Historic New England

Portrait of a Woman

Full-length profile profile portrait of a standing woman in a tan dress, with basket on arm and book in hand. Patterened floor cover. Potted plant, and bird. Reverse of 1942.4402.2.

Date: 1832-1840

Maker: Davis, Joseph H. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 56645

Accession Number: 1942.4402.1

Portrait of a Woman

Full-length profile profile portrait of a standing woman in a tan dress, with basket on arm and book in hand. Patterened floor cover. Potted plant, and bird. Reverse of 1942.4402.1.

Date: 1832-1840

Maker: Davis, Joseph H. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 56646

Accession Number: 1942.4402.2

Silhouette

Male subject, positive cut, bust-length silhouette; tri-cornered hat

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56647

Accession Number: 1942.4405

Portrait of George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

Bust-length, three-quarter view portrait of Lord Byron; uncolored

Date: 1819

Maker: Gauci, M. (Engraver) Moser, F. (Printer) P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (Publisher)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56648

Accession Number: 1942.4410

Silhouette

Male, bust-length silhouette, positive cut. ; ponytail, ruffled stock

Date: 1775-1824

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56649

Accession Number: 1942.4412.1

Silhouette

Female, bust-length silhouette, positive cut ; elderly, bonnet, heavy set

Date: 1775-1824

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56650

Accession Number: 1942.4412.2

Shelf clock. Marble pedestal base with convex circular eglomise panel over watercolor drawing insert of iron bridge over water; surmounted by mahogany framed clock with enamel face, engraved on back "Wm More/Boston/Feb 15th/1806." Watercolor drawing titled "COALBROOKDALE IRON BRIDGE."

Date: 1806

Maker: Possibly More, William (Maker)

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), marble (rock)

GUSN: 56651

Accession Number: 1942.4413

Portrait of a Boy

Bust-length, three-quarter view portrait of a boy in a blue coat, yellow/orange drapes in background.

Date: 1824-1849

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56652

Accession Number: 1942.4414

Electrified Kerosene Lamp

Apple green font; clambroth baluster shaft; beaded square base.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56653

Accession Number: 1942.4417.1

Electrified Kerosene Lamp

Apple green font; clambroth baluster shaft; beaded square base.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56654

Accession Number: 1942.4417.2

Tieback

Oval; fem. bust length, frontal; black, white; tall hat with ribbons

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal), enameling, transfer printing

GUSN: 56655

Accession Number: 1942.4418

Tieback

Oval; profile portrait man; black, white; wig

Date: 1785-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), enameling, transfer printing

GUSN: 56656

Accession Number: 1942.4419

Curtain

Floral print; red/yellow on dark ground; purp. lining; gathered

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), cloth

GUSN: 56657

Accession Number: 1942.4420

Camphene Lamp

Apple green glass lamp. Hexagonal font with alternating pattern of star and circle alternating with star and oval. Square glass base.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56658

Accession Number: 1942.4422

Picture

Ext. scene; standing man, sitting fem. , door to mansion; peacocks

Date: 1825-1874

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 56659

Accession Number: 1942.4424

Portrait of George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

Bust-length, three-quarter view portrait of Lord Byron, head turned in profile; oval form.

Date: 1825-1849

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 56660

Accession Number: 1942.4425A

Sugar Bowl

Circcular, crvd. sides, 2 handles; brown, cream, red; mottled red

Date: 1850-1874

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56661

Accession Number: 1942.4462

Wallpaper

Landscape figure wallpaper with architectural features in octagons on a dotted diaper ground. Printed in green.

