Historic New England

Engraving

"Flight Into Egypt". Landscape w/ stream in center foreground and tree on right embankment looming over water. River winds to left w/ ruins of aquaduct. Two men in boat observe an angel leading donkey w/ Holy Family. Cattle are in foreground, and at right, ruins of a Roman temple. Background shows m...

Date: 1795-1820

Maker: Morel, Francis (Maker) After Lorraine, Claude, 1600-1682 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17257

Accession Number: 1935.71

The Celebrated Madonna of Corregio

St. Elizabeth caressing foot of infant Jesus, while angel at right turns pages of book held by bearded saint to right. Landscape with temple in background.

Date: 1763

Maker: Strange, R. (Maker) After Correggio, Antonio Allegri, 1489-1534 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17258

Accession Number: 1935.75

Fire (or silver) bag

Rectangular form; raw upper edge; single piece of cloth hand-stitched at selvedges.

Date: 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 17259

Accession Number: 1935.1402

Fire (or silver) bag

Hand stitched bag w/ circular base; double row stitching at base and single side seam. Casing at top has drawstring. Used to collect valuables in event of fire.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 17260

Accession Number: 1935.1404

Pastoral Landscape

European pastoral landscape. Lake in center, distant mountains. Middle ground shows aquaduct, buildings, herdsman with cows. Foreground at left: horses, man with rake; at right: man and dog. Predominant colors are blues, somber greens and browns. Sky highlighted by white clouds. Frame: step molded w...

Date: ca. 1719

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 17261

Accession Number: 1936.123

Chandelier

Chandelier with eight candlearms. Chain to ceiling extending from carved crown. Four heavy cast chains from crown to base. Candlearms extend from circular carved base. Elaborate carved finial extends up center from base.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, glass (material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17262

Accession Number: 1936.335

Box with lid

Rectangular black lacquer box with gold floral and foliate motifs. Plain black interior. A= Base, B= Lid

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17263

Accession Number: 1937.407AB

Candlestick

Six lobed base, molded and incised; "snowflake" appearance. Turned rings below large ring beneath fluted inverted urn form. Top of urn is lobed. Long socket w/ both incised and turned rings; one row of tiny parallel incisions. Six lobed bobeche, each lobe fluted by incised lines.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 17264

Accession Number: 1937.455

Tea caddy

Rectangular form with hinged lid. Interior divided to hold pewter canisters with double lids (inside lid has turned wooden knob). Black lacquer exterior with garlands and cartouches in gold with multicolors. Shield on top of lid with monogram, "ABK" in script over crossed sprays of wheat tied with r...

Date: c. 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquering

GUSN: 17265

Accession Number: 1937.1006

Arm chair

Armchair. Mahogany frame with leather upholstery. Brass nails around edges. Slightly scrolled square back. Large scrolled arm rests over stiles with carved lotus leaves. Egyptian motif at top of legs which terminate in square brass cups with canisters.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), leather, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 17266

Accession Number: 1938.275

Decanter with Stopper

Glass decanter with a bell-shaped form; mold blown. Plain sides. Uneven shaped lip. Polished off pontil mark on base. Stopper is tear-drop shape, molded, with broad chamfered edges.

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blow molding

GUSN: 17267

Accession Number: 1938.519

Wine glass

Handblown. Conical bowl. Tapered stem. Base is round and flat w/ unpolished pontil mark.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), glassblowing

GUSN: 17268

Accession Number: 1938.521

Bust of Sophocles

Parian bust of Sophocles.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 17269

Accession Number: 1938.684

Bust

Bust of Sophocles in classical garb. Bearded male classical figure. Not completely modelled. Straight unmodelled sides on lower sections of sides and back.

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 17270

Accession Number: 1938.807

Sofa

Sofa, curved back form. A single row of tacking runs along the crest, as well as where the cloth meets the wood. The front is tacked with two rows of brass tacking. On the shaft sits the reversed image of the reeded leg which supports the squared and fluted open arm of the sofa. Rests on four squ...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), horsehair, mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 17273

Accession Number: 1940.844

Arm Chair

Armchair with shield back enclosing five tapered and curved bars radiating from a fan of inlaid satinwood and mahogany. Stringing of ebony and satinwood in a rope pattern. The stiles are slightly shaped with a small ear between them and the shield. Seat is upholstered over frame, serpentine in front...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17274

Accession Number: 1940.845

Arm chair

Armchair with shield back enclosing five tapered and curved bars radiating from a fan of inlaid satinwood and mahogany. Stringing of ebony and satinwood in a rope pattern. The stiles are slightly shaped with a small ear between them and the shield. Seat is upholstered over frame, serpentine in front...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17275

Accession Number: 1940.846

Hand towel

Rectangular form w/ loop to hang; off white color; initials in beige hand embroidered in "X" stitch. Book says it's marked "AG II". Hand woven, hand hemmed ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 17276

Accession Number: 1941.740

Engraving

Mezzotint hand painted with water colors. Under image: "The Blind Hermit" painted by Thomas Stothard and engraved by John Whessetts. Scene shows blind hermit guided by young boy. Old man is holding a stick on his right shoulder while his left hand rests on boy's left shoulder.

