Portrait of a Woman
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Oil with graphite and metallic gold-toned pigment on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 29 x 1 in. ( 73.7 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.456
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
3270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chapel Pond Brook, Keene Flats, Adirondack Mountains, N.Y.
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 24 in. ( 43.2 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.13
Gallery Label:
Parts of this composition of this study were used in Durand's Chapel Pond Brook of 1871, also owned by the Society.
Bibliography:
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. 262, 362-7, 663-4.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, p. 178.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, p. 358.
Foshay, Ella M., and Novak, Barbara, Intimate Friends: Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, William Cullen Bryant, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 2000, p. 57.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
3251
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "Southampton"
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
frame: 33 x 44 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 113 cm )
Overall: 26 x 38 1/8 in. ( 66 x 96.8 cm )
Description:
Amidships, slightly forward of the paddle box, is one black funnel while at either end of the large super-structure is a wheelhouse. Both ends of the vessel are so constructed as to permit vehicles to be driven on and off.
The vessel is traveling at full speed, leaving a white foam in its wake. This picture is a representation of one of the first ferryboats of the double end construction to ply in New York waters.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1935.72
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "J. Bard, N.Y., 1880/Feby."
Gallery Label:
Built in 1869 in Wilmington, Delaware, for the Long Island Railroad Company, the Southampton did service from Peck Slip, Manhattan to Hunter's Point, Long Island City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
3232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Montague Flagg (1842-1915)
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 30 in. ( 101.6 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Scribner
Object Number:
1958.39
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Jared B. and Sarah (Montague) Flagg and, like his father, was an artist. He was for many years a portrait and genre painter in New York. His self-portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandnephew.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
3162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sinking of the Ville du Havre, November 22, 1873
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1874
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 40 in. ( 61 x 101.6 cm )
Framed: 35 1/2 × 51 1/4 × 5 in. (90.2 × 130.2 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1938.437
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
3153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Railroad Yards, N.Y.C
Classification:
Date:
1927
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 24 in. ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
Frame: 28 x 31 3/4 in. (71.1 x 80.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard Thain
Object Number:
1970.46
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1927
eMuseum Object ID:
3132
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "El Dorado"
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 x 65 1/2 x 1 in. ( 116.8 x 166.4 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1942.250
Marks:
signed: lower right: "George W. Wright, Joiner, N.Y./John A. Boutelle, Painter, N.Y./Picture Drawn & Painted Originally by James Bard, N.Y./686 Washington St."
inscription: lower left: "Thomas Collyer, Builder, N.Y., 1851/Messrs Cunningham & Belknap, Eng
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
3131
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brownstone Houses
Classification:
Date:
1925
Medium:
Oil on academy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 12 in. ( 40.6 x 30.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard Thain
Object Number:
1970.48
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
3130
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Queen Mary II (1662-1694)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1714-1718
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 76.8 x 64.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1951.3
Gallery Label:
The subject was the wife of King William III of England and the older daugher of King James II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, daughter of Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon. Her portrait is a companion piece to Cooper's portrait of William III.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1718
eMuseum Object ID:
3097
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified woman with flowers
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1720
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 23 3/4 in. ( 73.7 x 60.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Colonel G. Creighton Webb
Object Number:
1948.152
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
3090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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