Historic New England

Print

Monochromatic print of a woman from the chest up. She is wearing a headband with a large cross in the center surrounded by various designs and a low-cut dress or cloak. Behind her head is a circular halo.

Date: 1875

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202725

Accession Number: 2006.44.668

Ship "St. Paul" of Salem

Black and white photographic print of a ship in the ocean. The ship has three masts. The front mast has three large sails and a small one at the top. At the top of the first mast there is a banner that reads, "St. Paul". The second mast also has the three large sails, the bottom one is pulled up. Th...

Date: 1902

Maker: Harvey, Martha (Photographer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202726

Accession Number: 2006.44.669

Pamela of Salem

Watercolor painting of a two masted ship with an American Colonial flag flying from the top left mast and a red, white and blue pennant on the right mast. The ship is black and white and there are five sailors aboard.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202727

Accession Number: 2006.44.609

"Sunny Morning, Gloucester Harbor"

Oil painting of a docked schooner. The boat is on left of the scene. It has two large sails which are open and one sail at the stern which is unfurled. There are three rowboats positioned around the bow of the ship. One rowboat is shadowed in the background. The dock and the harbor are located on th...

Date: 1885-89

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

Material: canvas, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202729

Accession Number: 2006.44.670

Blue Flowers by Water

Watercolor paintings of a slightly abstracted landscape. The scene is of an ascending green hill with a large cluster of tall, blue flowers. In the far distance there is a body of water. Beyond is another vibrant landscape of fields. The sky makes up about half of the painting and is blue.

Maker: Brooks, Mary Mason, 1860-1915 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202730

Accession Number: 2006.44.673

Snipe at Dawn

Print of two birds landing or hovering at the side of a lake or pond. One bird flies higher over the other which appears to be landing. One bird is placed in the upper right part of the picture while the other bird is to the left. Tall grass and other detailed plants can be found at the lower right ...

Maker: Ripley, Aiden Lasell, 1896-1969 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202731

Accession Number: 2006.44.674

By the Shore

Watercolor painting of a shore scene. Lower half of painting is sand with a tiny stream flowing downward toward the lower right half of the painting. Across the horizon is a land form consisting of sand dunes of large rock. In the far distance on the right is the ocean.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202732

Accession Number: 2006.44.675

Painting

Watercolor painting of the ocean shore. A large cliff protrudes from the right of the painting. The reflection of the cliff can be seen on the shore. Seagulls fly and hover over the ocean by the edge of the cliff. In the distance two ships are sailing.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202734

Accession Number: 2006.44.676

Stockholm

Black and white print of Stockholm. In the foreground is a docking bay with men and women emptying goods from several row boats. In the central part of the print on the left side is a ship docked at bay with three men standing at the stern. Two other ships are also present. One of the ships has a ch...

Date: 1888

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202735

Accession Number: 2006.44.677

View of Salem, 1849

Panoramic print of Salem and the bay. The view is from a higher elevation looking down onto the city and the bay. Three thin trees are placed in the foreground among rolling hills and other scattered plant life. The horizon line is in the center of the print and in the sky a flock of birds fly near ...

Date: 1849

Maker: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202737

Accession Number: 2006.44.678

Ships Along the Shore

Black and white print of three ships sailing in the harbor. In the foreground there are two row boats floating along the rippled waves. The print is not detailed and the clouds and waves represented by single lines so the print has a linear look.

Date: 1915

Maker: Little, Philip, 1857-1942 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202738

Accession Number: 2006.44.679

On the Coast of Holland at Scheveningen

Painting of a Dutch woman standing along the shore watching the arrival of a ship. The woman is in the foreground; the ship is in the background. There are silhouettes of figures at the stern of the ship. On the right there are six figures scattered around. Beyond the right of the main ship there ar...

Date: 1898

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202739

Accession Number: 2006.44.680

The Club of Odd Volumes

Black and white print of a building. There are three trees in the foreground. On the top of the building there is an American flag. In the lower right corner of the print there is a woman walking with a child. The frame is separate from the print due to conservation. It has a black wood frame with s...

Date: 1925

Maker: Sturges, Dwight Case, 1874-1940 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), ink

GUSN: 202740

Accession Number: 2006.44.681

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with flat bottom and straight sides. Printed blue decoration around center and inner rim of arches, diamonds, and scrolls.

Maker: Choisy Le Roi (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202741

Accession Number: 2006.44.1701

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Bust portrait drawing in black crayon of Stephen Clarendon Phillips. The frame is oval, wood, with a gold toned window mat.

