John Randolph of Roanoke
Classification:
Date:
1811
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 1/4 in. ( 68.6 x 56.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Washington Irving
Object Number:
1858.85
Gallery Label:
Jarvis's original portrait of Randolph, a powerful leader in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early decades of the nineteenth century, was painted in Baltimore in 1811 "for one of the Ridgeleys," according to Washington Irving, who saw it on the artist's easel. Irving received permission to have a copy made and Jarvis produced this replica soon thereafter.
Bibliography:
Irving, Washington, Ed., The Analectic Magazine, Vol. V, 1815, frontispiece.
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1862, p. 9.
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists, American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 57, 621.
Van der Weyde, William M., "John Wesley Jarvis," Americana, 7, July 1912, pp. 651-7.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 15.
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. 67.
Harrington, John Walker, "John Wesley Jarvis, Portraitist,´The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 8, 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.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter, The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1940, pp. 47-64.
Devree, Harold E., "Centennial show of Jarvis Art Held," New York Times, April 17, 1940, p. 29.
Ormsbee, Thomas Hamilton, "John Wesley Jarvis, Artist of the Knickerbocker Years," American Collector, Vol. 9, No. 4, May 1040, pp. 8-9.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, p. 249.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. 146-7, 33, 362, 423.
Schachner, Nathan, Thomas Jefferson: A Biography, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951, Illus. Facing p. 624.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 651.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1811
eMuseum Object ID:
42246
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
David Eli Lilienthal (b. 1899)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1945
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. ( 76.8 x 65.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1947.213
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Morton, Illinois, attended Harvard Law School and established his practice in Chicago. In 1933 he was appointed one of the three directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a result of his legal experience with large public utility corporations. His book, "TVA: Democracy on the March" (1944), describes that enormous project which included land conservation and reclamation, reforestation, and the production and sale of electrical power.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
42215
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ezra L'Hommedieu (1734-1811)
Classification:
Date:
1792
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 27 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 69.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel P. Ingraham
Object Number:
1874.1
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "R. Earl Pinxt 1792"
Gallery Label:
A native of Southold, Long Island, the subject attended Yale and went on to study law. From 1779 to 1783 he was a representative from New York to the Continental Congress and also a member of the state assembly. In 1784 he was made clerk of Suffolk County and remained in that office almost without interruption until his death. This portrait of him is believed to be a replica of an original painted by Earl in 1792 (private collection, Boston).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
42214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Sylvanus D. Lewis (1824-1880)
Classification:
Date:
1848
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 in. ( 76.8 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Sylvanus D. Lewis
Object Number:
1874.2
Gallery Label:
Estelle Anna Blanche Robinson, the daughter of John N. Robinson, was born near Baltimore. After her marriage to Sylvanus D. Lewis in 1841 she resided in Brooklyn until 1858 when she was divorced. She lived abroad thereafter and, using the pen name "Stella," was a frequent contributor of poems and essays to periodicals and literary magazines. Several volumes of her works were published, including "Records of the Heart" (1884) and "Sappho: A Tragedy in Five Acts" (1875).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
42212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rammohun Roy (1772-1833)
Classification:
Date:
1833
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of J. K. Herrick
Object Number:
1858.88
Gallery Label:
The Hindu religious reformer and scholar Rammohun Roy grew up in British-ruled India. In 1814 he founded in Calcutta a spiritual society that led to a new formulation of Hindu theism; he denounced Hinduism as old and outmoded, attacking its caste system, worship of idols, and animal sacrifices. He also sought for Indians greater freedom, better education, and technological advancement. His portrait was painted in London by Rembrandt Peale some six weeks before his death.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
42211
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peter Remsen (1771-1836)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820-1825
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 25 3/4 in. ( 88.9 x 65.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Edward A. Newton
Object Number:
1863.2
Gallery Label:
Peter Remsen was the son of Simon and Aletha (Rapalje) Remsen of Newtown, Long Island. He was for forty years a merchant in New York, commencing in business about 1796.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
42207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Augustus Cornelius Van Horne (1765-1853)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Ink on plaster
Dimensions:
frame: 9 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. ( 23.5 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; solid black image on white ground; gilded frame with incurving sides, applied shell and scroll decoration at corners, and oval window with cream colored mat.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr.
Object Number:
1957.55
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: on back of frame: "A. Van Horne"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Cornelius C. and Elizabeth (Van Horne) Van Horne. His father was a well-known New York merchant.
Provenance:
The Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr. Collection
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
42182
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Morgan Lewis (1754-1844)
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. ( 92.1 x 74.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Maturin Livingston Delafield and John Ross Delafield
Object Number:
1910.4
Gallery Label:
General Lewis was born in New York, the son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He fought in the Revolutionary War and afterward turned to the profession of law, serving as attorney general of the state of New York and subsequently on the state supreme court; from 1801 to 1804 he was the chief justice of that body. In 1804 he was elected governor of New York, defeating Aaron Burr. He was the sixth president of The New-York Historical Society (1832-35).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
42181
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James Punnett (1819-1870)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward C. Delafield
Object Number:
1944.76
Marks:
inscription: on back of canvas: "Restored in 1931 by / Eleanor Whittlesley Katz, New York"
Gallery Label:
The subject was successively cashier (1846), director (1855), and president (1858-70) of the Bank of America. In 1853 he helped to organize the New York Clearing House and was chairman of the Clearing House Committee from 1855 to 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
42160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Casimir Pulaski (1748-1779)
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 in. ( 68.6 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pulaski Military Club
Object Number:
1933.3
Marks:
signature and date: at left: "John Ward Dunsmore (1933) after Engraving / by Oleszcynski"
Gallery Label:
Pulaski was a Polish nobleman who joined the American struggle for independence. This portrait in oil by Dunsmore, a painter a scenes from American history, was copied from an engraving by the Polish painter and patriot Anton Oleszcynski (1794-1879), which was used to illustrate an article by the elder Henry Cabot Lodge on "How the West Was Saved," appearing in "Scribner's Magazine," vol. 24, July 1898, p. 60ff.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
42159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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