The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society: Nature and the American Vision

 

 

 

(above: Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), Cayambe, 1858, oil on canvas. The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 91)

 

 

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MAP REPRODUCTIONS
East Corridor
 
Wallace Bruce (1844-1914)
The Hudson by Daylight: Map from New York Bay to the Head of Tide Water, ©1894 from The Hudson (New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1901).
Enlarged facsimile of folded map
 
William Wade (active 1844-1852)
Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Waterford
from William Wade and William Croome (1790-1860), Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany (New York: J. Disturnell, 1847)
Enlarged facsimile of folded panorama
 
 
CITY ON A RIVER: NEW YORK
East Corridor
 
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
The Narrows and Fort Lafayette, Ships Coming Into Port, N[ew].Y[ork]., ca. 1868
Oil on canvas
The Watson Fund, 1976.2
 
Andrew Melrose (1836-1901)
New York Harbor and the Battery, N.Y.C., 1885
Oil on canvas
James B. Wilbur Fund, 1939.585
 
Unidentified artist
View of New York Harbor, ca. 1860
Oil on canvas
1981.6
Museum Purchase
 
Hermann Fuechsel (1833-1915)
View of New York on the Bay from Staten Island, 1871
Oil on canvas
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund, 1978.35
 
 
ON THE RIVER: TRAVEL & TOURING
East Corridor
 
James Bard (1815-1897)
Steamboat "James W. Baldwin," 1865
Oil on canvas
James B. Wilbur Fund, 1943.411
 
James Bard (1815-1897)
Steamboat "Thomas E. Hulse," 1851
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line, 1948.488
 
James Bard (1815-1897)
Steamboat "Jenny Lind," 1850
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Roig, 1979.77
 
John V. Cornell (active 1838-1858)
Steamboat "Iron Witch," ca. 1846
Oil on canvas
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 1929.146
 
Robert Havell, Jr. (1783-1878)
View of the Hudson River from Tarrytown Heights, ca. 1842
Oil on canvas
Gift of Harry Peck Havell, 1946.179
 
William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893)
Erie Canal at Little Falls, N[ew]. Y[ork]., 1884
Oil on canvas
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1949.4
 
 
AMERICAN SCENIC VIEWS ON STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY
East Corridor
 
City on a River: New York (East Corridor)
 
Case 1:
 
Andrew Stevenson (active 1808-1829)
Soup plate, "View of Governor's Island," ca. 1820-1829
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.108
 
James and Ralph Clews (active 1819-1836)
Platter, "Picturesque Views: New York, Hudson River," ca. 1829-1836
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.237
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "Castle Garden, Battery, New York," ca. 1824-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.236
 
Andrew Stevenson (active 1808-1829)
Platter, "New York from Weehawk," ca. 1820-1829
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.244
 
Case 2:
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Soup tureen, "Belleville on the Passaic River," with lid, "New York Bay," ca. 1825-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.338ab
 
Andrew Stevenson (active 1808-1829)
Platter, "New York from Heights near Brooklyn," ca. 1823-1829
Transfer-printed earthenware
INV.13564
 
Andrew Stevenson (active 1808-1829)
Plate, "New York from Brooklyn Heights," ca. 1820-1829
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1940.311
 
On the River: Travel & Touring (East Corridor)
 
Case 3:
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "Highlands, Hudson River," ca. 1822-1830
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.349
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "Highlands, Hudson River," ca. 1830-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., INV.14434
 
James and Ralph Clews (active 1819-1836)
Platter, "Picturesque Views: From Fishkill, Hudson River," ca. 1829-1836
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.273
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "West Point Military Academy," ca. 1830-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.293
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Vegetable dish, "West Point Military Academy," ca. 1830-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1940.173
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Tray for sauceboat, "Pass in the Catskill Mountains," ca. 1825-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.257
 
Job and John Jackson (active 1831-1843)
Plate, "Catskill Mountain House, U.S.," ca. 1831-1843
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.148
 
On the River: Travel & Touring (East Corridor) - Continued
 
Case 4:
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Washbowl, "Entrance of the Erie Canal into the Hudson at Albany," ca. 1825-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman, 1921.18
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Pitcher, "Views of the Erie Canal," ca. 1825-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.305
 