Date: 1840-1857

Maker: Probably Black & Case (Boston, Mass.) (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), Conté crayon (TM)

GUSN: 202742

Accession Number: 2006.44.682

Spotted or Canada Grouse

Colored engraving of four birds framed in a simple black painted wood frame.

Date: 1833

Maker: After Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202745

Accession Number: 2006.44.659

Gateway

A pen and ink drawing of a gateway. The gateway is a high relief stone carving of multiple columns, four of which are large and two of which are small. The door in the is made of wood. Above the door is a smaller carving of an arch with a statue of the Madonna and Child. Overall, drawing is very lin...

Maker: Walker, Ambrose (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202746

Accession Number: 2006.44.693

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man with a moustache. He is seated and turned to the left. His hair is parted down the middle and he has a mustache. He is wearing a white turned down collar button up shirt with a dark tie, suit jacket, and a vest with a pocket watch chain.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202749

Accession Number: 2006.44.700

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man wearing a top hat. He is standing and wearing a black top had and has a well groomed mustache and beard. He is wearing a turned down dollar button up white shirt with a dark tie and a jacket that has two buttons across. The man is outside of a building in front of ...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202750

Accession Number: 2006.44.701

Photograph

Framed photograph of three men. Two of the men are in seated in charis in front, the other is standing in between. The man seated on the left is older with white hair and a mustache, white shirt, dark tie, and holds a hat. The man on the right is wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and dark tie, ...

Maker: Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Photographer) Richard Nichols & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202827

Accession Number: 2006.44.702

Polar Hare

Color print of a polar hare.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Trembly, R (Engraver) J.T. Bowen (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202828

Accession Number: 2006.44.703

Gray Fox

Color print of a gray fox.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Nagel & Weingaertner (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202831

Accession Number: 2006.44.704

House with Flower Garden and Tree

Double sided oil painting with wood frame. Front scene of a house with a flower garden and a tree to the right. Back scene of cars going down a snowy lane surrounded by trees.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221748

Accession Number: 2006.44.790

Ann Maria

Watercolor painting of a ship with five unfurled sails and five furled sails. The center mast is flying a flag with the colors: red, white, and blue. The American Flag is on top of the back mast. In the background, to the left proper is the skyline of a town, and to the right proper are mountins.

Maker: Macpherson, M (Watercolorist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221750

Accession Number: 2006.44.794

Salem Pepper Traders about 1820

Framed pencil drawing of a ship coming into port. Land featured in the left background, ship has ten sails and an American flag on the back mast.

Date: ca. 1923

Maker: Wales, George Canning, 1868-1940

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 221752

Accession Number: 2006.44.791

Harbor Scene

Harbor scene. There are several islands around the harbor with white buildings along the shore. There are several types of boats and three ships sailing out of the harbor. In the foreground, four ships have sails raised and three have their sails lowered.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 221754

Accession Number: 2006.44.795

Mr. Banks

Framed engraving of a standing young man wrapped in a blanket with a basket, a chair, and oars on the left, two clubs and a book of drawings on the right. Pulled back curtain reveals a column on the right.

Date: 1773-04-15

Maker: Smith, J. R. (Engraver) After West, Benjamin (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221755

Accession Number: 2006.44.792

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Seated man wearing a fur cloak, with long curly hair and a large necklace. In the background, on the right proper side is a drawn curtain, and on the left proper side is an ionic pilaster. To the left proper of the subject is a table with books, a quill, and a letter addressed "To the Earl of Mansfi...

Maker: Bartolozzi, F. (Engraver) Martin, Henry A (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221759

Accession Number: 2006.44.796

Night Landscape

Landscape at night. There are dark trees, a misty foreground, and a blue-green background.

Date: 1896

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221763

Accession Number: 2006.44.797

Young Woman

Subject is seated and wears a white dress with puffed sleeves, and a bouquet in the middle of her chest.

Date: October 1892

Maker: Frost & Reed (Publisher) Doll & Richards (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 221769

Accession Number: 2006.44.798

Hand Loom Parts

Parts of a hand loom, from the John Hiram Perkins Homestead in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221777

Accession Number: 1918.535

Nelson

Framed black and white print of a horse in a field. A hill slopes up to the left and there is a low rock wall to the right.