Date: 1806

Maker: Whessetts, John (Maker) After Stothard, Thomas (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 17277

Accession Number: 1941.1220

Painting

Painting of classical ruins. In background are mountains and a lake. To right is a statue of a male with a vase on his head. Several people scattered in background. In foreground at left corner are two shepherds with sheep and cows. Frame is gilt with moldings at three levels.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 17278

Accession Number: 1942.439

Scene from Robinson Crusoe

"ROBINSON CRUSOE and the CREW, escaping from the WRECK/ I must acknowledge I had hardly eyes to look up, when the Seaman told me she was sinking." Scene with eleven men in lifeboat watching two ships sink. Engraving later hand colored in shades of red, blue, and yellow. Wood frame with applied gilt.

Date: 1798

Maker: Haines & Son (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 17279

Accession Number: 1942.794A

Photograph

Bust-length photograph of an elderly man in glasses in wooden frame. As a reverend, he is wearing a black suit, a white collar and oval glasses. He has white hair and a moustache.

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18093

Accession Number: 1998.2196

Photograph

Half-length profile photograph of Arthur Foote. He has thinning white/gray hair and is wearing a white collared shirt, tie, and dark suit jacket. Photograph is a postcard.

Date: 1920-1931

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18094

Accession Number: 1998.2197

Picture frame

Small striped frame w/ marbilized border. Tin brown and black striped frame w/ a wine, blue and tan decorated border.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 18095

Accession Number: 1998.2198

Photograph

Plush brown frame w/ doors opening to reveal carte-de visite portrait of a woman. Head and shoulders photograph of a young lady w/ her brown hair pulled back in a bun and curly bangs. She wears a white lace collar and white earrings.

Date: 1880

Maker: Metcalf & Welldon (Maker (Photographers))

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18096

Accession Number: 1998.2199

Picture frame

Purple plush frame in pieces. Frame is wider on all four corners and thins out at the middle of each side.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, plush

GUSN: 18097

Accession Number: 1998.2200

Photograph

Tintype of a painting of a woman in a cemetery in a rustic frame. Full-length portrait features the woman seated outside w/ her hands in her lap. Her brown hair is pulled back in a bun and she wears a light colored dress w/ a darker cape and hood. The ocean is in the distance.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: Possibly Faed, James (Photographer) Possibly Charles Taber & Co. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 18098

Accession Number: 1998.2201

Pyropgraphy Portrait Medallion

Wood burned (pyrography) round wooden picture of Native American. The close-up head and shoulder profile, the Native American woman is wearing two bands and has several feathers attached at the back. Beaded jewelry and baskets form a border around the profile.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: pyrography, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18099

Accession Number: 1998.2202

Print

Framed engraving of landscape w/ mountains and river. In the right foreground, 2 figures rest and chat. In the center ground, ruins sit at the top of a hill. A city is seen in the distance and the mountains rise up behind the city.

Date: 1836

Maker: Bartlett, William Henry, 1809-1854 (Maker) Cousen, C. (Maker) Geo. Virtue (Publisher)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18100

Accession Number: 1998.2203

Photograph

Framed 3/4 length carte-de-visite of woman standing. Frame is decorated w/ bosses and painted flowers. The woman's dark hair is held up in a bun and she has curly bangs. She wears a black lace dress w/ ruffles down the front.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Downey, W. D. (Maker (Photographers))

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18101

Accession Number: 1998.2204

Picture frame

Frame is decorated w/ bosses and painted flowers.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 18102

Accession Number: 1998.2205

Picture frame

Fret-sawn oval frame. Missing back. Wooden rectangular frame has extension of fret-sawn woodwork. Inside, an oval cut leaves room for a picture.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: fretsaws, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18103

Accession Number: 1998.2206

Photograph

Framed photograph of man standing w/ a cane and peaked hat. 3/4 length portrait. Man wears a light colored hat, a white shirt, light colored tie and 3-piece gray, wool suit. He has dark hair, eyes, and a moustache that curls up on both sides.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18104

