The Bronco Buster
Classification:
Date:
1895 (copyright)
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 57.8 x 44.4 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Figures
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1947.63
Marks:
inscriptions: on base: "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y., N.Y. No. 101".
inscribed: proper left front corner of stand: "Copyright by Frederic Remington"
Gallery Label:
This bronze is one of approximately 250 casts produced by the Roman Bronze Works in New York between roughly 1900 and 1920. Remington, who died in 1909, supervised the production of the earlier casts; his widow, who died in 1918, apparently authorized the later ones. The Society's cast, which is no. 101, was made sometime between 1906 and 1915.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
17645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Parian
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Figurine: On one side as a poor girl, and on the other side with hoop skirts, after she became famous.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.272
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
17644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1847
Medium:
Parian
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 in. ( 17.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.222a
Marks:
inscriptions: marked on shoulders: "Mme/Jenny Lind/1847"
inscribed: on base: "Produced by/B. Cheverton Nov 1847"
inscribed: on shoulders: "Joseph Durham Sc Oct 1847"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
17643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Groom
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Carved walnut
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 104.1 x 34.3 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Carved walnut figure representing a coach's groom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. William Brewster
Object Number:
1941.270b
Marks:
signed: front of base of figure: "E. PLASSMANN/fec"
Gallery Label:
This figure is one of a pair of newel posts from the grand staircases in coachmaker Brewster & Company's elegant New York City showroom. One carved figure represents a coachman, the other a groom.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
17641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Classification:
Date:
Patented 1855
Medium:
Patinated zinc
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/8 x 19 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 61.3 x 49.5 x 17.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. O. S. X. Peck
Object Number:
1859.6
Marks:
inscribed: at front of base: "CORNELIUS & BAKER/PHILADELPHIA"
inscribed: at back of base: "PATENTED/MAY 13, 1855"
Gallery Label:
This is a small replica of the famous statue in Lafayette Square, opposite the White House in Washington, D.C. The first equestrian statue to be cast in bronze in America, it was heralded as an astonishing feat of artistry and engineering when unveiled in 1853. This reduction was patented in 1855 by the Philadelphia firm of Cornelius & Baker, makers of artistic parlor sculpture.
Bibliography:
The Historical Magazine (1859), p. 43.
"At the Jan. 4 meeting of the New-York Historical Society, O. S. X. Peck, Esq. presented a fine statuette of General Jackson."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
17640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Edwin Denison Morgan (Elizabeth Emmet, 1897-1934)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1935
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 28.6 x 15.9 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Miss Malvina Hoffman, through Barbara M. Hoffman
Object Number:
1984.95
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1935
eMuseum Object ID:
17639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Richard Hoffman, III (nephew of the artist)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Green/off-white patinated plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 36.8 x 14.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Miss Malvina Hoffman, through Barbara M. Hoffman
Object Number:
1984.91
Marks:
inscribed: proper left of base in pencil: "2 off"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
17638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 12 in. ( 47 x 44.4 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Miss Malvina Hoffman, through Barbara M. Hoffman
Object Number:
1984.77
Marks:
signed: proper left back of shoulder: "MALVINA/PARIS 1948"
inscribed: under proper right shoulder in pencil: "[illegible]"
label: scotch taped label removed to file: "Orange #4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
17637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Paley (1901-1990)
Classification:
Date:
1934
Medium:
Dark red-brown patinated bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 9 in. ( 49.5 x 19 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz
Object Number:
1984.110
Marks:
signed: back of neck: "Jo DAVIDSON N Y 1934 C [copyright mark]"
inscribed: on flange below base of neck: "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N Y"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
17634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Classification:
Date:
1930
Medium:
Terracotta, plaster, and wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 x 8 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 17.8 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz
Object Number:
1984.118
Marks:
signed: back of neck: "JO DAVIDSON/CAP FERRAT 1930"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
17633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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