Sarah Devore McDonough (1794-1876)
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 28 7/8 in. ( 88.9 x 73.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur L. Dunham
Object Number:
1949.271
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "J. H. L. 1876"
inscription: on top of frame: "Sarah Devore McDonough (1794-1876) born Mendham, Morris Co., N. J."
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Mendham, New Jersey, lived for many years at 165 East 22nd Street with her niece, Mary McDonough. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her great-grandson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
1006
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape (Man on a Raft)
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 3/8 x 63 5/8 in. ( 97.5 x 161.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
1950.367
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Sailing-Steamship
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Tempera on tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 20 in. ( 35.6 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of C. Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1965.9
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Livingston (1613-1693/4)
Classification:
Date:
1687
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. ( 84.5 x 62.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Cornelia Livingston (Crosby) Pell
Object Number:
1938.348
Marks:
inscription: upper right: "[AEtat.] 74 1687"
Gallery Label:
Janet Fleming was the daughter of Bartholomew Fleming, an Edinburgh merchant, and the mother of Robert Livingston, the first lord of Livingston Manor. She married Reverend John Livingston in 1635, in West Kirk, Edinburgh.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1687
eMuseum Object ID:
1002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Indian Beauty
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1863-1873
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 57.2 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait depicting frontal view of an Native American woman against a dark background; figure attired in traditional Native American clothing and headdress.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.394
Gallery Label:
A title plate on the frame identifies it as being painted by Bierstadt in 1840; however, evidence is strong to conclusive that this study was done during Bierstadt's trip in 1863 or the 1871-1873 trip.
Bibliography:
Exhibition and Sale at the Rains Galleries, New York: Rains Auction Rooms, Inc., p. 17.
Hendricks, Gordon, "The First Three Western Journeys of Albert Bierstadt," The Art Bulletin, 46, Sept. 1964, pp. 333-65.
Hendricks, Gordon, Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West, New York: H.N. Abrams, 1974, n.p.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. II, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 43. 48.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
1001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodland Brook
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 45 1/4 x 36 in. ( 114.9 x 91.4 cm )
Frame: 61 x 47 x 5 in. (61 x 47 x 5 in.)
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-190
Marks:
Signature and date: at lower left (on rock): A B DURAND / 1859
Bibliography:
Catalogue of Paintings in the Picture Galleries, New York: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1929, p. 35.
Catalogue of Paintings in the Picture Galleries, New York: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1941, p. 29.
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. 172-3, 266-7, 484-5.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, p. 123.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 346-9.
Avery, Kevin J., "A Historiography of the Hudson River School," American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 3-20.
Dearinger, David B., "Asher B. Durand and Henry Kirke Brown: An Artistic Friendship," The American Art Journal, Vol. XX, No. 3, 1988, pp. 74-83.
Durand, John, The Life and Times of Asher B. Durand, Hensonville, New York: Black Dome Press, 2006 (first published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1894), pp. 176-7.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
982
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Turpentine Camp at Tarpon Springs, Florida
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1890-1893
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. ( 23.5 x 29.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1958.141
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified girl
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 14 in. ( 43.2 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.266
Gallery Label:
The subject may be Joan Faulkner, daughter of William Faulkner and Sarah Ann (Drake) Faulkner.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
979
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blake McGown (1861-1866)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 17 in. ( 53.3 x 43.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry P. McGown
Object Number:
1918.31
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Henry Post McGown and Mary A. McGown, and the brother of Andrew McGown III. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his brother Henry.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
978
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marquis de Lafayette (?)
Classification:
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 11 x 1 in. ( 38.1 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1938.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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