Unidentified saint
Classification:
Date:
18th century?
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 44.8 x 33.7 cm )
Object Number:
X.724
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Kurtz (1833-1904)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1875-1880
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 17.1 x 13.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Leo F. Gieberich
Object Number:
1941.649
Gallery Label:
The subject was a well-known painter and photographer in New York in the 1870s, maintaining a studio at 65 Third Avenue. At the time of his death, he lived in Far Rockaway, Long Island, and his studio was on 23rd Street in Manhattan. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his son.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
875
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/2 x 53 1/2 in. (97.8 x 135.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.451
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
874
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Niagara: The American Falls
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1821
Medium:
Oil on linen (relined)
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. ( 86.7 x 122.6 cm )
Frame: 41 5/8 x 55 1/2 x 4 in. (105.7 x 141 x 10.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur A. Jones
Object Number:
1948.25
Gallery Label:
Fisher first visited Niagara Falls in the summer of 1820, and over the course of his career painted ten or more views of this subject.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Christopher Henry Spingler (1753-1842)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 in. ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Cornelius Von Erden Mitchell
Object Number:
1966.36
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Mrs. Mary Spingler / AE 77 / EV Coe / 18??"
Gallery Label:
Mrs. Christopher Henry Spingler was born Mary Bonsall.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816)
Classification:
Date:
After 1810
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 14 1/2 in. ( 33 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
After Sharples portrait of 1810
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Gerald Hughes
Object Number:
1949.106
Gallery Label:
This portrait is a copy of James Sharples's half-length portrait of Gouveneur Morris which was painted at Morrisania on May 25-26, 1810.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
867
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1781-1785
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall (canvas): 18 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (47 x 41.9 cm)
Frame: 22 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 2 in. (57.2 x 51.4 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Forsyth Wickes
Object Number:
1939.9
Gallery Label:
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Ives-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette (1757-1834) was the scion of a noble family with a long tradition of military service. The Marquis de Lafayette joined the French army at age fourteen, but resigned six years later to offer his services to the revolutionary cause in America. Soon commissioned a Major General by the Continental Congress, he was placed in command of troops in Virginia, where he met George Washington. The two became lifelong friends. In this youthful portrait, Lafayette holds a scroll commemorating his victory in the Virginia campaign. Artist Francesco Casanova enjoyed a distinguished career, but his fame in recent times has been eclipsed by that of his brother, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova, notorious for his amorous pursuits.
A copy of Casanova's portrait, commissioned by Lafayette's family during his lifetime, is still owned by descendants.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1785
eMuseum Object ID:
865
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Franconia, White Mountains
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1857
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 30 in. ( 50.8 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-211
Gallery Label:
This is a study by Durand for his larger Franconia Notch of 1857, also in the Stuart Collection (Stuart 105) at the NYHS.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of Paintings in the Picture Galleries, New York: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1912, p. 32.
Catalogue of Paintings in the Picture Galleries, New York: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1929, p. 37.
Catalogue of Paintings in the Picture Galleries, New York: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1941, p. 31.
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, p. 255.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, p. 187.
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. 347.
Campbell, Catherine H., New Hampshire Scenery: a Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Artists of New Hampshire Mountain Landscapes, Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing, 1985
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
862
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Reverend Abraham Keteltas (1732-1798)
Classification:
Date:
1758
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 3/8 x 25 1/4 in. ( 77.2 x 64.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Edith Malvina Keteltas Wetmore
Object Number:
1966.10
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "J. Hesselius, Pinx. / 1758"
Gallery Label:
Keteltas, a noted Revolutionary War preacher, was born in New York, the son of Abraham Keteltas, a merchant who came from Holland in 1720. Keteltas preached at various parishes in Long Island and Connecticut and his advice was highly regarded by, among others, George Washington, who frequently consulted him. He was a member of the third and fourth Provincial Congresses from Queens, and a member of the Convention of 1777 which framed the New York State constitution. N-YHS has many of his papers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1758
eMuseum Object ID:
860
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 24 in. ( 44.5 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan
Object Number:
1867.295
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
859
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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