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![]() | Sebastian Cabot by Cephas Giovanni Thompson ca. 1841 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Thompson, Cephas Giovanni | ![]() The subject of this portrait, the son of the famous Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot, served as cartographer to Henry VIII of England and Ferdinand V of Castile and as pilot major to Emperor Charles V of Spain. Thompson, who came to New York from the Boston area in 1837, probably copied John Gadsby Chapman's replica of the Holbein original,... |
![]() | Evert Bancker by Ebenezer Mack 1796 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Mack, Ebenezer | |
![]() | Tontine Coffee House, N.y.c. by Francis Guy ca. 1797 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Guy, Francis | |
![]() | David Provoost by Gerrit Duyckinck ca. 1700-1710 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Duyckinck, Gerrit | ![]() Confusion regarding the identity of the subject has arisen from the label which refers to him as Johannis Provoost. It was reportedly applied in 1762 when the portraits of the subject and his wife were reframed; the date of 1685 was added at a still later time. The style of dress, however, seems later. Identification of the subject as David Provoost... |
![]() | Mrs. Augustus Jay (1) by Gerrit Duyckinck ca. 1710 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Duyckinck, Gerrit | ![]() Anna Maricka Bayard, named after her grandmother Anna Maricka Stuyvesant, was the daughter of Balthazar Bayard and Maria (Loockermans) Bayard of New York. She was married to Augustus Jay at the Reformed Dutch Church on October 27, 1697. |
![]() | Mrs. David Provoost by Gerrit Duyckinck ca. 1700-1710 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Duyckinck, Gerrit | ![]() Tryntje Laurens, of Amsterdam, Holland, was married to David Provoost in 1668. The donor was her five-times great-grandson. |
![]() | Mrs. Gerrit Duyckinck by Gerrit Duyckinck ca. 1700-1710 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Duyckinck, Gerrit | ![]() Born in Albany, Maria Abeel was the daughter of Christopher Janse and Neeltje Jans (Kroom) Abeel. She married Gerrit Duyckinck in the Dutch Church at Albany on July 6, 1683, and from her family inherited large tracts of land around Albany and New York. She was the mother of eleven children and was buried in the graveyard of the Dutch Church in New York. |
![]() | Self Portrait Of Gerrit Duyckinck by Gerrit Duyckinck ca. 1700-1710 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Duyckinck, Gerrit | ![]() Gerrit, the youngest son of Evert (1620-ca. 1702) and Hendrickje (Simons) Duyckinck, was baptized into the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam on April 11, 1660. As early as 1679 he was referred to as "Schilder" (painter), and in 1698/9 he is called a "Limner" ("The Burghers of New Amsterdam, 1675-1866," 1885, P. 73). |
![]() | Mrs. Charles Blight by George Freeman ca. 1832 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Freeman, George | ![]() Julia Fulton was the eldest daughter of Robert Fulton and Harriet (Livingston) Fulton. She was married to Charles Blight of Philadelphia in 1831. Although she was an associate member of the National Academy of Design from 1828 to 1831, she never exhibited her work at the Academy, and her career in art seems to have ended with her marriage. |
![]() | Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks In Shadow, New York by George Wainwright Harvey 1836-37 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Harvey, George Wainwright |
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