Henry Clay
Classification:
Medium:
oil
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 x 26 x 1 in. ( 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1875.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
477
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Autumn Woods
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall (linen): 54 x 84 in. (137.2 x 213.4 cm)
Frame: 65 x 94 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 165.1 x 241 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Landscape which depicts two rivers, the Chenango and the Unadilla, and a wooded area.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Albert Bierstadt
Object Number:
1910.11
Marks:
Signed, lower right: 'A. BIERSTADT' On paper label pasted on stretcher: 'LONDON. AUTUMN WOODS. HEAD OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, N.Y. STATE. A. BIERSTADT / 1271 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.'
Gallery Label:
The two rivers shown in this painting were near the home of Albert Bierstadt's wife (the donor) in Waterville, NY.
Provenance:
Mrs. Albert Bierstadt, direct from the artist.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 49.
Hendricks, Gordon, Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West, New York: H.N. Abrams, 1974, n.p.
Baigell, Matthew, Albert Bierstadt, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pp. 62-3.
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. 43-5.
Hudson River Museum, ed., Paintbox Leaves: Autumnal Inspiration from Cole to Wyeth, (Yonkers: Hudson River Museum, 2010), 28-9
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Christopher Colles (1738-1816)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1812
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 10 in. ( 30.5 x 25.4 cm )
Object Number:
X.7
Gallery Label:
An engineer and inventor, Colles was born in Dublin, Ireland, but came to New York in 1765. He is probably best remembered today for his "Survey of the Roads of the United States of America," published in 1789.
Bibliography:
Colden, Cadwallader D., Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York and Presented to the Mayor of the City at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals, New York: W.A. Davis, 1825, pp. 20-1.
Dunlap, William and van der Donck, Adriaen, History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, Vol. 1, New York: Carter & Thorp, 1839, p. 475.
Francis, John W., "Reminiscences of Christopher Colles," The Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine From Its Contributors, New York: Samuel Hueston, 1855, pp. 189-208.
Lossing, Benson J., "Christopher Colles," Our Countrymen: or Brief Memoirs of Eminent Americans, New York: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, 1855, pp. 235-6.
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1866, p. 10.
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of Artists, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 57, 621.
O'Reilly, Henry, "Materials for Telegraph History: Part II, Christopher Colles and the First Proposal of a Telegraph System in the United States," The Historical Magazine, Vol. V, no. 4, April, 1869, pp. 262-9.
Stevens, John Austin, "Christopher Colles: The First Projector of Inland Navigation in America," The Magazine of American History, Vol. II, 1878, pp. 340-8.
Colles, Ramsay, "The Family of Colles in United States," In Castle and Court House: Being Reminiscences of 30 Years in Ireland, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911, pp. 283-91.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 13.
"An Outline History of New York's Water Supply," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, no. 3, October 1917, pp. 62-70.
"Easy Pipeline Projects: Christopher Colles' Water-Works," Twenty-Third Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1918, Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1918, pp. 687-702.
Bolton, Theodore, "John Wesley Jarvis," Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature, New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1921, pp. 87-9.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 61.
Harrington, John Walker, "John Wesley Jarvis, Portraitist," The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 18, no. 11, November 1927, pp. 577-84.
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.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, pp. 60-1.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. ix, 349, 423.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 158.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
462
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), copy after Justus Sustermans (1597-1681)
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
18th century?
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. ( 21.6 x 17.5 cm )
Object Number:
X.712
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
18
eMuseum Object ID:
457
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Colonel Philip Schuyler (1695-1745)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1720-1725
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Philip Schuyler
Object Number:
1915.9
Gallery Label:
he artist of this painting executed several portraits of the Schuyler family in the 1720s and for centuries was known simply as “the Schuyler painter.” Researchers now believe this artist was Nehemiah Partridge, one of a group of painters working along the Hudson River Valley in the early eighteenth century. The subject was the eldest son of Captain Johannes Schuyler and Elizabeth (Staats) Wendel Schuyler. He lived in Saratoga, Albany County, and was murdered there by a French and Indian raiding party in November 1745. His portrait, nearly identical to a painting of his younger brother, was a gift to the Society from his great-great-grandnephew.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1725
eMuseum Object ID:
451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Capture of Major John André
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 30 in. ( 55.9 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Ackerman Coles in memory of his sister, Emily S. Coles
Object Number:
1920.8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
447
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Four Classes of Ships Christened New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 38 in. ( 55.9 x 96.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Hudson River Day Line
Object Number:
1948.489
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
New York Public Library Interior
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1918
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 x 1 in. ( 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from the artist, Mrs. William Meyerowitz
Object Number:
1983.57
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ye Boston Baked Beans
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 36 in. ( 71.8 x 91.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.459
Inscriptions:
"H. E. Covill. 86" painted in red in lower right corner.
Gallery Label:
The "H.E. Covill" who signed and dated this painting is probably Herbert Eugene Covill (1854-after 1930), a carriage trimmer working in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Covill depicted a dry goods establishment with the sign of "P. H. Miller," possibly a reference to Peter H. Miller, a New Bedford rope maker. The shop at left advertising oysters and fish confirms that the town depicted by Covill is a seaside location.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steam Launch "Adele"
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 30 in. ( 45.7 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1938.410
Marks:
Signature and date: lower right: "A. JACOBSEN 1886 / 705 PALISADE AV WEST HOBOKEN NJ."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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