Date: 1910-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product), varnishing

GUSN: 56662

Accession Number: 1942.4705

Wallpaper

Landscape figure wallpaper with a woman with harp and child, Printed in ochre and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1910-1935

Maker: Attributed to McClelland, Nancy (Maker)

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56663

Accession Number: 1942.4708

Wallpaper

Multicolor landscape wallpaper with scenes of classical pavilions.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 56664

Accession Number: 1942.4709

Doorknob

Colorless; circular, domed; faceted star. pair to temp. #p69

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56665

Accession Number: 1942.4739.1

Doorknob

Colorless; circular, domed; faceted star. pair to temp. #p68

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56666

Accession Number: 1942.4739.2

Paneling

Brown fielded panels; rectangular ; mantel, pillasters, overmantel.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 56667

Accession Number: 1942.4740

Sampler

Basket of flowers in center; red and green vine border; alphabet; text and verse

Date: 1842

Maker: Mixton, Jane, 1834- (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 56668

Accession Number: 1942.2650

Oil Lamp

Pale blue/colorless; glob. body with swag; opaque square tapering base

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56669

Accession Number: 1942.2214

Frame

Oval with wide molded border; brown, cream mottled. Corresponds to 1942.4425A, a Portrait of Lord Byron.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: Attributed to Fenton Pottery (Maker)

Material: yellowware

GUSN: 56670

Accession Number: 1942.4425B

Pincushion

Square; covered frame with peg feet; rose/black ground flame stitch

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, textiles

GUSN: 56671

Accession Number: 1942.2937

Rug

Yellow flower, iris and thistle in center; brown ground, red scroll and leaf border

Date: 1875-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: hooking, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 56672

Accession Number: 1942.4187

Doorstop

Basket of flowers on semi-circular base; white with pink s, greens, blue

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 56673

Accession Number: 1942.4361

Picture

Three ships in battle; smoke billows; levant on left; setting sun

Date: 1815

Maker: Strickland (Engraver) Thomas, M (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 56674

Accession Number: 1942.4362

Picture

2 men on chairs facing, 1 with flute; 1 with violin; oval; black threads

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wool (textile)

GUSN: 56675

Accession Number: 1942.4363

Framed textile fragment "The Funeral Procession of Lord Viscount Nelson"

This framed printed textile is decorated with composite scenes from the death and funeral of Viscount Lord Nelson. It is currently a sepia-toned pattern on a cream-colored ground, which was most likely purple when freshly printed.

Date: 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process)

GUSN: 56676

Accession Number: 1942.4364

Lantern

Black lantern with a star and diamond pierced conical chimney; colorless bulbous shade.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 56677

Accession Number: 1942.4365

Lantern

Keyhole pierced conical chimney; colorless bulbous shade.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 56678

Accession Number: 1942.4366

Silhouette

Man; neg. cut, bust-length prof. ; facing left; black/gold oval sur.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 56679

Accession Number: 1942.4368

Silhouette

Man facing right; neg. cut, bust-length; black & gold oval surr.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 56680

Accession Number: 1942.4367

Toilet Bottle

Amethyst; cylind. body, rounded shlder; flat lip; crosscut-diamond

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56681

Accession Number: 1942.4370.1

Toilet Bottle

Amethyst; cylind. body, rounded shlder; flat lip; crosscut-diamond

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56682

Accession Number: 1942.4370.2

Tieback

White; circular, opaque with sunflower center & cleat border

Date: 1850-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56683

Accession Number: 1942.4374.1

Tieback

White; circular, opaque with sunflower center & cleat border

Date: 1850-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 56684

Accession Number: 1942.4374.2

Newspaper Clipping

On celeb. & toasts given by federal republicans, gloucester, ma

Date: 1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56685

Accession Number: 1942.4376

Tongs

Cylindrical arms curved at pivot; disk feet; ball finial.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 56836

Accession Number: 1942.3950

Bellows

Spade-shaped; rectangular handle, maroon bag; tapering nozzle.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 56837

Accession Number: 1942.3951

Overmantel, First Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Overmantel panel depicting a seaport town with ships in the harbor; street crowded with vehicles and people in the foreground. Church with steeple at right: steeple has hole in clock face for working watch hands. Removed from an unidentified house, possibly in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Date: 1825-1849

Maker: Attributed to Blunt, John S., 1798-1835

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 56838

Accession Number: 1942.3952

Curtains

Pair of curtains with pattern of stylized trees and flowers printed in yellow on red ground. Lined with printed rosette diaper patterned fabric [same fabric in curtains 1942.2961 in Little Lady Room].

Date: 1936-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 56839

Accession Number: 1942.4456.2AB