Merchants of New York or the Merchants of America
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1857
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 108 x 192 in. ( 274.3 x 487.7 cm )
Description:
Credit Line:
Gift of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of the City of New York
Object Number:
1941.239
Gallery Label:
Rossiter was still painting portraits of the sitters to incorporate in the picture when William Wright, a leather manufacturer who had commissioned the paintings died. He never received the $1000 for the portraits, and they were later sold at auction
Provenance:
Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York
Willaim Niblo of Niblo's Garden, N.Y.C.
George A. Leavitt and Co., N.Y.C. (Feb. 5-8, 1873)
administratrix sale of Rossiter's paintings
artist
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
31301
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Harlem River
Classification:
Medium:
Oil on artboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 7/8 x 20 in. ( 40.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Landscape with view of Harlem River.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1974.40
Marks:
signed: in lower left corner: "Bry"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
31199
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Isaac Greenwood (1726-1820)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1791
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. ( 74.9 x 61.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Eliza R. and Mary M. Greenwood
Object Number:
1942.589
Gallery Label:
Mary I'ans was married to Isaac Greenwood in 1757.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1791
eMuseum Object ID:
31151
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Isaac Greenwood (1702-1745)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1735-1740
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. ( 74.9 x 61.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Eliza R. and Mary M. Greenwood
Object Number:
1942.587
Gallery Label:
Professor Greenwood was born in Boston, the son of Samuel, a prosperous merchant, and Elizabeth (Bronsdon) Greenwood. He graduated from Harvard in 1721 and thereafter studied theology in England. Returning to Massachusetts he was appointed the first Hollis Professor of Mathematics at Harvard in 1727.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1740
eMuseum Object ID:
31148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Nesbitt de Groot (1851-1929)
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 14 in. ( 35.6 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1941.1032
Marks:
signature: upper right: "A. de Groot"
inscription: on back: "Mary Nesbitt de Groot (1851-1929) By Adelaide Milton de Groot, 1897"
Gallery Label:
Adelaide Milton de Groot, the artist and donor, was the half-sister of the subject.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
30845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Head of a Roman
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
image size: 24 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. (61.9 x 49.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1907.13
Gallery Label:
This painting along with Durand's other "Head of a Roman" paintings were exhibited at the National Academy in 1842. This is one of eight studies of elderly Roman men painted by Durand in 1840-41, of which the Society owns four.
Bibliography:
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, p. 43.
Lawall, David B., Asher Brown Durand: His Art and Art Theory in Relation to his Times, Submitted to Princeton University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, March 1966, pp. 159-62, 215, 242, 445, 616-7, 664-5, 671.
Caldwell, John S., Asher B. Durand's Travels in Europe, 1840-1841 and their Role in his Artistic Development, Submitted to Hunter College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, 1973, pp. 42-3.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 312.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., Kindred Spirits Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, Brooklyn Museum, 2007, pp. 111, 118, 125, Chronology.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
30658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Steamship New World
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, paint, aluminum foil
Dimensions:
overall (framed): 19 3/8 x 33 in. ( 49.2 x 83.8 cm )
Description:
Reverse painting on glass with aluminum foil underlay; central image is of the steamship "New World"; a forked tongued flag flies above the captain's deck with red and white vertical stripes, a square flag flies above the bow having white stars against a blue field.
Object Number:
X.159
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase of flowers
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, paint, aluminum foil
Dimensions:
overall (framed): 29 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. ( 74 x 60.6 cm )
Description:
Reverse painting on glass with aluminum foil underlay; the central image is a vase of flowers set in an oval frame set in an arabesque design surrounded by rinceau pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1945.455
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30608
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase of Flowers
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, paint, aluminum foil
Dimensions:
overall (framed): 31 5/8 x 23 1/2 in. ( 80.3 x 59.7 cm )
Description:
Reverse painting on glass with aluminum foil underlay; the central image is a vase of flowers set in an oval frame with medallions above and below, and scallop shells on the sides, ornate scroll border around outer edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1945.456
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30607
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Theodosius Oliver Fowler (1801-1887)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1858
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 3/8 x 30 in. ( 77.2 x 76.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. K. Taylor
Object Number:
1972.10
Marks:
signature and date: center left: "G. P. A. HEALY / 1858"
Gallery Label:
Amélie Silvie Marie De Pau was the daughter of François Narcisse De Pau and Silvie Alexandrine Maxime (de Grasse) De Pau. She married Theodosius Oliver Fowler, a captain in the New York militia, and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, on February 10, 1820.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
30491
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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