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Californian Vulture by John James Audubon 1838. New York Historical Society New York, NY | Audubon, John James | ||
Virginian Partridge by John James Audubon c.1830. New York Historical Society New York, NY | Audubon, John James | ||
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the Island of Capri by George Loring Brown 1850 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Brown, George Loring | Landscape with view of Mt. Vesuvius, the Palace of Tiberius, and the bay of Naples all from the island of Capri; maidens and bulls in foreground. | |
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) and Family: Mary Todd (1818-82), William Wallace, Robert Todd and Thomas by Francis B. Carpenter ca. 1865. New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carpenter, Francis B. | 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. | |
Witch Hill (Salem Martyr) by Thomas S. Noble 1869 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Noble, Thomas S. | ||
Colonel Philip Schuyler (1695-1745) by Nehemiah Partridge ca. 1720-1725 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | ||
Jacob Glen (1690-1762) by Nehemiah Partridge c. 1720 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | Colonel Glen, the son of Major John Alexander Glen, inherited his father's estate at Scotia, New York, and during his lifetime increased his landholdings to become one of the largest landowners in the area. He was a surveyor and an agriculturist, and was at one time commander of all the militia west of Albany. | |
Johannes DePeyster III (1694-1789) by Nehemiah Partridge 1718 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | ||
Johannes Schuyler, Jr. (1697-1741) by Nehemiah Partridge ca. 1725 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | The subject was the second son of Captain Johannes Schuyler and Elizabeth (Staats) Wendel Schuyler. He married Cornelia Van Cortlandt (1698-1762) in the New York Dutch Church on October 18, 1723. The couple lived with their eleven children in Albany, where Johannes Schuyler, Jr., served as mayor and was a merchant, alderman, and Indian commissioner.... | |
Mrs. Thomas Van Alstyne (b. 1695) by Nehemiah Partridge 1721 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | Maria Van Alen was the daughter of William and Marietje (Van Patten) Van Alen, and the granddaughter of Peter Van Alen, who owned a large tract of land at Kinderhook which he sold to Thomas Van Alstyne's father. She married Thomas Van Alstyne in 1718. |
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