Corwin, who was born near Middletown, New York, moved to New York City in 1824. He was ferry master of the Canal Street-Hoboken ferry from 1826-38 and from 1839 had an interest in the steamboat "Napoleon" which ran between New York and Albany. In addition, as a contractor he built numerous wharves, docks, and bridges around New York. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his granddaughter.

Abigail Cornell, the daughter of Comfort and Elizabeth (Embree) Cornell, was married to Jacob Doty (1772-99), a merchant, on June 9, 1795. She married her second husband, Israel Corse (1769-1842), a tanner and leather dealer in New York and later a director of the Franklin Bank, on April 11, 1810. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her great-granddaughter.

This painting was executed under the United States government-sponsored Works Progress Administration art program.

This is an unfinished study depicts the termination of the last major battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown, Virginia, with the surrender of the British army under Lord Cornwallis.

This is an unfinished study, of which a similar version was painted by Lefferts for Rodman Wanamaker in 1919.

The subject was the father of Cornelius Harsen and the grandfather of Dr. Jacob Harsen. His farm was west of Tenth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets in New York. The portrait is reproduced in Hopper Striker Mott, "The New York of Yesterday" (1908); the homestead in also illustrated.

This portrait was painted to fill a gap in the Society's collection of portraits of presidents of the United States

Corlies was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and went into business in New York City. In 1875 he became a director of the Bank of America, from 1882-88 he was the vice-president, and from 1888 until his death he served as president. He was also the director of several other banks and insurance companies. This portrait was painted from a photograph decades after his death.

Peter Van Pelt Coppuck, the son of James Coppuck (d. 1825) and Elizabeth (Knight) Coppuck (d. 1848), was a well-known businessman in Mount Holly, New Jersey. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his great-great-grandson.

John Singleton Copley, Jr., son of the famous American painter, was born in Boston and lived in England from the age of three. He became a jurist and later a member of Parliament; in 1819 he was named solicitor general and was knighted. He became attorney general in 1824, was raised to the peerage as Lord Lyndhurst in 1827, and served three times as lord chancellor (1827-30, 1834-35, and 1841-46). Osgood must have painted this portrait between 1835 and 1839, years he spent in Europe.