Historic New England

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

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

Watercolor of Flowers

Unframed watercolor of two yellow flowers, two brown flowers, vines, and leaves.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221824

Accession Number: 2006.44.842

Watercolor of Leaves

Unframed watercolor painting of plants. Green, yellow, and red plant in the foreground with leaves behind.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221828

Accession Number: 2006.44.843

Musicians and Women in Landscape

Framed red and white print of three Classical musicians surrounded by women. A man is looking upwards as he plays his stringed instrument. Two women musicians lay back listening.

Maker: Gardner, William H. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221830

Accession Number: 2006.44.844

The Cocker Spaniel

A cocker spaniel is in a field, with a bird flying in the upper left proper corner. The dog is white with brown spots. Some trees in the background are bare, and some are not.

Maker: Edwin , Megargee, 1883-1958 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 221831

Accession Number: 2006.44.836

Stonegate York

Main subject is a street. Both sides of the street are lined with buildings and there are four figures walking down sidewalks. Above the street is a beam connecting two houses. In the background is a gothic cathedral.

Date: 1905

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221833

Accession Number: 2006.44.837

Arm Chair

The rectangular crest and horizontal back slats supported by turned stiles, over scrolling arms with turned arm supports, above a removable rush seat over turned legs with circular and rectangular stretchers. The whole painted black with gold accents. Together with a gold, rust and brown cushion.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Designer)

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

GUSN: 221834

Accession Number: 1990.119

Crucified Jesus with Putti

Framed black and white print of Jesus after the crucifixion. He is being tended to by putti, who are winged and wear loose robes. The background consists of rocks and sparse trees.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221837

Accession Number: 2006.44.845

Ballerina Feet

A study of ballerina feet. There are two and a half sets of ballerina legs and feet. The first ballerina on the right proper only has one leg and foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, lead (metal)

GUSN: 221838

Accession Number: 2006.44.838

Cherub from Sistine Chapel

Framed print of a cherub from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. The cherub is sitting towards the left in profile, the right arm pointed upwards and he is looking right over his shoulder.

Maker: Gardner, William H. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221841

Accession Number: 2006.44.846

Portrait of Stephen Wheatland

Subject is a young boy from the chest up. He is seated facing the right proper side and his head is turned towards the viewer. The boy is wearing white collared shirt, with a plaid scarf and a black jacket.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographic materials

GUSN: 221842

Accession Number: 2006.44.850

Footstool

The shaped, upholstered seat over saw-cut legs in teh form of mirroring, exaggerated s-curves centering a stylized plume. A turned stretcher joins the two sides.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 221844

Accession Number: 1990.120

Portraits of Stepen W. Phillips and Anna W. Phillips with Stevie

The photographs are housed in two connecting frames. In the right proper frame, the subjects are Stephen W. Phillips and in his arms is Stevie. In the left proper frame, the subjects are Anna W. Phillips and in her arms is Stevie.

Date: ca. 1907

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographic materials

GUSN: 221846

Accession Number: 2006.44.852

Grape Pickers

Framed print of two women carrying baskets of grapes. The woman of the left wears a green dress, the woman on the right wears blue and is being handed a basket by someone on a ladder.

Maker: Gardner, William H. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221847

Accession Number: 2006.44.847

Portrait of Anna Phillips

Anna Phillips is standing, facing the right with her hands folded in front of her and her head is turned looking toward the right proper side. She's wearing a long dress with three fourths sleeves and her hair is up. Ornately carved and painted wood frame that opens in the front to reveal the pictur...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221849

Accession Number: 2006.44.856

Photograph of Stephen Phillips

Framed black and white photographic portrait of Stevie standing in the parlor. He wears a collared shirt, tie, jacket, and high ankle shoes. He stands in front of the fireplace and to the right is a chair and side table.

Date: 1918

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221851

Accession Number: 2006.44.848

Anne Kinsman

Framed watercolor and ink portrait of a young girl. She is facing the left proper side. Her dress is blue with a white lace collar. Oval frame with an inner ring of metal surrounding the picture.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221854

Accession Number: 2006.44.857

Landscape in Winter

Unframed oil painting of a landscape in winter. A house in a field is surrounded by a forest.

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, paper (fiber product), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 221857

Accession Number: 2006.44.849

Kings Hill from Davis Hill, New London , N.H.

Unframed watercolor painting of a landscape. Flowers, bushes, a body of water, and part of a building in the foreground and three hills in the background.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 221858

Accession Number: 2006.44.864

James Duncan Jr.

Framed silhouette of a man in profile. He faces the proper left side and is wearing a collared shirt and tie, and a ponytail.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 221859

Accession Number: 2006.44.858

View of the Court House in Salem, Massachusetts

Framed print with watercolor of the Salem Court House. The building has four ionic colums in front and a tower. In the middle of all all the buildings are four standing figures. In the background, a boat is in the water.

Maker: S. Wood & Sons (Dealer)

GUSN: 221861

Accession Number: 2006.44.859

Prise D'un Vasseau De Guere Holland ois Devant Ostende

Framed black and white print of a sea battle of ships. There are nineteen ships and four boats on the water. On the right is a large cloud of smoke and in the foreground are two sea animals.

Maker: Dequevauviller, Francois, 1745-1807 (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 221863

Accession Number: 2006.44.865

Anna P. (Wheatland) Phillips

Framed photograph portrait of Anna P. Wheatland. She is standing facing the left proper side and her head is turned toward the right proper. Her hands are clasped behind her back, her dress is pink with a fur belt, and a white lace collar. Her sleeves are short and puffed and her hair is up.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic materials, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221866

Accession Number: 2006.44.860

A Yarmouth Water Frolic

Framed reproduction print after a painting by John Crome. There is a water scene of a harbor full of ships with a buoy in the foreground and land with buildings and trees to the right.

