Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)
Classification:
Date:
1828
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 76.8 x 64.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Thomas W. C. Moore
Object Number:
1872.2
Gallery Label:
A native of Connecticut, Halleck came to New York in 1811 and became associated with a group of literary men, with one of whom, Joseph Rodman Drake, he wrote in 1819 a series of articles for the New York "Evening Post." His fame was established that year with the publication of "Fanny," a satire on the follies of society. Halleck was later employed as confidential secretary to John Jacob Astor; when Astor died in 1848 he left Halleck an annuity, allowing him to resume his career as an author.
Bibliography:
Morris, George Pope, "Inman's Portrait of Mr. Halleck," The New-York Mirror 14, no. 4, July 23, 1836, p. 31.
Bryant, William Cullen, "The Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck," The New-York Mirror 14, no. 13, September 24,1836, p. 96-7.
Commercial Advertiser, September 24, 1836, p. 2.
Poe, Edgar Allan, "Our Contributors-No. VIII. Fitz-Greene Halleck. With a Portrait," Graham's Lady's and Gentlemen's Magazine 24, no. 3, September 1843, cover, p. 160.
Catalogue of Works by the Late Henry Inman; with a Biographical Sketch. Exhibition, for the Benefit of his Widow and Family, no. 96, New York: Van Norden & King, 1846, p. 19.
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, "Ephemera," The Miscellaneous Works of N. P. Willis, New York: J. S. Redfield, Clinton Hall, 1847, See p. 34.
Gems of Poetry, from Forty-Eight American Poets, Hartford: S. Andrus and Son, 1848, frontispiece.
Tuckerman, Henry T., "Inman," Book of the Artists, New York: G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1867, p. 236.
Cozzens, Frederic S., Fits-Greene Halleck: A Memorial, 1868, frontispiece.
Stoddard, Richard Henry, "Fits-Halleck Greene," The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: Armstrong & Son, 1884, Vol. V, p. 490.
Wilson, James Grant, The Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869, pp. 387-90, 451-2, 478, 506-7, 558, 590-1.
"Art, Music, and Drama," Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science, and Art 9, no. 223, June 28, 1873, p. 859.
"Fitz-Greene Halleck," The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 5, New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1884, p. 490.
Mitchell, Donald G., "Fitz-Greene Halleck," American Lands and Letters: The Mayflower to Rip-Van-Winkle, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897, pp. 280-91.
"The Governor's Room: An Interesting Collection of Painting in the City Hall." New-York Tribune, December 18, 1898, p. C8.
Van Oost, John W., "My Note Book," The Art Amateur 49, no. 2, July 1903, p. 2.
Champlin, John Denison, Jr., ed., "Henry Inman," Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913, Vol. 2, p. 316.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, no. 216, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 21.
Morgan, John Hill, Early American Painters: Illustrated by Examples in the Collection of The New-York Historical Society, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1921, pp. 110-12.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 64.
"The New York Athenaeum," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. XI, No. 1, April 1927, pp. 3-16.
Adkins, Nelson Frederick, Fitz-Greene Halleck: An Early Knickerbocker Wit and Poet, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930, p. 264.
Bolton, Theodore, "Henry Inman, Portrait Painter," Creative Art 12, February 1933, pp. 118, 122-3.
Bolton, Theodore, "Henry Inman: An Account of His Life and Work," The Art Quarterly 3, no. 4, Autumn 1940, pp. 355, 363.
Bolton, Theodore, "A Catalogue of the Paintings of Henry Inman," Art Quarterly 3, no. 4, Autumn 1940, p. 406.
Catalogue of American Portraits in the New-York Historical Society, Vol. 1. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1941, pp. 120-1.
Catalogue of American Portraits in the New-York Historical Society, no. 1768, Vol. 1, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, pp. 320-1.
Richardson, Edgar P., American Romantic Painting, New York: W. Weyhe, 1944, p. 37.
Washington Irving and his circle, New York: M. Knoedler & Company, p. 44.
Gerdts, William H. and Rebora, Carrie, The Art of Henry Inman, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, 1987, pp. 35, 44, 70-1.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
41076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Heirs of Benjamin Robert Winthrop, through his grandson, Bronson Winthrop
Object Number:
1928.2
Marks:
signature and date: at bottom: "T. Hicks / 1855"
Gallery Label:
A native of Connecticut, Halleck came to New York in 1811 and became associated with a group of literary men, with one of whom, Joseph Rodman Drake, he wrote in 1819 a series of articles for the New York "Evening Post." His fame was established that year with the publication of "Fanny," a satire on the follies of society. Halleck was later employed as confidential secretary to John Jacob Astor; when Astor died in 1848 he left Halleck an annuity, allowing him to resume his career as an author.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
41075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. John Bishop Hall (d. 1901)
Classification:
Date:
1839
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen L. Hale and Evelina S. Hale
Object Number:
1908.3
Gallery Label:
Evelina McFarlan was the sister of Mrs. George Carpenter. Her portrait and that of her husband, John Bishop Hall (1807-1889), were painted when Inman was at the height of his career.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, no. 394, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 44.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 65.
