Youle's Shot Tower, N.Y.C.
Classification:
Date:
1845
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, General Fund
Object Number:
1923.13
Gallery Label:
The finished oil painting taken from the artist's pencil sketch also owned by the Society. A similar oil by Cropsey of identical size to the Society's version, likewise signed and dated 1845, is in the J. Clarence Davies Collection at the Museum of the City of New York. The variations in composition between the two works are minor.
Bibliography:
Talbott, William Silas. Jasper F. Cropsey 1823-1900, A dissertation in the Department of Fine Arts submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of New York University, June 1972, pp. 38-9, 332.
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. 229.
Talbott, William S. Jasper F. Cropsey 1823-1900, Exh. cat. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, pp. 64-6.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
41641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "Sleepy Hollow"
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 47 in. ( 48.3 x 119.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1924.114
Gallery Label:
In 1919 George Washington Murdock, Hudson River steamboat collector and historian, repainted Bard's oil and substituted the name Long Branch in place of the original Sleepy Hollow. The name Long Branch was removed at the time of cleaning and restoration in 1969.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
41639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "Pomona"
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 42 in. ( 54.6 x 106.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1928.71
Gallery Label:
The painting was heavily repainted by an unknown artist at a later date and numerous background details were added.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
41638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sloop "American Eagle"
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 40 in. ( 71.8 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1929.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
41637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "T.V. Arrowsmith"
Classification:
Date:
1869
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 50 in. ( 76.2 x 127 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Stephen Taber Willets
Object Number:
1941.927
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
41635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "Seawanhaka"
Classification:
Date:
1868
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 52 in. ( 86.4 x 132.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Stephen Taber Willets
Object Number:
1941.926
Gallery Label:
Other versions of this painting are in the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, and in a private collection in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
41634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Henry Johnston (1837-1919)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1907
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand
Object Number:
1943.282
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Sidney, New York, the sixth son of William Strong Johnston and Frances (Dickerman) Johnston. Coming to New York in 1853 he found employment in a jewelry store and five years later became a partner of the firm. He became a life member of The New-York Historical Society in 1862.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
41630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steamboat "Neversink'
Classification:
Date:
1866
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. ( 71.8 x 107.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1924.110
Gallery Label:
Another version of this Bard painting is held in a private collection in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
41631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sir William Johnson (1715-1774)
Classification:
Date:
1838
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward F. De Lancey
Object Number:
1896.2
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Sir William Johnson Bart. born in Ireland / died at Johnson Hall, N.Y. July 1774 / This copy of the Original in England was made / for Col. Wm. L. Stone Editor of the Commercial / Advertiser, who began a "Life of Sir Wm. / Johnson,"
Gallery Label:
A native of Ireland, the subject came to America about 1738 and settled in the Mohawk Valley. He was a fur trader and agriculturalist, and his success in dealing with the Indians led to his appointment as commissioner of Indian Affairs for New York in 1756. This portrait is copied from a lost original by Thomas McIlworth that dates from 1763. McIlworth's portrait was made to hang in Johnson Hall, the subject's mansion north of Johnstown.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
41629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. William Jewett (?)
Classification:
Date:
1831
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 25 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 64.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1935.70
Marks:
stenciled: on back: "Waldo & Jewett 1831 New York"
Gallery Label:
The subject may be Mary Lyon Jewett (d. 1874), wife of the artist William Jewett (1792-1874).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
41627
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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