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Edith Wharton

by Edward Harrison May

1870
oil on canvas
73 x 60.3 x 3.8cm (28 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 1 1/2")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

May, Edward Harrisonnotes
Description: Portrait of a Edith Wharton as a young girl, her body turned to the right, her head turned to face the viewer, and her hand holding a vase of flower in front of her.
John Ericsson

by Arvid Frederick Nyholm

1912
oil on canvas
Stretcher (Verified): 123.8 x 92.7 x 2.5cm (48 3/4 x 36 1/2 x 1") Frame (Verified): 154.3 x 122.6 x 11.4cm (60 3/4 x 48 1/4 x 4 1/2")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Nyholm, Arvid Fredericknotes
Before he came to the United States in 1839, the Swedish-born engineer and inventor John Ericsson revolutionized navigation with his development of the screw propeller. He achieved fame during the Civil War when he designed the ironclad warship Monitor, the federal response to the threat of the Confederate ironclad Virginia (the refitted USS...
Arvid Frederick Nyholm Self-Portrait

by Arvid Frederick Nyholm

1924
Oil on panel
42.5cm x 34.5cm x 1cm (16 3/4" x 13 9/16" x 3/8")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Nyholm, Arvid Frederick 
John Wesley Jarvis

by Bass Otis

1816
Oil on panel
45.8cm x 35cm (18 1/16" x 13 3/4")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Otis, Bassnotes
Description: Portrait of John Wesley Jarvis, his body turned to the left, his gaze directed down, He wears a dark jacket with a white stock.
George Washington

by Robert Edge Pine

1785
oil on canvas
35 3/4 x 28 1/4 in.

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edgenotes
Description: Portrait of George Washington wearing his military uniform and standing in a landscape, his body turned to the left, his head turned to the left, and his gaze directed off to the left. In his raised right hand he holds a walking stick.
Robert Morris

by Robert Edge Pine

c. 1785
oil on canvas
92.4 x 74.6 x 3.8cm (36 3/8 x 29 3/8 x 1 1/2")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edgenotes
As the Second Continental Congress moved toward a vote for independence, Robert Morris, one of America's leading merchants, thought that the country was not ready for it. In the interest of colonial unity, Morris absented himself from the Pennsylvania delegation when the vote was taken on July 2, but added his signature to the embossed copy of the...
George Read

by Robert Edge Pine

1784
oil on canvas
91.5cm x 73.5cm (36" x 28 15/16")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edge 
Margaret Brown Stone

by Robert Edge Pine

c. 1785
oil on canvas
67.3cm x 53.3cm (26 1/2" x 21")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edge 
Thomas Stone

by Robert Edge Pine

c. 1827
Ink wash on illustration board
Image: 9.8cm x 8.2cm (3 7/8" x 3 1/4") Sheet: 26.3cm x 15.3cm (10 3/8" x 6")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edgenotes
Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was an American planter who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777. He acted as President of Congress for a short time in 1784.
Thomas Stone (1)

by Robert Edge Pine

c. 1785
oil on canvas
67.5cm x 53.3cm (26 9/16" x 21")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Pine, Robert Edge 
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