James T. Powers (1862-1943)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1926
Medium:
Oil on artboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 3/4 in. ( 76.2 x 62.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Margaret DeVaney in memory of James T. Powers and Rachel (Booth) Powers
Object Number:
1955.84
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Joseph / Cummings / Chase"
inscription: lower left: "James T. / Powers / as / 'Sir Pitt Crawley'"
Gallery Label:
Powers, an actor in comedy roles, was born in New York and made his stage debut in Boston in 1880. He is represented here in the role of Sir Pitt Crawley from the play "Becky Sharp."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
42087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Henry Powell (1823-1879)
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Watson Fund
Object Number:
1965.18
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Portrait of Wm. H. Powell--Artist Painted by / G. P. A. Healy / and presented to Mrs. Powell"
Gallery Label:
A well-known portrait and historical painter, Powell was born in New York but grew up in Cincinnati where he studied painting with James Henry Beard. At the age of seventeen he came to New York to study with Henry Inman. His murals depicting De Soto's discovery of the Mississippi River and Commodore Perry's victory at the Battle of Lake Erie in 1812 adorn public buildings in Washington, D.C.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
42086
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Mrs. James Brown Potter (ca. 1856-1936)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 1/4 x 40 in. ( 153 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of F. Lorenz Smith in memory of his brother, the artist
Object Number:
1941.318
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Eugene"
Gallery Label:
Cora Urquhart, a native of New Orleans, became the first wife of James Brown Potter (1853-1922), a member of a distinguished New York family, in 1877. After gaining some recognition as an amateur actress in New York, Mrs. Potter made her professional debut in 1887 at the Haymarket Theatre in London. She is shown here in her role in 1895 as Charlotte Corday in the play of the same name.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Right Reverend Henry Codman Potter (1835-1908)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1887
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 96 x 54 in. ( 243.8 x 137.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
1935.157
Gallery Label:
The subject, a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in Schenectady, New York. After graduating from the Virginia Theological Seminary he held pastorates in Troy, New York (1859-66), at Trinity Church, Boston (1866-68), and at Grace Church, New York (1868-83). As bishop of New York (1887-1908) he was a major figure in the campaign against corruption in the city, and he carried on the building of the cathedral of St. John the Divine, having laid the cornerstone in 1892.
Bibliography:
"The Academy of Design. A Well Chosen Exhibition," The New-York Times, April 2, 1887, p. 5.
"The National Academy of Design. Annual Spring Display of Oil Paintings and Sculptures," New York Herald, April 2, 1887, p. 3.
"The National Academy of Design," New York Daily Tribune, April 2, 1987, p. 4.
"Pictures at the Spring Academy," Harper's Weekly, April 9, 1887, p. 254.
"The National Academy of Design. The Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition," The Studio, Vol. 2, no. 11, May 1887, pp. 188-95, 197-99.
"The National Academy Exhibition," The Art Amateur, Vol. 16, May 1887, p. 125.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 2, 1974, p. 637-8.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42082
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William D. Murphy (1796-1877)
Classification:
Date:
1842
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugene H. Paddock
Object Number:
1961.52
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Wm. D. Murphy aged 45 years / By His Friend Edw. Mooney / 1842"
Gallery Label:
Murphy operated a sailmaking and marine supply business on South Street in New York City. He served as a city fire warden for over ten years, as an alderman, and as a trustee of the Public School Society of New York. He was a member of the New York City Anti-Slavery Society and contributed generously to the Union cause during the Civil War. A number of his business and personal papers are in the Society's manuscript collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
42065
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Frank Andrew Munsey (1854-1925)
Classification:
Date:
1926
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 1/4 x 33 3/4 in. ( 125.1 x 85.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Dewart
Object Number:
1951.421
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Howard Chandler Christy / 1926"
Gallery Label:
A native of Mercer, Maine, the subject moved to New York in 1882 and established himself as a magazine publisher. Foremost among the magazines he published were "Munsey's Magazine" and "The Argosy" (later "The Argosy All-Story Weekly"). He also purchased and published several newspapers, among them the New York "Evening Sun," one his greatest successes. Christy published some of his illustrations in Munsey's publications.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
42064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 20 in. ( 64.1 x 50.8 cm )
frame: 33 3/4 x 28 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 85.7 x 71.4 x 5.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1901.8
Gallery Label:
Charles Loring Elliott exhibited a portrait of Mount at the National Academy of Design in 1850. Elliott's original portrait of Mount, on which Carpenter's work is based, is now in the Academy's collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
42061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Admonition
Classification:
Date:
2000
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
framed: 34 x 40 in. ( 86.4 x 101.6 cm )
Description:
Painting depicting the World Trade Center Bombing, 1993. The WTC twin towers are painted in white, with a bursting explosion between them, while the remainder of the buildings in the skyline are a silver-grey. The river and sky are both painted a brilliant blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of The AINO Memorial Art Organization honoring Baroness Aino de Bodisco
Object Number:
2000.210
Gallery Label:
The idea behind accepting this painting into the Society had to do with its role as a "disaster" painting. With the subsequent events of 9/11/01, of course, this role was emphasized.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
42049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James Knox Polk (1795-1849)
Classification:
Date:
1954
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Polk Memorial Association
Object Number:
1954.201
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Joseph Dickinson / copied this / April 1954 / From the Healy portrait / of James K. Polk / of 1846"
Gallery Label:
James K. Polk was elected the eleventh president of the United States in 1844. This twentieth-century portrait of him is based on George P. A. Healy's original, which was painted from life during Polk's tenure as president.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1954
eMuseum Object ID:
42045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Classification:
Date:
1845
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 3/4 x 22 in. ( 67.9 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Rufus W. Griswold
Object Number:
1857.1
Gallery Label:
This portrait, a gift to the Society from Poe's literary executor, was reportedly painted from life in 1845, the year Poe wrote "The Raven." In 1844 his wanderings from job to job had taken him to New York, where he became editor of the "Broadway Journal," and where Osgood painted his portrait. Poe knew Osgood's wife, who was a poet of some accomplishment.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
42044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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