Collection Highlights

Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49

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Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
Armchair
1856-1857
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
Subway controller
1904
George Washington (1732-1799)
1835
White Mountain Scenery, Franconia Notch, N.H.
1857
Baby walker
1700-1750
Snake jug
1871
Undutiful Boys
1835
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
1918
The Course of Empire: Desolation
1836
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
c. 1825
Kerchief
1776-1777
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
1796
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
1866-68
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Batter pitcher
1798
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
1858
Diana of the Tower
1899
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Wedding dress
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Negro Life at the South
1859
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
Cake board
1825-1835
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
1863
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
1840-1850
The Daughters of Heber Reginald Bishop (Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, and Edith)
ca. 1895
Keg from the Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
Draft wheel
ca. 1863
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
1878
Wig curler
1760-1775
Camp Bed
1777-1785
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
Salver
1772-1773
Cayambe
1858
Memorial sample card
The Intelligence Office
1849
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
ca. 1842
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1805
Checkers Up At The Farm
1875
Fire Chief Harry Howard
ca. 1857
Chaise (side chair)
1779
Kast
1675-1690
The Course of Empire: Destruction
1836
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
1770-1776
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
Castle Garden, New York City
1859
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
Chatelaine
ca. 1761
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
The Bulls and Bears in the Market
1879
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
ca. 1825
French press
1812-1819
The Indian Hunter
1860
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
The Peale Family
1773-1809
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
Armchair
1785-1789
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
1865
Dragonfly table lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
1836
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
Slant-front desk
1777-1794
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
ca. 1825
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
Pewterers' banner
1788
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
c. 1810-14
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
ca. 1834
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
ca. 1834
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1835-1836
Creative: Tronvig Group