Unidentified maker
Plate, "Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls," ca. 1825-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1940.154
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "Lake George, State of New York," ca. 1820-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.249
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Platter, "Niagara Falls from the American Side," ca. 1828-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.260
 
William Adams & Sons (active 1819-1864)
Platter, "The Falls of Niagara, U.S.," ca. 1834-1850
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.271
 
Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)
Plate, "Table Rock, Niagara," ca. 1820-1840
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1940.149
 
 
GRAND LANDSCAPE NARRATIVES:
THOMAS COLE'S THE COURSE OF EMPIRE
Dexter Hall
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
The Course of Empire: The Savage State, 1833-36
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.1
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, 1833-36
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.2
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire, 1836
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.3
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.4
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
The Course of Empire: Desolation, 1836
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.5
 
 
THE OLD WORLD
Dexter Hall
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Italian Scene. Composition, 1833
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.19
 
Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Lake Maggiore, Italy, 1858
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 193
 
William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900)
Castle of Ostia Seen from the Pine Forest of Castel Fusano, 1881
Oil on canvas
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund, 1992.11
 
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss (1833-1869)
Taormina, Island of Sicily, 1868
Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman, 1932.45
 
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss (1833-1869)
Roman Colosseum, 1868
Oil on paper mounted on panel
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman, 1932.39
 
 
DAY AND NIGHT: CYCLES AND SEASONS
Dexter Hall
 
George Henry Boughton (1833-1905)
Winter Twilight near Albany, New York, 1858
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 234
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Landscape (Moonlight), ca. 1833-34
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.31
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Sunset, View on the Catskill, 1833
Oil on wood panel
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.44
 
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)
Landscape with Ruins, 1854
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Gillet, 1945.450
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak), 1844
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.75
 
Jervis McEntee (1828-1891)
Autumn, Mill Stream, 1860
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 12
 
Louis Rémy Mignot (1831-1870)
The Harvest Moon, 1860
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 160
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR: THE CATSKILLS
Dexter Hall
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Catskill Creek, New York, 1845
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 157
 
John William Casilear (1811-1893)
River Scene, Catskill, N.Y., 1861
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 4
 
Asher Brown Durand (1786-1886)
Shandaken Range, Kingston, New York, ca. 1854
Oil on canvas
The Louis Durr Fund, 1887.5
 
Asher Brown Durand (1786-1886)
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in the Catskills, N. Y., c. 1856
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, daughter of the artist, 1907.20
 
Asher Brown Durand (1786-1886)
Catskill Clove, New York, 1864
Oil on canvas
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman, Granddaughter of the Artist, 1932.14
 
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss (1833-1869)
Catskill Winter Landscape, 1858
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Nora Durand Woodman [Granddaughter of Asher B. Durand] through Hannah Woodman, 1942.480
 
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss (1833-1869)
Catskill Mountains, New York, ca. 1858 [1856-1859]
Oil on canvas, c. 1858 [ck]
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman, Granddaughter of Asher B. Durand, 1932.188
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR: LAKE GEORGE AND THE ADIRONDCK MOUNTAINS
Dexter Hall
 
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)
Sunset, Lake George, N.Y., 1867
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 126
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Black Mountain from the Harbor Islands, Lake George, New York, 1875
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodward, 1907.17
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Chapel Pond Brook, Keene Flats, Adirondack Mountains, ca. 1870
Oil on canvas
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman, 1932.13
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Chapel Pond Brook, Keene Flats, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1871
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, 1907.4
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR:
NEW ENGLAND & THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Dexter Hall
 
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872)
White Mountain Scenery, 1859
Oil in canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 194
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Autumn Twilight, View of Corway Peak [Mount Chocorua], New Hampshire, 1834
Oil on wood [or panel]
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.42
 
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Summer Twilight, a Recollection of a Scene in New England, 1834
Oil on wood
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.46
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
White Mountain Scenery, Franconia Notch, N.H., 1857
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 105
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Study from Nature, Stratton Notch, Vermont, 1853
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, 1907.21
 
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss (1833 - 1869)
Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 1857
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 5
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR: NIAGARA FALLS
Dexter Hall
 
