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Californian Vulture

by John James Audubon

1838.
Watercolor.

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Audubon, John James 
Virginian Partridge

by John James Audubon

c.1830.
oil on Canvas.

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
oil on canvas
Overall: 48 1/2 x 64 in. ( 123.2 x 162.6 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Brown, George Loringnotes
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.
Oil.
27 x 36 3/4 in. (cm. 68.6 x 93.3)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Carpenter, Francis B.notes
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
oil on canvas
72 x 48 1/4 in.

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Noble, Thomas S. 
Colonel Philip Schuyler (1695-1745)

by Nehemiah Partridge

ca. 1720-1725
oil on canvas
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiah 
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 )

New York Historical Society

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.
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 )

New York Historical Society

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 )

New York Historical Society

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....
Mrs. Thomas Van Alstyne (b. 1695)

by Nehemiah Partridge

1721
oil on canvas
Overall: 39 1/4 x 30 in. ( 99.7 x 76.2 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiahnotes
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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