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Sebastian Cabot

by Cephas Giovanni Thompson

ca. 1841
oil on canvas
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Thompson, Cephas Giovanninotes
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
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )

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New York, NY

Mack, Ebenezer 
Tontine Coffee House, N.y.c.

by Francis Guy

ca. 1797
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
Canvas: 43 x 65 x 2 in. ( 109.2 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm ) Frame: 54 1/2 x 77 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (138.4 x 195.9 x 12.9 cm)

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New York, NY

Guy, Francis 
David Provoost

by Gerrit Duyckinck

ca. 1700-1710
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )

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New York, NY

Duyckinck, Gerritnotes
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
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 38 x 29 in. ( 96.5 x 73.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Duyckinck, Gerritnotes
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
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Duyckinck, Gerritnotes
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
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 30 1/4 x 24 7/8 in. ( 76.8 x 63.2 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Duyckinck, Gerritnotes
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
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Duyckinck, Gerritnotes
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
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 5 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 9.5 cm )

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New York, NY

Freeman, Georgenotes
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
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 
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