John Trumbull (1756-1843)
Niagara Falls, from Under Table Rock, 1808
Oil on canvas
Gift of Dr. Alexander Eddy Hosack, 1868.5
 
Alvan Fisher (1792-1863)
Niagara Falls: The American Falls and Goat Island, ca. 1820
Oil on canvas
Gift of Arthur A. Jones, 1948.25
 
Attributed to Mrs. William Minot[t] (active ca. 1816-1818)
Niagara Falls, 1818
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr., to Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr., Collection, 1956, 1956.3
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR: THE HUDSON HIGHLANDS
Dexter Hall
 
John Frederick Kensett
View from Cozzens' Hotel Near West Point, 1863
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 189
 
Attributed to Victor de Grailly (1804-1889)
Kosciuszko's Monument, West Point, c. 1845
Oil on canvas
Museum Purchase 1923.6
 
 
THE AMERICAN GRAND TOUR:
RIVER VIEWS & RURAL RETREATS
Dexter Hall
 
Attributed to Victor De Grailly (1804-1889)
View from Hyde Park on the Hudson River, ca. 1845
Oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, 1923.5
Thomas Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910)
A Window, House on Hudson River, 1863
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 71
 
Robert Havell, Jr.
View of Hudson River from near Sing Sing, New York, c. 1850
Oil on canvas
John Jay Watson Fund, 1971.14
 
Joseph Vollmering
View on the Hudson Near Sing Sing, NY, 1845-1850
Oil on canvas
Watson Fund, 1978.57
 
 
ARTISTS AFIELD & ABROAD
Dexter Hall
 
 
Marie-François-Régis Gignoux (1814-1882)
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, ca. 1843
Oil on canvas
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, X.21
 
George Inness (1825-1894)
Hackensack Meadows, Sunset, 1859
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 22
 
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872)
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, 1859
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 229
 
William Trost Richards (1833-1905)
June Woods (Germantown), 1864
Oil on linen
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 127
 
 
ARTISTS ABROAD: THE FRONTIER
Dexter Hall
 
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873
Oil on canvas
Gift of Archer Milton Huntington, 1909.16
 
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Indian Encampment, Shoshone Village, 1860
Oil on millboard
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 52
 
Thomas Hill (1829-1908)
View of the Yosemite Valley, 1865
Oil on canvas
Gift of Charles T. Harbeck, 1897.2
 
 
ARTISTS ABROAD: SOUTH AMERICA
Dexter Hall
 
Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
Cayambe, 1858
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 91
 
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904)
Study of an Orchid, 1872
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 112
 
 
ARTISTS ABROAD: THE ARCTIC
Dexter Hall
 
Thomas Hicks (1823-1890)
Portrait of Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857), 1858
Oil on canvas
Gift of several ladies of New York, 1859.1
 
William Bradford (1823-1892)
Summer in the Land of the Midnight Sun, c. 1880
Oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, Durr Fund, 1893, 1893.4
 
 
LIFE IN THE LANDSCAPE
Dexter Hall
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Sunday Morning, 1839
Oil on canvas
Gift of the children of the artist, through John Durand, 1903.3
 
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
Returning to the Farm, 1861
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 58
 
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)
The Latest News, Cattle in the Stable, 1862
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 175
 
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
Coming to the Point, 1854
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 141
 
 
LUMAN REED GALLERIES (3)
 
Luman Reed Gallery 1:
 
