Historic New England

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

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

Lampshade

Paper lampshades with painted butterflies. There butterflies are pink and slightly popped out. Both edges bottom and top are coated in silver paint as well as some painted branches in the same silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202644

Accession Number: 2006.44.1563.3

Lampshade

Paper lampshades with painted butterflies. There butterflies are pink and slightly popped out. Both edges bottom and top are coated in silver paint as well as some painted branches in the same silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202645

Accession Number: 2006.44.1563.4

Lampshade

Paper lampshades with painted butterflies. There butterflies are pink and slightly popped out. Both edges bottom and top are coated in silver paint as well as some painted branches in the same silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202646

Accession Number: 2006.44.1563.5

Lampshade

Paper lampshades with painted butterflies. There butterflies are pink and slightly popped out. Both edges bottom and top are coated in silver paint as well as some painted branches in the same silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202647

Accession Number: 2006.44.1563.6

Lampshades

A set of four silk lampshades that have painted landscapes on them. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the indside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 202648

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202649

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.1

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202650

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.2

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202651

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.3

Charcoal drawing of Stephen Phillips (1907-1971) from the shoulders up. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, tie, collar, and round framed glasses. The drawing is on cream colored paper and has a wood frame painted black.

Date: 1925

Maker: Clark's Salem Art Shop (Framer)

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

GUSN: 202673

Accession Number: 2006.44.642

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a woman among sheep. The woman faces left and is golding a long stick in her right hand and a small branch with leaves in her left hand. A sheep is approaching her from behind and others are grazing in the background. There are trees in the background, center and left.

Date: 1880

Maker: Reproduction of Lerolle, Henry, 1848-1929 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202675

Accession Number: 2006.44.643

Print

Color print of a landscape with water in the foreground and trees and mountains in the background. There is a lake with a small sailboat. There are three people in the boat including one wearing a bright red shirt. There are rocks on the shoreline in the bottom left and trees on the far center right...

Maker: X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

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

GUSN: 202678

Accession Number: 2006.44.644

Madonna and Child

Oil painting of the Madonna and child. The Madonna holds the Child in her lap as a woman looks on. Gold painted frame has applied plaster detail at corners and around the interior of the frame.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202679

Accession Number: 2006.44.645

Canoes in Water

Black, gray and white scene of canoes in water and landing on a piece of land. There are eight cannoes with one or tow men in each. The main landmass is in the bottom right and features teepees and a tall and cury tree. There are other islands in the distance. The frame is finished in dark brown and...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202680

Accession Number: 2006.44.646

Photograph

Three black and white photographs of Egyptian sites in a long, light brown wooden frame. Photo on left has a pillar and ruins with four people hugging the sites. Center photo has five columns with hieroglyphics and papyrus capitols and three people sitting in bottom right corner. Right photo has a l...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202705

Accession Number: 2006.44.647

Declaration of Independece

A large engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence. At the bottom left is an explanation that the copy is true to the original. The wood frame is painted gold with a rough finish. There are gold leaf decorations in the four corners, applied plaster spiral decoration and modified egg-and-dart p...

Date: 1818

Maker: Tyler, Benjamin O. (Copyist) Maverick, P. (Engraver) X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202706

Accession Number: 2006.44.648

Three Children Feeding Birds at Church Door

Oil painting of three children with birds at a doorway. One child is looking down, the other two children are feeding birds. Salmon-colored steps lead up to closed double doors over which a saint's image appears in the pediment. The doorway is flanked by pink marble columns with elaborately carved c...

Date: 1876

Maker: Mion, Luigi, 1843-ca. 1878 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202707

Accession Number: 2006.44.650

Venetian Landscape

Watercolor of Venetian buildings and boats. Buildings with towers and domes prominent at left and fade into distance right. Water in foreground and right. Prominent boat at center has red and white sails. Set in a gold mat and gold wooden frame with a smooth finish around inside with an applied plas...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202708

Accession Number: 2006.44.651

Monk on a Terrace

Oil painting of a monk on a patio, framed in a large, solid wooden frame. The painting is very dark. Monk is in the right foreground with his arm on the patio. The patio has two columns with climbing vines. The landscape is in the distance. The frame is wood with wood trim and has a natural golden f...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202709

