, Oakdale, Long Island
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 x 40 in. ( 74.9 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1973.40
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
7138
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James William Beekman, Sr. (1815-1877)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 in. ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Object Number:
1941.782
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
7109
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, June 1, 1813.
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1813-1824
Medium:
Oil on lacquered papier-mâché tray
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 26 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Lacquered papier-mâché tray; flat, rectangular base with raised sides; central image shows a painted scene from the sea battle between the U.S. frigate "Chesapeake" and the British vessel, H.M.S. "Shannon" during the War of 1812, depicting the commencement of the action, with the two frigates exchanging gunfire at close range, off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts on June 1, 1813. The rim is decorated with a floral and foliate gilt border.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.56
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
7080
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape, with Cattle in a Stream
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1856-1861
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 25 in. ( 35.6 x 63.5 cm )
frame: 25 x 35 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 63.5 x 90.5 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape of a curving river in a wooded area; trees on either side of embankment; birch tree on far right; wading cattle in foreground on right; grazing cattle on far left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Casilear Burr
Object Number:
1939.241
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
7077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865)
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 56 x 44 in. ( 142.2 x 111.8 cm )
frame: 67 1/2 x 55 x 4 in. ( 171.4 x 139.7 x 10.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Gallery of Fine Arts
Object Number:
1858.60
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "D. Huntington 1851"
Gallery Label:
Charles Eastlake was born in Plymouth, England, and would distinguish himself as an artist and author. In addition, he served as keeper of the National Gallery of England from 1843 to 1847 and director from 1855; he was knighted in 1850, the same year he was named president of the Royal Academy, a position he held until 1865.
Bibliography:
"The Fine Arts - Exhibition of the National Academy," New-York Tribune, April 22, 1853, p. 6.
"The Fine Arts - Exhibition of the Academy," The Literary World, April 30, 1853, pp. 358-9.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 247.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
7076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James De Peyster (1757-1793)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 x 45 in. ( 152.4 x 114.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.7
Gallery Label:
James, the son of James A. (1729-99) and Sarah (Reade) De Peyster (1724-1802), was a brother of Abraham and Frederic De Peyster. He was a first lieutenant in the Fourth, or King's Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Thomas James. The portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandniece.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
7047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)
Classification:
Date:
1868
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 1/8 x 36 in. ( 127.3 x 91.4 cm )
frame: 57 x 44 x 3 1/2 in. (144.8 x 111.8 x 8.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Beekman Fund
Object Number:
1954.36
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "J. R. Lambdin / 1868 / Phila."
Gallery Label:
Lambdin, one of the leading portrait painters in Philadelphia from 1840 to 1870, painted the portraits of Generals Burnside, Rosecrans, Buell, Meade, and Reynolds during the years of the Civil War. In 1868, the year Grant was elected president, he painted this portrait from life.
Bibliography:
Rasmussen, William M. S. and Robert S. Tilton. "Lee and Grant." Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 2007.
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
6964
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The Encounter
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 16 in. ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )
Frame: 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 4 in. (27 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 4 in.)
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1983.39
Gallery Label:
A full discussion of Cafferty published in exhibition catalog by NYHS. Copy of catalog in artist files.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
6939
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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