William Guy Wall and The Hudson River Portfolio
Wall Display:
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 6 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View of Glens Falls, New York, 1820
Watercolor, selective glazing, touches of gouache, and scratching out
on paper, laid on card, laid on canvas
Museum purchase, 1946.96
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 7 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View Near Sandy Hill, New York, 1820
Watercolor, gouache, selective glazing, and scratching out on paper,
laid on card, laid on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.79
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 8 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View of Baker's Falls, New York, 1820
Watercolor, selective glazing, gouache, graphite, and touches of scratching
out on paper, laid on card, laid on canvas
Museum purchase, 1946.97
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 10 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View Near Fort Edward, New York, 1820
Watercolor, scratching out, selective glazing, and touches of gouache and black
ink on paper, laid on card, laid on canvas
Museum purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund, 1941.1119
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 15 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View from Fishkill Looking to West Point, New York, 1820
Watercolor, selective glazing, white gouache, graphite, and scratching out
on paper, laid on card
Museum purchase, 1946.95
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 17 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View near Fishkill, New York, 1820
Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, and scratching out with touches
of gouache on paper, laid on card
Gift of John Austin Stevens, 1903.14
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 18 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View Near Fort Montgomery, New York, 1820
Watercolor, scratching out, and selective glazing with touches of gouache
on paper, laid on card
Museum purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund, 1941.1124
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Preparatory Study for Plate 19 of "The Hudson River Portfolio":
View of the Palisades, New Jersey, 1820
Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out with touches of gouache on paper,
laid on card
Gift of John Austin Stevens, 1903.13
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
View of the Hudson River at Hudson, New York, 1820
Watercolor, scratching out, selective glazing, gouache, and graphite
on paper, laid on card
Museum purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund, 1941.1120
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
View of the Hudson River at West Point, New York, 1820
Watercolor, scratching out, white gouache, and selective glazing on
paper, laid on card
Museum purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund, 1941.1121
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
View in the Hudson Highlands, New York, 1820
Watercolor, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Museum purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund, 1941.1123
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Landscape with Covered Bridge across the Sacandaga River, Hadley, New York, ca. 1820­25
Watercolor, selective glazing, scratching out, gouache, and graphite on paper
Museum purchase, Watson Fund, 1962.78
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
View of Esopus Creek at Saugerties, New York, ca. 1830
Watercolor, scratching out, black ink, selective glazing, and graphite on paper
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 1923.126
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Study for an Engraving:
View of Barclay's Iron Works, Saugerties, New York, ca. 1830
Watercolor, graphite, scratching out, selective glazing, and
white lead pigment on paper
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 1923.127
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Landscape of the Hudson River; from the disassembled
Cummings Album, ca. 1818­28
Graphite on heavy paper
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne, 1979.45
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Sketch of a Tree, ca. 1830
Brown ink on paper with lines on verso, laid on paper
Gift of Robert William Glenroie Vail, 1948.623
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Newburg,
No. 14 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1825
Hand-colored aquatint
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr., 1899
 
James and Ralph Clews (active 1819-1836)
Platter, "Picturesque Views: Newburgh, Hudson River," ca. 1829-1836
Transfer-printed earthenware
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt, 1961.270
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
American Mountain Scenery, 1836
Oil on canvas
Gift of Prosper Guerry, 1950.2
 
Case Display:
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864), engraved by John Hill (1770­1850)
The Hudson River Portfolio, 1821­25
Open to Plate 15, View from Fishkill Looking to West Point
Hand-colored aquatint
(New York: Published by H. J. Megarey and G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1821­25, 1828)
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr., 1899
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers,
No. 2 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1821­22
Hand-colored aquatint
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1939
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Rapids above Hadley's Falls,
No. 4 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1822­23
Hand-colored aquatint
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1939
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Glenns Falls,
No. 6 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1822
Hand-colored aquatint
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1939
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
View Near Fort Miller,
No. 10 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1821­22
Hand-colored aquatint
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1939
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
West Point,
No. 16 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1825
Hand-colored aquatint
 
John Hill (1770­1850) after William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Palisades,
No. 19 of "The Hudson River Portfolio," 1823­24
Hand-colored aquatint
 
William Guy Wall (1792­after 1864)
Trees and a House by a Rocky Brook;
folio no. 23 in the John Ludlow Morton Album, 1827
Graphite on paper, bound into an album
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post, 1944.387
 
William Wade (active 1844­1852)
Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Waterford, part 1, 1847
from William Wade and William Croome (1790­1860), Panorama of the
Hudson River from New York to Albany
(New York: J. Disturnell, 1847)
Hand-colored engraving on paper, laid on canvas
 
William Wade (active 1844­1852) and William Croome (1790­1860)
Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany, 1846
(New York: J. Disturnell, 1846)
 
William Wade (active 1844­1852) and William Croome (1790­1860)
Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany, 1847
(New York: J. Disturnell, 1847)
 