Bolton, Theodore, "Henry Inman, Portrait Painter," Creative Art, Vol. 12, February 1933, pp. 118, 123.
Bolton, Theodore, " Henry Inman, an Account of his Life and Work," no. 69, The Art Quarterly 3, no. 4, Autumn 1940, pp. 356, 369.
Bolton, Theodore, "A Catalogue of the Paintings of Henry Inman," no. 54, The Art Quarterly 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1940), p. 406.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1941, p. 119.
Catalogue of American Portraits in the New-York Historical Society, no. 1768, Vol. 1, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, pp. 317-8.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
41073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Bishop Hall (1807-1889)
Classification:
Date:
1839
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen L. Hale and Evelina S. Hale
Object Number:
1908.22
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "Painted for Francis Hall Esqr. by Henry Inman, N. York 1839"
Gallery Label:
Hall was the son of Francis (b. 1783) and Sarah (Beach) Hall. In 1863 he succeeded his father as publisher of the New York "Commercial Advertiser," occupying that position until 1863. He was also president of the North River Insurance Company.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, no. 393, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 44.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 64.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly 24, no. 2, April 1940, p. 59.
Bolton, Theodore, "Henry Inman, Portrait Painter," Creative Art, Vol. 12, February 1933, pp. 118, 123.
Bolton, Theodore, " Henry Inman, an Account of his Life and Work," no. 69, The Art Quarterly 3, no. 4, Autumn 1940, pp. 356, 369.
Bolton, Theodore, "A Catalogue of the Paintings of Henry Inman," no. 53, The Art Quarterly 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1940), p. 406.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1941, p. 119.
Catalogue of American Portraits in the New-York Historical Society, no. 1768, Vol. 1, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974, pp. 317-8.
Caldwell, John, et al., American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pp. 458-9.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
41072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Jonathan Haight, Sr. (1786-1856)
Classification:
Date:
1854
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Adelaide Haight Chapin
Object Number:
1937.149
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Kübler 1854"
Gallery Label:
Hannah Seaman was born in Rye, New York. In 1805 she was married to Jonathan Haight who owned a line of sailing ships which ran between Port Chester and New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
41071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884)
Classification:
Date:
1879
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the American Geographical Society
Object Number:
1946.139
Marks:
signature and date: upper right: "Painted in one day by / G. P. A. Healy, Paris / July 19th 1879"
Gallery Label:
A native of Switzerland, Guyot distinguished himself as a naturalist, geographer, and geologist. He came to America in 1848, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Thereafter, he lectured on geographical subjects and wrote textbooks which introduced scientific geography into the curriculum of the public schools. From 1854 to 1884 he was professor of physical geography at Princeton.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
41070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Gunton (1845-1919)
Classification:
Date:
1894
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 36 x 27 in. ( 91.4 x 69.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louise Gunton Royston and her nephew, Matthew Gunton
Object Number:
1949.22
Marks:
Signed and dated upper right: "Austa Densmore Sturdevant / ’94"
Gallery Label:
Labor reform leader and journalist, Gunton was born in England and came to the United States at the age of twenty-nine. He worked as a weaver in New England textile mills and later moved to New York where he published his book, "Wealth and Progress," in 1887. In 1891 he began publishing what was to become one of the most influential labor and economics periodicals of the era, "The Social Economist," later called "Gunton's Magazine."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
41069
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James Codwise (b. 1772)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 76.5 x 61.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1952.92
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the son of George Codwise (d. 1816), a New York merchant and shipowner, and Anna Maria (Van Raust) Codwise (1740-1805). Trumbull arrived in New York City ca. 1805 determined to establish himself as a portrait painter. His major works of the period were full-length portraits of John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, commissioned by the City Council. He also painted a number of portraits of prosperous New York merchants, including portraits of James Codwise and his wife.
Bibliography:
Sizer, Theodore, The Works of Colonel John Trumbull: Artist of the American Revolution, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1967, p. 27.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, pp. 151-2.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
41068
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Clinton (1739-1812)
Classification:
Date:
1814
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 53 x 41 in. ( 134.6 x 104.1 cm )
frame: 63 x 51 x 4 in. ( 160 x 129.5 x 10.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George Clinton Tallmadge
Object Number:
1858.84
Gallery Label:
George Clinton, seven times governor of New York (1777-95 and 1801-04) and twice vice-president of the United States (1805-12), was a leading political figure from the period of the Revolution to the War of 1812. This portrait is apparently the second Ames painted of Clinton. The earlier portrait was exhibited in 1812 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, purchased by that institution, and exhibited almost every year thereafter until 1845 when the Academy was destroyed by fire.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
41065
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elihu Root (1845-1937)
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Painted for the Society
Object Number:
1933.12
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "DeWitt M. Lockman. N.A. / Nov-1933"
Gallery Label:
Statesman and diplomant Elihu Root was born in Clinton, New York, where his father, Oren Root, was a professor at Hamilton College. Root, a graduate of New York University Law School, held numerous appointments and political offices, including that of secretary of state under Theodore Roosevelt. For his support of the principles of international law, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
41064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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