Hut Camp of the 17th Regiment of Foot, Inwood Hill, N.Y.C.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1915
Medium:
Oil on academy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 24 in. ( 40.6 x 61 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1919.4
Gallery Label:
Dunsmore's painting is based on careful investigation and is an excellent representation of the appearance of this camp during the war and the life of the British soldiery.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ruins of Christ Church, N.Y.C.
Classification:
Date:
1847
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 in. ( 22.9 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mussinan
Object Number:
1920.115
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
669
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Near Shokan, Ulster County, New York
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1854
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 in. ( 42.5 cm )
framed: 26 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 in. ( 67.3 x 82.6 x 7.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.20
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. 23, no. 326.
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. 249.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, p. 173.
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. 334.
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. 55.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henry Aaron Burr, Jr. (1849-1850)
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 18 in. ( 61 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Cornelius H. Van Ness
Object Number:
1912.6
Marks:
Signature and date: "HOFFMAN 1859 N.Y."
Gallery Label:
Henry Aaron Burr, Jr., died a few days after his first birthday. It is probable that Hoffman painted this portrait of the infant in 1859 because that is the date of his portraits of the other three members of the family. The artist probably worked from a photograph.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
667
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Thomson (1812-1869)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 27 in. ( 86.4 x 68.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Bessie and May Carroll
Object Number:
1966.51
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Samuel Thomson and Ann (Strean) Thomson. He was a New York dry goods merchant and at one time president of the Irving National Bank. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his granddaughters.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
666
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Geib (1748-1823)
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Emma J. Brown
Object Number:
1967.34
Gallery Label:
The subject's maiden name was Rebecca Shrimpton.
Bibliography:
Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, p. 351.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 289.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Storm at Sea
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 81.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
X.12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
664
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Madison Cottage in 1853
Classification:
Date:
1866
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 46 x 1 in. ( 63.5 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1950.334
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
662
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship in a Storm
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 × 18 × 27 1/8 in. (1.9 × 45.7 × 68.9 cm)
Framed: 27 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 4 in. (70.5 × 93.3 × 10.2 cm)
Description:
Seascape of a frigate on rough waters during a storm; dark,cloudy sky; rocks in foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Gillet
Object Number:
1945.451
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "T. Birch/1841"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Robert Brown (1780-1855)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1812
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 27 1/4 in. ( 83.8 x 69.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Nellie R. Kingsland
Object Number:
1972.15
Gallery Label:
Sarah Cox was the eldest daughter of Jameson Cox (1759-1846) and Sarah (Forrester) Cox (1758-1839) of New York. She married Robert Brown at St. Paul's Chapel on December 24, 1795. This portrait was a gift to the Society from her great-granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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