Lady of the Le Conte Family
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1720-1730
Medium:
Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/8 x 24 in. ( 74 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1950.202
Gallery Label:
The Le Conte family lived in the area of New Rochelle, New York. This portrait of an unidentified member of that family appears to be by the same artist who painted the portraits of Abram Gouveneur (1671-1740) and his wife, Mary Leisler (d. 1747), in the Museum of the City of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1730
eMuseum Object ID:
6728
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C.
Classification:
Date:
1925
Medium:
Oil on academy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 in. ( 25.4 x 20.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard Thain
Object Number:
1970.51
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
6727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Andrew Hood (1799-1864)
Classification:
Date:
1862
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Anne C. Hood
Object Number:
1941.639
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "Andrew Hood Painted by Wm. S. Mount. at Peekskill Oct. 1862"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of James Hood of London, England. He was a wine importer in New York. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his daughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
6713
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hi Hee, Chinese Theatre, Pell St., NYC
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 24 x 1 in. ( 50.8 x 61 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1946.254
Marks:
signed: at lower left: "Stafford M. Northcote/copyright 1900"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
6712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Samuel Jaudon (1796-1874)
Classification:
Date:
1839
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Cortlandt Van Rensselaer
Object Number:
1921.2
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Presented to Mrs. Philip Livingston (née Jaudon) / By Mrs. Charles A. Davis Septr 1858 / Annie Peyton Livingston by Will to / Julia W. Van Rensselaer / By Will 1901 -- Aug. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer / Portrait of Samuel Jaudon / Pai
Gallery Label:
The subject was the eldest son of Daniel Jaudon and Anna (McNeal) Jaudon by Philadelphia. He was the cashier of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia under Nicholas Biddle. He later became a banker in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
6687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Leonard Rogers (ca. 1768-?)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785-1790
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 21 1/4 in. ( 61 x 54 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John A. Thompson
Object Number:
1940.485
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth Gatfield was the wife of Leonard Rogers of New York. Judging by the style of the dress and hat she wears, her portrait must have been painted about 1785-90. The painting, a gift to the Society from the subject's great-great-grandson, represents a survival of the provincial Georgian-rococo style in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
6680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
David Gelston (1744-1828)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810-1815
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 27 1/4 in. ( 86.4 x 69.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Henry R. Winthrop
Object Number:
1897.1
Gallery Label:
Gelston was active as a legislator in New York State during the Revolution and the years that followed. In 1801 President Jefferson appointed him collector of customs for the Port of New York, a position he held for nineteen years. In this portrait he holds a book which bears the title "Collection Duties," in reference to the office he held when the portrait was painted.
Bibliography:
"New Home for the Historical Society," New-York Tribune, January 6, 1987, p. 7.
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1903, p. 86.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 36.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 63.
Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321.
"Jarvis Centennial Exhibition List," New York; The New-York Historical Society, 1940, p. 1.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter, The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1940, pp. 47-64.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, pp. 110-1.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. 332, 351, 427.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, pp. 290-1.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
6643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Augusta 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:
1983.36
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
6638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Man with Cane
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 9 x 1 in. ( 35.6 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1985.24b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
6604
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dr. William Beekman (1684-1770)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1767
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 30 in. ( 91.4 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1962.68
Gallery Label:
Though educated in medicine, Dr. William Beekman (1684-1770) had a successful mercantile career in New York City. He married Catharine Delanoy (1691-1765), a relative of the artist. He was the father of six daughters and four sons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1767
eMuseum Object ID:
6465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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