Maker: Clark's Salem Art Shop (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221781

Accession Number: 2006.44.799

Seven Figures in a Vast Landscape

The canvas is unframed. In the background there are blue hills, farm land, pasture land, and a path on the right proper side with eight figures. On the left proper, there are four cows in the pasture. In the foreground, there is a large tree, and a bare tree.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221782

Accession Number: 2006.44.830

Mona Lisa

Framed photographic reproduction print of Leonardo Davinci's Mona Lisa. She wears a thin veil on her head; her hands are folded in front of her. She looks straight out with a landscape in the background. Frame is wood with gold color.

Maker: J. Eastman Chase (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221784

Accession Number: 2006.44.800

Steamboat Harbor

Framed color print of a harbor scene. There are ships, steamboats, long boats, sailing ships, canoes, and dinghies. There are many buildings in the background.

Maker: Holmann's Print Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221786

Accession Number: 2006.44.820

Chest of Drawers

Five graduated drawers, the first blind, the others with brass pulls; side panels rabeted into a frame; drawers close flush with full dustboards; pilasters flank drawers, each iwth a stylized ionic capital and entabulature; all four feet with ring-turning and bold reeding over a ball; the back with ...

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221787

Accession Number: 1990.116

Ewalani, Hawaii

The main subject is a woman standing in the ocean and wearing only a piece of cloth around her waiste with her hair loose. The woman is tying the piece of cloth around her waist.

Maker: Kelly, John Melville, 1878-1879-1962 (Artist) Haley & Steele (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221789

Accession Number: 2006.44.831

The Forge Estate

Framed watercolor painting of a yard. To the left is a tree with pink flowers and a fountain, to the right is part of a porch or gazebo. In the middle ground are grass and trees and the background is part of a building.

Date: 1926

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist) Oliver and Company (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221796

Accession Number: 2006.44.821

The Rick

On the right proper side is a cottage an on the left proper side is a stack of hay. There are two men working on the hay, with one man on a ladder.

Maker: Haley & Steele (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221799

Accession Number: 2006.44.832

Sofa

The carved chest rail with areas of foliate carving centering a rectangular entabulature; above curved, upholstered arms with a molded wood facing featuring carved pinwheel rosettes and a molded skirt rail, all above sabre legs with "bulls-eye" volutes and terminating in cast, gilt bronze foliate fe...

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 221801

Accession Number: 1990.117

Southern View in the Central Part of Salem

Framed black and white engraving of a drawing of a street lined with buildings. In the left foreground is a woman and a child, a horse-drawn carriage in center, and a man and woman on right.

Maker: After Barber, John W. (1798-1885) (Artist) Downes, J (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221802

Accession Number: 2006.44.822

Woman Skiing

A woman is skiing downhill on skiis with poles. She is wearing blue pants and a sweater colored red, yellow, and blue. She is also wearing a yellow scarf and a blue hat. The woman is looking back at the viewer and smiling.

Date: 1927

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolors (paintings), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221805

Accession Number: 2006.44.833

Christian Man and Boy

Unframed colored print of a man and boy. The man is dressed in ceremonial Christian clothing. His right hand gestures toward the boy, who is dressed in red and kneels by a pool of water. There is a barren green landscape with water in the background.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 221808

Accession Number: 2006.44.839

Imperial Dragon Throne of China

In the center is an ornately carved thrown and behind the thrown is a carved screen. Each of the four sections of screens has a tablet. On either side of the photograph are two scrolls hanging from the ceiling. An ornately carved fence lines the room. In front of the thrown are steps, and on the ste...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographic materials

GUSN: 221809

Accession Number: 2006.44.834

Chest of Drawers

Rectangular top over case containing two sets of eight graduated drawers with turned wooden knobs, each set secured by a hinged, locking panel, all above a simple molded base.

Date: 1825-1845

Maker: Smith, Stephen

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), poplar (wood)

GUSN: 221812

Accession Number: 1990.118

Two Small Children in a Landscape

Half matted unframed watercolor of two small children in front of a stone wall with some vegetation. The children are wearing pink and blue, respectively. In the background is a field and a mountain range.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221817

Accession Number: 2006.44.840

Cathedral Scene

Unframed black and white print of a scene in a cathedral. High, decorative ceiling, high windows, and coats of arms surrounded by gargoyles under the windows. There are eleven figures in the hall. Two dogs fight in the lower left corner. There is an altar and organ along the back wall.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 221820

Accession Number: 2006.44.841

Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

Nine ships in the foreground on the sea, and eight ships in the background. On the right proper side, there are three rowboats and land with a tower. In a rowboat on the right proper side ia a man standing in the boat and waving farewell.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221823

Accession Number: 2006.44.835