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Richard Bayley, M.d.

by Jacob Hart Lazarus

1860
oil on canvas
Overall: 21 1/2 x 18 in. ( 54.6 x 45.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Lazarus, Jacob Hart 
River Scene In Memphis, Tennessee

by John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe

1832
Watercolor on sketchbook paper
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. ( 19 x 27 cm ) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Boneval 
Robert Fulton

by Robert Fulton

ca. 1815
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 in. ( 13 x 10.2 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Fulton, Robert 
Root-beer Seller

by Nicolino Calyo

1840-44
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Overall: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 26.4 x 37.5 cm ) mat: 13 5/8 x 18 in. ( 34.6 x 45.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Calyo, Nicolino 
Samuel Blachley Webb

by Reuben Moulthrop

1793
Plain wax on black background in gilded frame
Overall: 6 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 17.5 x 16.2 x 4.4 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Moulthrop, Reubennotes
Webb was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, a descendant of Richard Webb of Gloucestershire, England, who settled in Boston in 1632 and moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1635. He fought in the Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. He was one of the original thirteen officers who met at the Verplanck House in Fishkill, New York,...
Samuel E. Lyon

by Nathaniel Rogers

ca.1830
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 7.3 x 6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Rogers, Nathaniel 
Savoyard Musician

by George Whiting Flagg

ca. 1836
Oil on wood panel
Overall: 22 x 18 in. ( 55.9 x 45.7 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Flagg, George Whiting 
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,...
Self Portrait in the Studio

by William Holbrook Beard

1860s

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Beard, William Holbrook 
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).
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