John Durand III (ca. 1824-ca. 1910)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 20 in. ( 76.2 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1930.13
Gallery Label:
John Durand III was the son of Asher B. Durand and Lucy (Baldwin) Durand. He is best known as editor of "The Crayon," a periodical published in the 1850s devoted to painting and other arts in America. This portrait was a gift to the Society from his niece.
Bibliography:
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, Early American Portraiture, New York: Privately Printed, 1930, p. 40.
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, pp. 88, 110-1.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, Vol. 1, p. 237.
Smith, Alvy Ray, compiled by, Dr. John Durand (1664-1727) of Derby Connecticut: His Family Through Four Generations Featuring the Branch of His Youngest Son Ebenezer Durand Through Ten Generations to 2003, Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2003, pp. 225.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
5210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Durand (1758-1832)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1822
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 9 3/4 in. ( 30.5 x 24.8 cm )
frame: 17 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 44.5 x 39.1 x 6.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1907.6
Marks:
signature: on back: "A. B. D. Portrait of Mother"
Gallery Label:
Rachel (Meyer) Post Durand was the mother of Asher B. Durand. This portrait, a gift to the Society from the subject's granddaughter, is thought to be one of the first portraits painted by the artist.
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. 30, no. 370.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 43.
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, Early American Portraiture, New York: Privately Printed, 1930, pp. 38-41.
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, pp. 38, 156-9, 616.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, Vol. 1, p. 236.
Smith, Alvy Ray, compiled by, Dr. John Durand (1664-1727) of Derby Connecticut: His Family Through Four Generations Featuring the Branch of His Youngest Son Ebenezer Durand Through Ten Generations to 2003, Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2003, pp. 137-8.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Asher B. Durand, American Landscape Painter," Kindred Spirits Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, Brooklyn Museum, 2007, pp. 49, 80, 200, 203
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
5209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
U.S. Steamship "Vanderbilt"
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 30 in. ( 40.6 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, General Fund
Object Number:
1939.247
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mount Gulian, Fishkill-on-Hudson (Beacon), N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 13 1/16 in. ( 22.9 x 33.2 cm )
Description:
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1957.105
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape and Fisherman
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 17 3/8 in. ( 31.1 x 44.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. D. M. Hall
Object Number:
1943.416
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 30 in. ( 57.2 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
1950.377
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Philip Doddridge Keteltas (1771-1845)
Classification:
Date:
1830
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 27 in. ( 83.8 x 68.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Edith Malvina Keteltas Wetmore
Object Number:
1966.13
Marks:
label: on back: "Painted by Wm D. Parisen, N. Y. Dec. 1830"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a prominent New York physician, the son of the Rev. Abraham Keteltas. He was a trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York from 1807 to 1811. His portrait came to the Society as part of the bequest of his granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
4919
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Joseph Seligman
Classification:
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 21 x 1 in. ( 63.5 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1975.26
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Inness (1825-1894)
Classification:
Date:
1872
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 4 in. ( 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1961.27
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "G. Inness 1872"
Gallery Label:
This small self-portrait was painted in Europe while the artist was living and working there. It was after his return that his landscapes were in much demand.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1872
eMuseum Object ID:
4852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clipper Ship "James Baines"
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 32 in. ( 55.9 x 81.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1938.424
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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