The Primitive Marksman
Classification:
Date:
1907
Medium:
Copper alloy
Dimensions:
Overall: 58 x 65 1/2 x 66 in. ( 147.3 x 166.4 x 167.6 cm )
Description:
Genre figure: Indian lying on his back, shooting an arrow.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
1911.31
Marks:
signed: proper right front corner: COPYRIGHT/1907/BY FREDERICO MIRANDA"
inscribed: center front of base: "THE PRIMITIVE MARKSMAN"
inscribed: proper right back of base: "JNO. WILLIAMS INC./BRONZE FOUNDRY N. Y."
signed: proper left back of base: "F.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
16918
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Venus Italica
Classification:
Date:
Mid-19th century
Medium:
White marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 x 13 x 13 1/2 in. ( 119.4 x 33 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Semi-nude Neo-classical sculpture with both hands clutching drape from bust to ankle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Harry Arnold Day
Object Number:
X.468
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16857
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dr. Albert Simard
Classification:
Date:
1930
Medium:
Coffee-colored painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 36.5 x 19.7 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Miss Malvina Hoffman, through Barbara M. Hoffman
Object Number:
1984.100
Marks:
inscribed: back of proper right shoulder: "L'homme TOMBEAU/ PARIS 1930 MH"
paper label: center back: "MADE IN FRANCE/25"
label: orange label removed to file: "24"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
16812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General James Bowen (1808-1886)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Light green painted terracotta plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Description:
Portrait bust.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Harry Arnold Day
Object Number:
1944.344
Gallery Label:
James Bowen, a native of New York, was president of the Erie Railroad and served in the state legislature from 1848 to 1850. This bust is attributed to Robert Ball Hughes on the basis of style.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
16810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified man
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 13 x 8 in. ( 22.9 x 33 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift from an unidentified source
Object Number:
INV.13661
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
16807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Town Pump
Classification:
Date:
1862
Medium:
Painted plaster with metal armatures
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 10 x 7 1/2 in. ( 33.7 x 25.4 x 19 cm )
Description:
Genre figure.
Credit Line:
Gift of Major E. Gilbert Schermerhorn
Object Number:
1941.917
Marks:
signed: front of water trough: "JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK"
inscribed: on back-date obscured by paint: "ENTERED MAY 27/1862
Bibliography:
Articles, Scrapbooks of miscellaneous clippings, etc. about John Rogers, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, New York Historical Society.
"The Academy of Design", New York Evening Post, April 17, 1862, P. 1.
"National Academy of Design", The New York Times, April 24, 1862, p. 2.
Daily Evening Transcript, Boston, Dec. 1, 1862, p. 1.
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists, American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 595-7.
Wells, Samuel R., ed., "John Rogers, the Sculptor," American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Vol. 49, no. 9, September, 1869, pp. 329-30.
Barck, Dorothy, "Rogers Group in the Museum of the New-York Historical Society", New-York Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 3, October, 1932, p. 80.
Smith, Mrs. and Mrs. Chetwood, Rogers Groups: Thought and Wrought by John Rogers, Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1934, pp.64-5.
Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1968, pp. 357-366.
Wallace, David H., John Rogers, The People's Sculptor, Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967, pp. 79, 81, 90, 99, 119, 148, 150, 178, 197, 202-3, 299, 304.
New-York Historical Society Annual Report for 1970, pp. 28-29.
Bleier, Paul and Meta, John Rogers Statuary, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp. 74-7.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
16756
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Washington (1732-1799)
Classification:
Date:
Possibly late 18th century
Medium:
Glass, green marblized paper, and black frame
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 in. ( 14 cm )
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.615
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16304
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Life mask: John Rogers
Classification:
Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 cm )
Description:
Life mask of the sculptor's son.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine R. Rogers
Object Number:
1956.27
Marks:
inscribed: ink, lower
Bibliography:
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. II, 1974, p. 676.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827)
Classification:
Date:
Possibly late 19th century
Medium:
Painted and overpainted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 7 x 9 in. ( 32.4 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase, General Fund
Object Number:
1946.369
Marks:
inscribed: on back in crayon: "Thos. A. Emmet"
paper label: inside: "Charles Emmet/head/25-88"
paper label: inside head: "Thomas Addis Emmet/irish patriot/Brother of Robert Emmet"
Gallery Label:
This cast was part of the Phrenological Museum of Fowler & Wells, which opened in New York City in 1842. Brothers Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887) and Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and their business associate Samuel Roberts Wells (1820-1875) were noted phrenologists who read heads to understand the subject's "temperament." Their Phrenological Cabinet displaying casts, skulls, and charts became a popular fixture in the city.
Provenance:
The Fowler Mask Collection
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Pitt (1759-1806)
Classification:
Date:
1801
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 10 x 10 1/4 in. ( 54.6 x 25.4 x 26 cm )
Description:
Portrait bust.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. George Gibbs
Object Number:
1871.5
Marks:
inscribed: on back under hair: "PITT (?) Jan y 1 R. Stuart Holbo London" [inscription may be incorrect]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1801
eMuseum Object ID:
16007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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