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Portia And Bassanio-from The "Merchant Of Venice" by Henry Peters Gray 1865 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Gray, Henry Peters | ||
Portrait Of A Lady Sleeping by George Whiting Flagg ca. 1834 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Flagg, George Whiting | ||
Portrait Of An Unidentified Woman by Moses B. Russell 1831 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Russell, Moses B. | This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937. | |
Portrait of Clarkson Crolius by Ezra Ames c.1825 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Ames, Ezra | ||
Portrait of Gouverneur Morris by Ezra Ames ca. 1815 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Ames, Ezra | Gouverneur Morris, often addressed as Gouv Morris (January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816), was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 | |
Portrait of James Rivington by Ezra Ames ca. 1806 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Ames, Ezra | James Rivington (c. 1724, London, England – July 1802, New York City) was an English-born American journalist, who published one of the most infamous Loyalist newspapers in the American colonies, while secretly supplying George Washington with information. | |
Portrait Of Robert L. Stuart by Seymour Joseph Guy Oil on linen New York Historical Society New York, NY | Guy, Seymour Joseph | ||
Public Room, New York Merchants' Exchange, New York City: Study For Plate 9b Of "Bourne's Views Of New York" by Charles Burton c. 1831 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Burton, Charles | ||
Rebecca by George Whiting Flagg Oil on board New York Historical Society New York, NY | Flagg, George Whiting | ||
Reverend John Barent Johnson by John Wood Dodge 1835 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Dodge, John Wood | The subject was born in Brooklyn, the son of Barent Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Dutch descent, and of Maria (Guest) Johnson. In 1796 Johnson was ordained in the Reformed Dutch Church, in which year he accepted a position as pastor at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Albany. He was invited to preach the funeral oration in honor of George... |
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