Accession Number: 1998.2207

Photograph

Photograph of bust of man in aesthetic frame w/ Egyptian gilt decoration. The man has light-colored hair and eyes and wears oval spectacles. He has a moustache and wears a coat buttoned up around his tie.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Fleischner & Co. (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18105

Accession Number: 1998.2208

Portrait of Rev. Rueben Kidner

Half-length photographic portrait of Rev. Reuben Kidner in a small gilt frame. Seated in a black, straight-back chair with his hands crossed in his lap. He has white/gray hair and a moustache and wears a black reverend's suit with a white collar.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: relief halftone (process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18106

Accession Number: 1998.2209

Picture frame

Wine plush frame w/ satin inset. Rectangular frame has outer edge of velvet w/ a satin inset before an inner velvet center piece w/ a flattened arch opening of pewter.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy), plush, satin, tin (metal)

GUSN: 18107

Accession Number: 1998.2210

Picture frame

Small rectangular tin frame w/ fleur-de-lis decoration. Decoration around edge is 1/2 inch thick and looks to have been painted in the past.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 18108

Accession Number: 1998.2211

Picture frame

Small tin rectangular frame w/ C-scroll and rocaille decoration. Frame appears to have been painted at an earlier date but is now rusting.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 18109

Accession Number: 1998.2212.1

Picture frame

Small tin rectangular frame w/ C-scroll and rocaille decoration. Frame appears to have been painted at an earlier date but is now rusting.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 18110

Accession Number: 1998.2212.2

French Maid

Chromolithograph of French maid in gilt frame with raised decoration. Maid is bending at the waist over a table on which a small white fluffy dog is sitting on his hind legs with his front paws in the air. The maid holds a feather duster in her hand behind her back.

Date: 1900-1930 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), chromolithography

GUSN: 18111

Accession Number: 1998.2213

Photograph

1/2 length photograph of the Pope in wooden frame. The Pope is seated wearing white robe, a large silver cross, and small ovoid glasses. He looks off to his left.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18112

Accession Number: 1998.2214

Scene with Artist

Chromolithograph of an artist painting a portrait in a wooden rustic frame. Male artist in blue painting the woman in front of him in a yellow dress. Three ladies in green, blue, and rust look on. The artist holds a pallet, one woman a fan, and another a pair of glasses.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: chromolithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18113

Accession Number: 1998.2215

Photograph

Framed portrait of a woman in a frame w/ gilt and wavy black design. Bust-length photograph of an older woman w/ white hair, a brooch, and a V-neck darker overshirt in front of leafy plants.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18114

Accession Number: 1998.2216

Print

Raphael reproduction --chromolithograph in a black and gilt frame of Madonna and child. The full-length Madonna is draped in blue, red, and beige robes and stands holding the Child. She appears to stand on a cloud and a man is below her to her right and a woman is below her to her left.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: After Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Artist)

Material: chromolithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18115

Accession Number: 1998.2217

Photograph

Souvenir photograph of a print of the Capitol. Central in the photograph is the Capitol's dome. Close up of front facade of two pedimented porticos. Flower and shrubery at foreground.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18116

Accession Number: 1998.2218

Photograph

Photograph of octagonal fort in applied tin frame. Two-story octagonal fort with a smaller first floor with overlapping larger second floor. A much smaller lookout third floor tops the fort.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18117

Accession Number: 1998.2219

Etching of a Young Boy

Full-length etching of a young boy with his hands in his pants' pockets, leaning on a barrel. He is wearing a sailor's hat, open-throat shirt, rolled-up pants and has curly hair. A ship is anchored behind him.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18118

Accession Number: 1998.2220.1

Etching of a Young Boy

Full-length etching of a young boy with his hands in his pants' pockets, leaning on a barrel. He is wearing a sailor's hat, open-throat shirt, rolled-up pants and has curly hair. A ship is anchored behind him.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18119

Accession Number: 1998.2220.2

Print

Etching of the back of a boy wearing rolled up pants w/ a patch on the seat and crossed suspenders over a sailor's top and a straw hat. A dog sits beside him standing on a bank overlooking a ship out to sea.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18120

Accession Number: 1998.2221.1

Print

Etching of the back of a boy wearing rolled up pants w/ a patch on the seat and crossed suspenders over a sailor's top and a straw hat. A dog sits beside him standing on a bank overlooking a ship out to sea.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18121

Accession Number: 1998.2221.2

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