Maker: After Crome, John, 1768-1821 (Artist) After Crome, John Bernay, 1794-1842 (Artist) George Pulman & Sons Ltd. (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 221867

Accession Number: 2006.44.866

Three portraits of Anna P. Wheatland

Three painted photographic prints of Anna P. Wheatland. In the image on the right proper, she is standing, facing right proper, with her hands in front of her on a pillow. The middle image is a bust. Her shoulders face right proper but her head is turned the other direction. In the left proper image...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 221870

Accession Number: 2006.44.861

Oatmeal Row, Salisbury

Framed black and white etching of building facades.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221872

Accession Number: 2006.44.867

Croyden from Trow's Hill

Unframed watercolor painting mounted onto a board of three hills descending into the background.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221874

Accession Number: 2006.44.863

Model Ship

Framed photograph of a model ship. There are two masts and a dingy off the back. Two legs and two braces keep the ship upright. There is an American flag on the far right proper mast.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221875

Accession Number: 2006.44.869

Reverend George Phillips Preaching under a Great Tree at Watertown

Framed print of bas relief from the Founder's Memorial of Watertown made in 1930. A man preaches to others dressed in Colonial clothing under a large tree.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221877

Accession Number: 2006.44.868

View over Pali, Honolulu

Framed photographic print of a landscape. The view is from a hill looking down into a valley. On the hill on the left proper side, there is a car and a sign. In the background, on the left proper side is water, and to the right proper side are more hills.

Maker: Salem Art Shop (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221878

Accession Number: 2006.44.870

A Northerly Perspective View from a Window in Massachusetts Hall

Framed print of a landscape of Harvard College. There is a field in the foreground, in front of six buidings. Going through the field is a road, and on the right proper side, two roads meet.

Maker: Griffin, Samuel (Artist)

GUSN: 221882

Accession Number: 2006.44.871

Tree Garden 2, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor painting of a tree in a field. There is a garden of flowers behind it and the foreground consists of grass and trees.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 221883

Accession Number: 2006.44.882

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Framed watercolor print of Harvard College. In the foreground is a field with figures in it. There are six buildings in the background. The middle red building has a tower. In the middle ground is a white fence.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221887

Accession Number: 2006.44.872

Yellow Shanks Snipe

Framed print of a bird. The bird is in the foreground and faces the right proper side. It has black and white feathers, a black beak, and yellow legs and feet. The bird is by a river and there are numerous trees in the background.

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

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

GUSN: 221891

Accession Number: 2006.44.873

Grey Fox

Unframed lithograph of a fox. The fox is in the foreground facing the proper left side. Behind the fox is some raised ground with some grass on top. In the background is a farm.The fox has a black back, red belly and legs and tail and under the neck, and blue eyes.

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 221896

Accession Number: 2006.44.874

Whip-poor-will

Unframed lithograph of three birds and a moth in three stages. The bird at the top is flying, the middle bird is getting ready to land, and the bottom bird is perched on a branch. The moth is a caterpillar on a leaf, and is green and black. The moth towards the bottom has gold and purple wings. Behi...

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 221905

Accession Number: 2006.44.875

Screen

Three-part folding screen (.1); each panel with reeded columns with lobed ball finials and petal and leaf-carved feet centering a a molded frame containing peacock feathers on a damask ground under glass. The backs are of damask. (Also two boxes of peacock feathers) located in HAV-01-503-E-C-1101

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), glass (material), silk (textile), feather (material)

GUSN: 221930

Accession Number: 1990.132

Writing Table

Fixed top with two drop leafs secured by strap hinges; frame supports two drawers; upper drawer fitted with black velvet writing surface and smaller side compartments; all four legs are turned with ring-turned embellishments on tapered feet; upper drawer pulls (and lower right drawer pull) appear to...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221935

Accession Number: 1990.134

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment, beige, white, and gold stripes.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 221938

Accession Number: 2009.20.11.1

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment, scenic paper with pagoda, bridge, boat, and flowering trees in golden yellow, dark mustard yellow, and white on pale tan ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 221939

Accession Number: 2009.20.11.2

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, gray marbled background with pink, yellow, black, aqua squares, black border.

Date: 1940-1959

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 221941

Accession Number: 2010.6.1

Footstools

Upholstered section supported by unadorned band of mahogany veneer, above four acanthus-carved, scroll-foot cabriole legs, with casters.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 221945

Accession Number: 1990.136.1

Footstool

Upholstered section supported by unadorned band of mahogany veneer, above four acanthus-carved, scroll-foot cabriole legs, with casters.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 221948

Accession Number: 1990.136.2

Portrait of Lydia Pickering (Mrs. George Williams)

Portrait of Lydia Pickering Williams (1735/6-1826) seated by a red curtained window. She is wearing a ruffled white lace cap and sheer muslin fichu over a black dress. This is one of three portraits of Lydia Pickering Williams painted by Gilbert Stuart. Carved gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1824

Maker: Stuart, Gilbert (American painter, 1755-1828) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 203720

Accession Number: 2005.19

Portrait of Mary Middleton Loring (1795-1876)

Portrait of Mary Middleton Loring (1795-1876). Subject is seated on upholstered red couch slightly turned to the viewer, wearing a black dress with lace fichu and bonnet trimmed with lace; gold neck chain and bracelet. She is holding a green book. The subject is sitting next to a table covered with ...

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 203722

Accession Number: 2003.26.2

Pair of bud vases

Pair of white porcelain bud vases. Greek urn shape with small footed base and square handles. Stamped "Ozeoho Slovakia"

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203742

Accession Number: 2006.44.1677

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