Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Luce Center
Ezra Ames (1768-1836)
Object Number:
1967.11
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 x 1 in. ( 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
In this self-portrait, Ames is wearing a steel-gray coat, cream waistcoat, and white shirt; his eyes are gray and his hair is graying; he is set against a brown background.
Gallery Label:
This portrait was formerly owned by Ellen A. Wade and Mary Wade Dahl, adn the subject was identified as the artist's half-brother Henry Ames. Several self-portraits were painted by Ezra Ames, and five of these are listed in Bolton and Cortelyou's Ezra Ames of Albany, pp. 203-204. This portrait may be no. 12 in that catalog, which is described as: "Unfinished. A portrait of 'Ezra Ames unfinished' is listed and appraised at $25.00 in the Inventory, 1836, of the Ezra Ames estate. Unlocated."
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Watson Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
