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Indian Encampment, Shoshone Village

by Albert Bierstadt

1860.
oil on canvas mounted on board.
24 x 19 3/4 in.

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Bierstadt, Albert 
Indian On A Cliff

by Jesse Talbot

ca. 1841-1876
oil on canvas
Overall: 21 x 20 x 1 x 20 in. ( 53.3 x 50.8 x 2.5 x 50.8 cm ) frame: 29 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (29 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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New York, NY

Talbot, Jesse 
Isaac John Greenwood I

by John Wood Dodge

1832
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 11/16 in. ( 5.4 x 4.3 cm )

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New York, NY

Dodge, John Woodnotes
The subject was born in New York, the son of John and Elizabeth (Weaver) Greenwood. He turned to his father's profession, dentistry, in 1818, from which he retired in 1829, at the end of a distinguished career.
Jacob Glen (1690-1762)

by Nehemiah Partridge

c. 1720
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 x 24 1/2 in. ( 76.2 x 62.2 cm )

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New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiahnotes
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.
James Beekman, Jr.

by John Durand

1766
oil on canvas
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )

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New York, NY

Durand, John 
James Duane

by Robert Edge Pine

ca. 1784
oil on canvas
36 x 26 3/4 in. ( 91.4 x 67.9 cm )

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New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edgenotes
James Duane was the son of Anthony Duane and Althea (Keteltas) Duane. He was a member of the Continental Congress and of the New York Senate, and was appointed first federal judge of the District of New York (1789-94) by George Washington. From 1784 to 1789 he was the first Federalist mayor of New York. John Trumbull used this painting as a model for...
Jane Beekman

by John Durand

1766
oil on canvas
Overall (canvas): 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm) Frame: 43 5/8 x 35 11/16 x 3 9/16 in. (43 5/8 x 35 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Durand, John 
Jane Beekman Van Cortlandt

by Hugh Bridport

1822
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite with glazing on paper laid on wood panel
Overall: 8 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 21.3 x 17.5 cm )

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New York, NY

Bridport, Hughnotes
Jane Beekman was the daughter of James and Jane (Keteltas) Beekman of New York. She became the second wife of Stephen Van Cortlandt on May 21, 1801.
Johannes DePeyster III (1694-1789)

by Nehemiah Partridge

1718
Oil on bed ticking
Overall: 44 x 38 1/4 in. ( 111.8 x 97.2 cm )

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New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiah 
Johannes Schuyler, Jr. (1697-1741)

by Nehemiah Partridge

ca. 1725
oil on canvas
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )

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New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiahnotes
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....
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