Alice Cary (1820-1871)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1853
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Rufus W. Griswold
Object Number:
1857.54
Gallery Label:
Miss Cary was one of nine children born to Robert and Elizabeth (Jessup) Cary on their pioneer homestead a few miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a self-educated poet, and her literary interests carried her to New York in 1850. Cary was the author of "Pictures of Country Life" (1859), "The Bishop's Son" (1867), and "Snow-Berries" (1867), and a frequent contributor to such popular periodicals as "Harper's," Putnam's Monthly," and "Atlantic Monthly."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
41700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wool Spinning
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1938
Medium:
Oil on canvas, pasted on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 18 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 46.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1942.300
Gallery Label:
This is a preliminary sketch study for the finished oil, dated 1938, also owned by the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
41697
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch for "The Message from Lexington"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1935
Medium:
Oil on canvas, pasted on cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 18 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 47 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1177
Gallery Label:
This is a preliminary oil sketch for the Message from Lexington (Putnam called from the Plow), 1775. The finished painting (not dated) is owned by the Sons of Revolution, Fraunces Tavern, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1935
eMuseum Object ID:
41696
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figure for "Defense of Fort Washington"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1923
Medium:
Oil on canvas, pasted on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 in. ( 27.9 x 20.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.164
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1923
eMuseum Object ID:
41695
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Camp Building, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 in. ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.1739
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
41694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Camp Scene, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 in. ( 27.9 x 20.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.1737
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
41693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Camp of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 in. ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.1738
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
41692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mess Tent, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 in. ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.1740
Gallery Label:
This preliminary oil sketch was for the finished oil of the same subject also owned by the Society. The finished study is identified as the camp at Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
41691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Excavating the Hut Camp of the 17th Regiment of Fort Inwood
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1942.353
Gallery Label:
The study is loosely based on a photograph taken by William L. Calver on Aoril 25, 1915, of the archaelogical excavations conducted by the Society's former Field Exploration Committee on the site of the Revolutionary War hut camp on the slope of Inwood Hill.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
41689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Camp of Veteran Corps of Artillery, Kensico Dam, N.Y.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 in. ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1937.1741
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
41690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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