Historic New England

Wallpaper

Block print design of peacocks or birds of paradise. Yellow/white on black field.

Date: 1775-1790

Maker: Possibly Prentiss, Appleton (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 26155

Accession Number: 1979.34

Hook

Hanging central rod w/ four arms of equal length. Each arm has a spike formed by the upper end and an additional spike at center of arm. Loop at top for hanging. Irregular surface texture.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 26156

Accession Number: 1979.35

Key

"Skeleton" type form. Shaft textured. Flattened loop. Hand forged.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 26157

Accession Number: 1979.36

Side chair--"Carver" style. Plain circular stiles with ball finials; turned crest rail; three turned spindles; plank seat; two plain side stretchers, two front, one back. Legs tapered very slightly at ends. Painted red with black underneath. Reproduction red seat cushion and three turnings on back c...

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26158

Accession Number: 1966.1314

Chest

Rectangular shape; front divided into four panels with plain double "stepped" moldings between each panel and at top and bottom; two panel sides; legs are the side boards extending past bottom of chest-no feet. Replacement top hinged with iron cotter pins; grained underneath. Iron key hole mount nai...

Date: 1668-1733

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 26159

Accession Number: 1966.1315

Brewster-style arm chair

Reproduction Brewster-style arm chair. Dark brown stain (traces of brown paint). Turned stiles with ball finials; turned crest rail and double row of three turned spindles; turned front legs with three spindles across front extending from turned seat rail to bottom stretcher; single plain stretchers...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26160

Accession Number: 1966.1316

Chest

William and Mary style. Rectangular shape with single plank hinged top with shaped molding around edges. Wide molding extending from bottom with turned ball feet. Iron pin-type hinges. Engraved brass key escutcheon. Dovetail construction at corners.

Date: 1715-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 26161

Accession Number: 1966.1318

Side chair

Undecorated crest rail w/ plain ears, pierced urn shaped splat--back of stiles w/ bevelled edges ending at seat. Rushed bottom squared edges, straight legs, Marlborough w/ bead-molded front leg decoration. Four rectangular stretcher--no decoration. Pegged construction.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 26162

Accession Number: 1966.1340

Swan floater

Hand carved swan figure. Painted white body with pieced grey tail/rudder. Used as "floater" or buoy marker to hold diver's air line in Ebenezer Clifford's diving bell experiments.

Date: 1785-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26163

Accession Number: 1966.1348

Textile fragment

Rectangular tan fragment w/ "E. Clifford/1798" stencilled in black. Tacked onto plain wood strips serving as frame.

Date: 1798

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap

GUSN: 26164

Accession Number: 1966.1349

Cartoon

Printed cartoon on blue paper depicting General Arthur St. Clair being chased by Indian w/ caption "He who fights and runs away/ May fight or run another day--Wabash" (St. Clair was routed in battle of Wabash). In wood frame.

Date: ca. 1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26165

Accession Number: 1966.1399

Photograph

Full-length group portrait of thirteen men seated and standing in a half-circle with a round table at center with a book on it.

Date: 1855-1856

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25745

Accession Number: 1926.59

U. S. Sanitary Commission Women's Auxiliary Portraits

Group of eighteen carte-de-visite portraits of women shown in shoulder length, three-quarter length and full-length formats.

Date: 1863

Maker: A.M. Laing & Son (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25746

Accession Number: 1924.253

Photograph Portrait

Hand-tinted albumen bust-length photograph of a woman with long drop earrings, a black neck ribbon, and a white lace collar.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), tinting

GUSN: 25747

Accession Number: 1967.146

Photograph

Oval bust-length portrait of old woman w/ lace cap and spectacles.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25751

Accession Number: 1934.3039.1

Photograph Portrait

Oval bust length portrait of balding old man w/ down-turned mouth.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25752

Accession Number: 1934.3039.2

Portrait Photograph

Full-length seated portrait of a little girl in plaid dress and button high-top boots seated on a small table w/ hand resting on chair.

Date: 1863-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 25753

Accession Number: 1941.606

Photograph

Full-length seated portrait of older man w/ two children, a boy and girl, playing w/ a puppet in front of a window.

Date: 1905-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: platinum process, gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 25754

Accession Number: 1978.179

Photograph

View of a steam engine and car on track with field and farm in background.

Date: 1860-1880 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 25755

Accession Number: 1941.119

Photograph

View of a small clapboard house w/ dark shutters and steeply raking roof; picket fence in front w/ four family members posed just behind it.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25756

Accession Number: 1971.133

Photograph

Waist-length portrait of white haired old man in satin vest--looking left--oval format.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25757

Accession Number: 1938.666

Photograph

Large brick house surrounded by wrought iron fence; several figures, mainly women and children, pose in front on steps, balconies and sidewalk.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: Folsom, A. H. (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25758

Accession Number: 1920.28

Photograph

Bust-length portraits of two women w/ hats.

Date: 1893

Maker: unknown

Material: tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 25759

Accession Number: 1970.6B

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a young woman w/ hair-ribbon and striped bow at neck.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Sanborn, F. P. (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25760

Accession Number: 1921.172A

Photograph

Shoulder-length portrait of a woman w/ corkscrew curls.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: Bushby & Hart (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25761

Accession Number: 1921.172B

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a young woman w/ lace collar, ruffled bodice and corkscrew curls.

