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55-59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York

by John Mackie Falconer

1851
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper mounted to card
Overall: 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. ( 27 x 34.9 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Falconer, John Mackienotes
Cityscape: This view of 55-59 Maiden Lane, between Nassau and William streets. The names indicated on signboards designate the places of business of John Bucklass, tailor; Simon P. Shaffer, hosier; Gustavus F. Meyer, toys; and Narice Godart "from Paris", a dealer in fancy baskets. These names do not all appear in the 1851 New York directory, and then...
Aaron Burr (1)

by James Van Dyck

1834
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 24.4 x 19.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Van Dyck, James 
Aaron Kirk Paradise

by John Wesley Paradise

ca. 1817
oil on canvas
Overall: 15 x 12 1/8 in. ( 38.1 x 30.8 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Paradise, John Wesley 
Abraham Keteltas Beekman

by John Durand

1766
Oil on linen
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Durand, John 
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) and Family: Mary Todd (1818-82), William Wallace, Robert Todd and Thomas

by Francis B. Carpenter

ca. 1865.
Oil.
27 x 36 3/4 in. (cm. 68.6 x 93.3)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Carpenter, Francis B.notes
References: "Catalogue of American portraits in the New-York Historical Society; volume 1," New Haven: Published for the New York Historical Society by Yale University Press, 1974.
Adriaan Bancker

by John Durand

ca. 1775
Oil on canvas
Overall: 35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. ( 90.2 x 77.5 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Durand, John 
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks In Shadow, New York

by George Wainwright Harvey

1836-37
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (21.3 x 34.9 cm)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Harvey, George Wainwright 
Afternoon Rainbow. Boston Common From Charles Street Mall. Boston, Massachusetts

by George Wainwright Harvey

1829-34 or 1850s
Watercolor, gouache, and selective glazing over graphite on paper laid on buff card
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Harvey, George Wainwright 
Albert Gallatin

by William Henry Powell

1843
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 1/4 x 25 in. ( 76.8 x 63.5 cm ) frame: 37 x 32 x 3 1/4 in. ( 94 x 81.3 x 8.3 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Powell, William Henrynotes
Gallery Label: In 1843, the year in which Powell painted this portrait, Albert Gallatin was elected the ninth president of The New-York Historical Society.
Alfred Anderson Smith

by Nathaniel Rogers

ca. 1835-40
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Rogers, Nathanielnotes
The subject was born in New York City, became a lawyer, and was involved in city politics from 1832. He was a close friend of Samuel J. Tilden and became comptroller of the City of New York in 1841 when Robert H. Morris was mayor.
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