Wallace Bruce (1844­1914)
Photographed by G. Willard Shear and engraved by Moss Photo-Engraving Company
Panorama of the Hudson, showing both sides of the river from New York to Albany. First photo-panorama of any river ever published
(New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1888)
 
Photographed by G. Willard Shear and engraved by Moss Engraving Co.
Panorama of the Hudson: showing both sides of the river from New York to Albany
(New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1888)
 
Luman Reed Gallery 2:
 
Artists and Patrons:
A History of Art Collecting in Nineteenth-Century New York
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796­1886)
Luman Reed (1785­1836), 1835
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.56
 
Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830­1900)
After Charles Loring Elliott (1812­1868)
William Sidney Mount (1807­1868), 1851
Oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund, 1901.8
 
Thomas Cole (1801­1848)
Self Portrait, ca. 1836
Oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, Watson Fund, 1964.41
 
John Trumbull (1756­1843)
Asher Brown Durand (1796­1886), 1826
Oil on wood
Museum purchase, The Louis Durr Fund, 1895.13
 
George Whiting Flagg (1816­1897)
Lady and Parrot, ca. 1835
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.33
 
George Whiting Flagg (1816­1897)
A Nun, ca. 1836
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.34
 
Benjamin West (1738­1820)
Charles Willson Peale (1741­1827), 1767­69
Oil on canvas
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan, 1867.293
 
Charles Willson Peale (1741­1827)
The Peale Family, 1773­1809
Oil on canvas
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan, 1867.298
 
F. Bartoli (active 1783­ca. 1796)
Portrait of the Seneca Chief, Cornplanter (Kiontwogky) (1732/40­1836), probably 1786
Oil on linen
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan, 1867.314
 
George Henry Boughton (1833­1905)
Pilgrims Going to Church, 1867
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 117
 
Thomas Cole (1801­48)
Mountain Scenery, date unknown
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 230
 
William-Adolpe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
The Secret, 1876
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 176
 
Luman Reed Gallery 3:
 
A Passion for Genre Painting:
The Luman Reed and Robert Leighton Stuart Collections
 
Wall Display:
 
William John Hennessy (1839­1917)
Getting Himself Up, Boy at His Toilet, 1862
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 65
 
Eastman Johnson (1824­1906)
Negro Life at the South, 1859
Oil on linen
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 225
 
Eastman Johnson (1824­1906)
Knitting for the Soldiers, 1861
Oil on millboard
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 26
 
Eastman Johnson (1824­1906)
Sunday Morning, 1866
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 219
 
Francis W. Edmonds (1806­1863)
Bargaining (The Christmas Turkey), ca. 1858
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 50
 
Francis W. Edmonds (1806­1863)
The Wind Mill, ca. 1858
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 217
 
Edwin White (1817­1877)
Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation, 1861
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 200
 
Edwin White (1817­1877)
Spinning Flax, Olden Times, 1861
Oil on canvas
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Stuart 142
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796­1886)
Peter Stuyvesant and the Trumpeter, 1835
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.28
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
The Pedler [sic.], 1835-36
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.26
 
William Sidney Mount (1807­68)
Farmer's Bargaining, 1835
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.59
 
William Sidney Mount (1807­68)
Undutiful Boys, 1835
Oil on canvas
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858.23
 
Case Display:
 
The Door Panels for Luman Reed's Picture Gallery
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
School Let Out, 1836
Oil on wood
Gift of Dudley Butler, grandson of Luman Reed, 1940.452
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Blind Man's Bluff, 1836
Oil on wood
Gift of Dudley Butler, grandson of Luman Reed, 1940.481
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Boy Chasing a Pig, 1836
Oil on wood
Gift of Dudley Butler, grandson of Luman Reed, 1940.483
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Boys Playing Marbles, 1836
Oil on wood
Gift of Dudley Butler, grandson of Luman Reed, 1940.484
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Haying Scene, 1836
Oil on wood
Bequest of Mrs. Andrew Chalmers Wilson, great-grandaughter of Luman Reed, 1963.9
 
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)
Barn Builders, 1836
Oil on wood
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sturges III, 1991.2.1
 

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