Historic New England

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

Duncan Coat of Arms

Watercolor painting of the Duncan coat of arms in brown. The shield contains a horn on the bottom end of the shield and two white flowers on both the right and left-top corners. Above the shield, is an armor bust in grey. There is a ship placed above the head of the armor bust with a brown flag cont...

Date: 1923

Maker: Probably Duncan, Marion Elliford (Copyist)

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

GUSN: 202723

Accession Number: 2006.44.666

Print

Side view of a bust portrait of a woman in red. Her hair is disheveled by the wind. Her head is raised as if looking above. Her eyes are closed.

Maker: Hale, Philip Leslie, 1865-1931 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202724

Accession Number: 2006.44.667

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: 1885-1889

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

Landscape, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor of a landscape. The foreground is dirt and a bush with flowers, behind is a forest.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222033

Accession Number: 2006.44.879

Flowers, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor painting of a flower garden. The pink, white, purple, and yellow flowers are in the foreground, with a flowering tree growig from the right proper side. In the background to the left proper are trees and in the background to the right proper is a bush with yellow flowers.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222034

Accession Number: 2006.44.887

Waterpump, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor of a landscape with a house and a water pump. The foreground is of a tree with pink blooms and a white building on right. Behind the tree is a green water pump then more vegetation. On right is a brown house with a chimney.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222035

Accession Number: 2006.44.880

Green House with Garden, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor painting of a flower garden with purple, red, yellow, orange, blue, and white flowers. There is an orange flowered tree to the right proper of the garden, and a house painted green with a brown roof in the background.

Date: 1933

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222037

Accession Number: 2006.44.888

Tree Garden, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor of a fruit tree with peach colored fruit and blooming flowers. The foreground is cut grass, the background is more trees.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222038

Accession Number: 2006.44.881

Autumn Farm, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor painting of a tree in Autumn. The tree is in the foreground with orange and yellow leaves. In the background, to the right proper is a green building surrounded by trees, and behind the tree is a pink house. The rest of the scene is trees with green, yellow, orange, and p...

Date: 1934

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222039

Accession Number: 2006.44.889

Stone Wall, Forge Paintings

Unframed watercolor of a house and stone wall in a landscape. In the foreground is a field of cut grass leading up to a stone wall. There are trees and bushes behind and the roof of a house with a chimney.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222040

Accession Number: 2006.44.883

Bed Jacket

Ecru-colored short-sleeved bed jacket with white down trim on the sleeves around neck and along inside front edges; loosely-knitted outer layer over nylon lining; silk ties at waist.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: nylon, cotton (textile), down

GUSN: 222043

Accession Number: 2001.261

Field With Flowers, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor of a field with a group of red and orange flowers. In the background are trees, in the foreground on the left and right proper sides are more flowers,

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222044

Accession Number: 2006.44.890

Stephen W. Phillip's Cottage, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor of a house and garden. Behind the garden is a green house with a grey roof, behind house are trees.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222045

Accession Number: 2006.44.884

Yellow and Pink Flowers, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor painting of yellow, white, purple, and orange flowers. In the background to the right proper side is a green house.

Date: 1934

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222046

Accession Number: 2006.44.891

House with a Chair, Forge Paintings

Unframed mounted watercolor of a house with a chair on its porch and a garden. In the foreground is a field of cut grass with a garden of flowers to the right. Behind are trees and a house painted brown with a purple roof.

Maker: Noyes, Ann A. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 222047

Accession Number: 2006.44.885

Courtly Woman in the Street

Unframed print of two women in Renaissance clothing standing on the street bowing to men and women. Behind them are three harnessed horses. In the background are people being held back by guards.

Date: ca. 1911

Maker: Shaw, Byam, 1872-1919 (Artist) Fine Arts Publishing Co. Ltd. (Copyright holder)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222048

Accession Number: 2006.44.896

Putti Dancing Around a Tree

Framed black and white print of an outdoor scene. There are three putti in a tree playing instruments and eight putti dancing around the tree. To the left is a horse drawn carriage with two figures in it. On the right is a round temple with figures outside of it. Above is a naked goddess in a cloud ...

Maker: Gardner, William H. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 222049

Accession Number: 2006.44.907

Primavera

Framed black and white print of Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera." The scene focuses on a woman, above her is a putti shooting an arrow. To her left are three figures dancing, and to her right are three additional figures.

Maker: Reproduction of Botticelli, Sandro, 1445-1510 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222050

Accession Number: 2006.44.908

The Earthly Paradise

Print of a painting from China. The scene is land by the water and a building to the left proper in the background. There are five figures on a boat, and seven females and six males and one child on land. There are two cranes.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222051

Accession Number: 2006.44.897

Hay on the Water

Framed watercolor painting of an outdoor landscape. The scene is centered on a pile of hay on a boat in the water. There are other haystacks in the distance on islands and another boat on the water. The background is made up of trees.

Maker: Cushman, Alice, b. 1854 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 222058

Accession Number: 2006.44.909

Choir Boy, Interior of an Italian Church

Framed watercolor painting of an interior of a church. On the left proper side, at the top is the wall, is a religious scene. Jutting out from the wall is a pulpit that is being supported by columns. Above the pulpit is an arch with more religious artwork. The floor of the building stands a choir bo...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222059

Accession Number: 2006.44.898

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