Washington's Camp at Valley Forge
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 39 3/4 in. ( 73.7 x 101 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.464
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4743
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seascape
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on millboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 in. ( 21.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.25
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Hunter Morris
Classification:
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 x 1 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1979.88
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamship Statendam
Classification:
Date:
1915
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 7/8 x 36 x 7/8 in. ( 121.6 x 91.4 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Depicts the steamship, Statendam, docking in New York Harbor accompanied by at least 5 tugboats. The ship has a black hull, white upper decks, and yellow stacks with blue and white bands. Signed on the lower right hand corner: Jules Bovey/15.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1938.435
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Jules Bovey/15"
Gallery Label:
This painting illustrates a period of New York harbor's prominence in the great age of transatlantic steamboat travel. FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE STATENDAM IS SUGGESTED.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
4631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snowbound
Classification:
Date:
1926
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 24 in. ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
Frame: 26 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (67.3 x 76.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard Thain
Object Number:
1963.148
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
4616
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View from Hyde Park on the Hudson River
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. ( 54 x 73 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1923.5
Gallery Label:
This study is also attributed to Victor de Grailly and is a companion to the painting of Kosciuszko's Monument, attributed to de Grailly and cited ante. The identification is likewise based on research by William Nathaniel Banks, and the painting itself is based on an engraving (1837) by G.K. Richardson after the original taken in 1835 by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
4576
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Long Island Sound Steamboat "Providence"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 x 30 in. ( 152.4 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1938.436
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fishing Boats at Barcelona, N.Y.
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 17 in. ( 30.5 x 43.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Philip Schmand
Object Number:
1943.289
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lago Di Maggiore
Classification:
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 111 x 148 in. ( 281.9 x 375.9 cm )
Object Number:
X.23
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4497
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Escape of the U.S. Frigate Constitution
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1838
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/8 x 35 3/4 in. ( 63.8 x 90.8 cm )
Framed: 34 1/2 × 45 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (87.6 × 115.6 × 12.1 cm)
Description:
Marine view depicting the escape of the U.S. frigate, Constitution, from the British.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Matilda Wolfe Bruce
Object Number:
1908.5
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Thos Birch 1838"
Gallery Label:
Birch painted this study for Captain Isaac Hull (1773-1843) who assumed command of the Constitution in 1810. Another small study of this painting is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
4325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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