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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 
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 
Reverend John Barent Johnson

by John Wood Dodge

1835
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.3 x 7.3 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Dodge, John Woodnotes
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...
Rebecca

by George Whiting Flagg

Oil on board
Overall: 20 x 16 in. ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Flagg, George Whiting 
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
Brown ink and wash, gray wash, and graphite on paper
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7 x 8.9 cm ) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Burton, Charles 
Portrait Of Robert L. Stuart

by Seymour Joseph Guy

Oil on linen
Overall: 49 x 37 x 1 in. ( 124.5 x 94 x 2.5 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Guy, Seymour Joseph 
Portrait of James Rivington

by Ezra Ames

ca. 1806
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (cm. 92.1

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Ames, Ezranotes
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 Gouverneur Morris

by Ezra Ames

ca. 1815
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (cm. 91.4 x 71.1)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Ames, Ezranotes
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 Clarkson Crolius

by Ezra Ames

c.1825
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (cm. 76.2 x 61.0)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Ames, Ezra 
Portrait Of An Unidentified Woman

by Moses B. Russell

1831
Black ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7 x 8.9 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Russell, Moses B.notes
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.
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