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 | 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. |
 | Thomas Van Alstyne (1688-1765) by Nehemiah Partridge 1721 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | The first of the Van Alstynes in America was Jan Martense Van Alstyne who was in New Amsterdam as early as 1646; he acquired a large tract of land around Kinderhook, south of Albany. His son, Lambert Janse Van Alstyne, immigrated from Holland in 1665 and bought land adjoining his father's property. Thomas Van Alstyne, the son of Lambert Janse,... |
 | James Duane by Robert Edge Pine ca. 1784 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | 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... |
 | William Irvine by Robert Edge Pine oil on canvas New York Historical Society New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | Irvine was a delegate to the Continental Congress which met in New York in 1786-88. While there his portrait was painted by Robert Edge Pine, who had come to America from England in 1784. Lambdin, one of the popular portraitists of Philadelphia between ca. 1840 and 1870, based his portrait of Irvine on Pine's late eighteenth-century work. Irvine is... |
 | Albert Gallatin by William Henry Powell 1843 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Powell, William Henry | Gallery Label: In 1843, the year in which Powell painted this portrait, Albert Gallatin was elected the ninth president of The New-York Historical Society. |
 | Charles Lewis Tiffany by William Henry Powell 1840 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Powell, William Henry | |
 | Laura Keene by William Henry Powell 1858 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Powell, William Henry | Born in England, this famous actress took Laura Keene as her stage name; her real name was Mary Moss. She made her debut in America at Wallack's Lyceum Theatre in New York in 1852 and was at the height of her popularity on the New York stage when Powell painted this portrait. She achieved one of her greatest successes in "Our American Cousin"; she... |
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