Joseph C. Heywood (1820-1900)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1872
Medium:
Painted plaster and wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 16 5/8 x 4 in. ( 55.9 x 42.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift Mr. John Watts De Peyster
Object Number:
1873.20
Marks:
inscribed: in pencil on back: "S-31" [old N-YHS #]
Gallery Label:
Heywood was the author of three dramatic poems published in New York in 1867-68. He was also a lawyer and newspaper reporter and during the last decade of his life was private chamberlain (Camerlingo) to Pope Leo XIII.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1872
eMuseum Object ID:
18471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Artur Bodansky (1877-1939)
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Light terracotta plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 14 1/2 x 8 in. ( 63.5 x 36.8 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1951.463
Marks:
signature and date: on left of base: "Artur Bodansky by / Malvina Hoffman 1941"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was Gustav Mahler's assistant and protégé at the Imperial Opera House in Vienna, Austria, in the early 1900s; he came to the United States in 1915 to conduct the German repertoire at New York City's Metropolitan Opera Company. A bronze version of this bust is owned by the Metropolitan Opera Association.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
18470
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919)
Classification:
Date:
1920
Medium:
Dark brown painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 1/2 x 13 in. ( 61 x 52.1 x 33 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1951.461
Marks:
inscriptions: under proper left shoulder: "HENRY C. FRICK/MALVINA HOFFMAN S.C./1920"
Gallery Label:
Original marble bust at the Frick Mansion at 5th Ave and 70th Street in NYC.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
18425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1862
Medium:
White marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 17 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 76.2 x 45.1 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1950.278
Marks:
inscriptions: proper right shoulder: "Lamberta Vito/Roma"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born near Peterburg, Va. He was a hero of the War of 1812 by the end of which he had risen to the rank of brevet major general. In 1841 he became general-in-chief of the United States army, and in 1847 personally led the American forces in the Mexican War. He was the Whig candidate for president in 1852, but was defeated by Franklin Pierce. With the outbreak of the Civil War he remained loyal to the Union, but resigned his command in November 1861.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
18424
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
Classification:
Date:
1905
Medium:
Copper alloy and bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 19 x 11 1/4 in. ( 69.8 x 48.3 x 28.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Barnes and Mr. John Sanford Barnes
Object Number:
1925.82
Marks:
inscriptions: on back of pedestal: "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. 1905".
signed: under proper right shoulder: "houd.."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
18423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. George Osgood Holyoke (1839-1910)
Classification:
Date:
1862
Medium:
Plaster, complete fragment
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 in. ( 13.3 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Life mask
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Marion Holyoke
Object Number:
1947.435
Marks:
inscribed: on back in pen: "Mrs. G.O./Holyoke/1862 N.Y./John Rogers/Fecit."
Gallery Label:
The subject's maiden name was Jane Wildes Blake. She was married to Mr. Holyoke in 1861 and lived in New York and Staten Island.
Bibliography:
Wallace, David H., John Rogers, The People's Sculptor, Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967, pp. 204-5, 275.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 362.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
18422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John A. Devereux (1859-1954)
Classification:
Date:
1871
Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 37.5 x 34.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Mr. John A. Devereux
Object Number:
1946.38
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1871
eMuseum Object ID:
18421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Joshua Brookes (1773-1859)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1845-1850
Medium:
Plaster, painted background, velvet, tin, wood, and gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1945.47
Marks:
signed: below relief: "S. Ellis Sculpt"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
18419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
Classification:
Date:
Early 20th century
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 5/8 x 15 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 54.9 x 39.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1945.436
Marks:
signed: proper left lower corner: "GERBER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Triumph of Justinian
Classification:
Date:
1858
Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 13 in. ( 22.9 x 33 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief plaque.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Eliza R. and Miss Mary M. Greenwood
Object Number:
1942.586
Marks:
inscriptions: at lower left: "JUSTIN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
18417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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