Date: ca. 1879

Maker: Cheney, C. B. (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25762

Accession Number: 1921.172C

Photograph

Full-length standing portrait of a young woman w/ hand on back of chair.

Date: ca. 1863

Maker: Loomis, G. H. (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 25763

Accession Number: 1921.172D

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of boy in small brass frame w/ stand.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tinting, tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 25764

Accession Number: 1982.253

Rogers Group Sculpture - Returned Volunteer

Blacksmith at anvil, flanked by crouching soldier and girl.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25789

Accession Number: 1932.2282

Rogers Group Sculpture - Peddler at the Fair

Man on horseback with trunk, man and woman standing in front.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25791

Accession Number: 1934.722

Rogers Group Sculpture - Neighboring Pews

Man and woman, child and older woman at two pews.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25795

Accession Number: 1926.217

Rogers Group Sculpture - "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"

Man leaning on chair, woman at spinning wheel.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25799

Accession Number: 1934.718

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Parting Promise

Man with moustache holding hand of woman at right.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25801

Accession Number: 2016.187.1

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Photographer

Gentleman holding puppet and removing lens cap from large camera.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25805

Accession Number: 1941.261A

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Sitter

Woman standing and leaning over child on table.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25806

Accession Number: 1941.261B

Rogers Group Sculpture - Courtship in Sleepy Hollow

Man and woman, seated, holding hands, cat on her lap.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25813

Accession Number: 1934.721

Rogers Group Sculpture - Politics

Two seated men, one with bandaged foot, cabinet between, woman behind, placing her hand over the mouth of one of the men.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25814

Accession Number: 1934.720

Rogers Group Sculpture - Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations

Man and woman holding book, boy at skirt, black boy leaning on barrel.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25815

Accession Number: 1923.556

Rogers Group Sculpture - We Boys

Two boys on horseback.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 25816

Accession Number: 1930.362

Table

Eight vase, ring and spool turned legs w/ stretchers, turnip feet w/ scribe lines at base. One drawer. Rectangular top w/ leaves supported by gate legs on either side. Drawer fronts maple. Cherry top.

Date: 1720-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), maple (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25817

Accession Number: 1952.9

Table

Tip-top table w/ round top on tripod base w/ ball turning and stylized gadrooning. Legs w/ dentilled pads under feet. Chip-carved or gauged decoration on base of pedestal and underneath legs.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 25818

Accession Number: 1955.76

Portrait of Wanton Casey, 1760-1842

Portrait of Wanton Casey (1760-1842). Half length oil on canvas polychrome portrait of Casey wearing blue coat, floral vest, ruffled cuffs, white stock and white wig. Brownish-black background. Rectangular gilt frame is elaborately molded with egg and dart interior border.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: Garbanti & Gillespie (Framer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 25819

Accession Number: 1955.289

Portrait of Silas Casey (1734-1814)

Oil portrait of Silas Casey (1734-1814) on canvas, dressed in brown coat and white stock. Background shows seascape with lighthouse and sailing ship. Plain molded rectangular frame painted brown (not original; probably 20th century).

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 25820

Accession Number: 1955.290

Portrait of Abigail Coggeshall Casey (1737-1821)

Portrait of Abigail Coggeshall Casey (1737-1821). White-capped woman, head and shoulder view with plain brownish-black background. Sitter wears gray dress with sheer white fichu over shoulder and bust. Plain, molded rectangular frame painted brown (not original, probably 20th century).

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 25821

Accession Number: 1955.291

Portrait of Casey Children

Portrait of three Casey children. Oval, molded mahogany and gilt frame; under glass. Group of three young boys in period dress done in tones of brown and gray on off-white paper. Depicts Thomas L. Casey (1857-1925), Edward P. Casey (1864-1940), Harry Weir Casey (1861-1880), sons of T.L. Casey, Sr.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25822

Accession Number: 1955.302

Drawing

Oval, molded mahogany and gilt veneered frame; under glass. Bust length view of man in U.S. Army uniform w/ moustache and goatee. Various tones of gray and black on off-white paper. Depicts Thomas Lincoln Casey, Sr. (1831-1896).

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25823

Accession Number: 1955.303

Poker

Short poker w/ pointed top on shaped handle w/ flared collar. Oval tapered shaft ends in flat bent poker.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 25826

Accession Number: 1955.305

Fireplace tongs

Hook terminating in scroll above wide flat U-shaped grip. Cylindrical shaft w/ flat circular pads or clappers.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 25827

Accession Number: 1955.306

Portrait of General Silas Casey

Portrait of General Silas Casey (1807-1882). Black and white engraving entitled "Silas Casey/ Maj. Gen. Silas Casey, U.S.V." Head and shoulder view of gentleman in U.S. military uniform. Pierced and carved Victorian black frame.

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: Reproduction of Gardner, A. (Photographer) Buttre, J. C. (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25834

Accession Number: 1955.313

Photograph of Abby Perry Pearce Casey

Photograph of Abby Perry Pearce Casey (1813-1862), wife of General Silas Casey. Head and shoulder view of woman with dark hair parted down center; high-necked white dress. Elaborate gilt and gesso foliate frame with gray mat.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25835

Accession Number: 1955.314

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