Accession Number: 2006.44.652

Woman Holding Doves

Oil painting of a woman holding doves, framed in a golden wooden frame with applied plaster details. The woman is wearing a red and blue dress with white trim and a straw hat with fiber trim. She is shown sitting from the waist up, left shoulder forward and exposed. She holds the body of a bird in h...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202710

Accession Number: 2006.44.653

Spirit of '76

Framed black and white print of a family outfitting a man who is going to fight in the American Revolution in a wood frame painted gold. The scene has eight people: Militia man at door, older man preparing a gun, a woman kneeling at the front of man in uniform, a young boy kneeling with powder horn,...

Date: 1847

Maker: Matteson, Tompkins H., 1813-1884 (Engraver) H.S. Sadd (Printer)

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

GUSN: 202711

Accession Number: 2006.44.654

Portrait of Stephen Phillips

Full length portrait of Stephen Phillips as a young boy holding a whip, in a wooden frame painted gold. The boy is wearing shorts, an over jacket, white collared shirt, and a red necktie. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Pink and purple flowers are the in bottom left corner. The frame is wood with ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945

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

GUSN: 202712

Accession Number: 2006.44.655

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Black and white lithography of Stephen C. Philips framed in a simple wood frame with a red finish. Signature of "S.C. Phillips" below portrait. He is wearing a suit coat, a vest, a white high-collard shirt, and a bow tie. He has long side burns and wavy hair and is sitting with his left shoulder sli...

Date: 1840

Maker: J.H. Bufford & Co. (Printer) J.E. Tilton and Company (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202713

Accession Number: 2006.44.656

Omaj, A Native of the Island of Utica

Black and white full length portrait engraving of a man in robes and a turban framed in simple wood frame finished in black. The man is barefoot, and is holding out his right hand, and has his head turned to his left shoulder. A large palm tree is at left; a river, mountain, and other trees are in t...

Date: 1780

Maker: Reproduction of Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 (Artist) Jacobi, John (Essayist) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 202714

Accession Number: 2006.44.657

The Temple of Apollo

Black and white Roman ruins in a pastoral setting framed in a simple wooden frame painted black. Far right: two-story rectangular pavilion with a sculpture in the first floor niche. Right: Round pavilion with composite fluted columns with winged sculpture in center, surrounded by people. The foregro...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202715

Accession Number: 2006.44.658

American Sparrow Hawk

Color print of four birds on a branch framed in a simple brown wood frame.

Date: 1860

Maker: After Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Bien, Julius, 1829-1909 (Printmaker)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202717

Accession Number: 2006.44.660

Photograph

A black and white photograph of a stone bridge over a river framed in a simple dark brown wood frame. A boy sits on a rock in the foreground. Three more people stand in the middle ground center. A stone castle structure with crenellations is in the right foreground. A city with a large church is acr...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202718

Accession Number: 2006.44.661

Vista General del Interior de la Mezquita

Black and white photograph of a vaulted room with Corinthian columns and polychrome stone Moorish arches. The frame is simple wood, finished in a red-brown wooden color with a thin interior trim and a protruding edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202719

Accession Number: 2006.44.662

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Portrait of young man from the waist up wearing a black coat and a high white collar with a ruffle in front. He has brown curly hair, blue eyes, and is looking over his left shoulder. The background is plain brown. The frame is a large, elaborate one with applied plaster leaf decoration. The interio...

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202720

Accession Number: 2006.44.663

Print

Print of soldier seated on horse. Soldier is clad in armor with a determined look on his face. He is wearing a helmet and is looking over his left shoulder. The horse's ears are erect and its front mane in a pony tail. The horse's front left hoof is up as if to walk. The frame is wood and painted bl...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202721

Accession Number: 2006.44.664

"Stromboli Landscape"

Oil painting of an island volcano surrounded by blue water, with a pink sky background in a gold wooden frame. Volcano is slightly off-center to the right and has a thin plume of smoke, which is drifting to the left. Carved gilt frame with rosettes in corners.

Date: 1908

Maker: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 (Painter) Carrig-Rohane Shop (Framer) Walter Kimball & Co. (Dealer)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202722

Accession Number: 2006.44.665

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