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CATALOGUE 
 
 EDWARD SAVAGE 
 1761-1817 
 1. MARTHA WASHINGTON (1732-1802) 
 
 Height 12 in.; width 10 in. 
 
 GEORGE CATLIN 
 1793-1875 
 
 2 GENERAL PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD 
 (1818-1893) 
 Height 27 in.; width 22 in. 
 
 Major U. S. A. General in Confederate Army. 
 Superintendent U. S. Military Academy at West 
 
 Point. os 
 Yo 
 
 JOSEPH A. AMES, N. A. 
 
 1816-1872 
 3 “RACHEL’—ELIZABETH FELIX (1821-1858) 
 Height 28 in.; width 23 in. 
 
 Noted French Tragedienne. Visited U. S. in 1855. 
 
 (Ai) 
 35S — 
 
JAMES HENRY BEARD, N. A. 
 1814-1893 
 4 GERARD HALLOCK (1800-1866) 
 Height 27 in.; width 22 in. 
 
 Owner and Editor of “Journal of Commerce,” N. Y. 
 
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 6 
 
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 8 
 
 PETER F. ROTHERMEL 
 1817-1895 
 FANNY KEMBLE (1809-1893) 
 Height 17 in.; width 14 in. 
 
 Actress, Poet and Dramatist. 3S Se 
 
 LOUIS LANG, N. A. 
 1814-1893 
 OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT (1810-1877) 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 Famous American Belle and Writer. 
 
 Signed on the Weft, Louis Lang, 1852. 
 
 JUNIUS B. STEARNS, N. A. 
 1810-1885 
 CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN (1816-1861) 
 Height 14 in.; width 12 in. 
 
 Poet and Editor. 
 mee. 
 
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 JAMES REID LAMBDIN 
 1807-1889 
 SARAH JOSEPHA HALE (1788-1879) 
 
 Height 13 in.; width 11 in. 
 
JAMES REID LAMBDIN 
 
 1807-1889 
 9 SARAH JOSEPHA HALE AND TWO 
 CHILDREN (1788-1879) 
 Height 13 in.; width 11% in. 
 Editor of Godey’s Ladies’ Book. 
 
 Signed on right, J. R. Lambdin ’33 _gO 
 
 REMBRANDT PEALE N.A. 
 : 1788-1860 
 10 JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER 
 Height 28 in.; width 23 in. 
 Distinguished American Novelist 
 Signed at the lower left, R. Peale. 
 
 (see cover illustration) 
 
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 JACOB EICHHOLTZ 
 1776-1842 
 11 MARCIA BURNS VAN NESS (1782-1832) 
 Height 20 in.; width 16 in. 
 
 Philanthropist of Washington, D. C. 
 
THOMAS HICKS, N. A, 
 1823-1890 
 
 12 FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON (1814- 
 
 1881) 
 Height 10 in.: width 8% in. 
 
 Poet and Romance Writer. wo 
 
 Signed on right, T. Hicks, 1850. 
 
 FRANCIS ALEXANDER 
 1800-1880 
 13 GEORGE TICKNOR (1791-1871) 
 Height 24 in.; width 20 in. 
 Founder of the Boston Public Library. 
 Inscribed at the back in the artist’s handwriting:— 
 
 This portrait of George Ticknor was painted by me 
 
 in 1825. Francis Alexander. 
 
 THOMAS COLE, N. A. 
 1801-1848 
 14 EPES SARGENT (1813-1880) 
 Height 30 m.; width 20 in. 
 Poet and Dramatist. Wrote “A Life on the Ocean 
 Wave” 
 On back of canvas, in the artist’s hand:—Painted 
 
 for Epes Sargent by his friend, T. Cole, 1843. fo oe 
 
HENRY INMAN N. A. 
 1801-1846 
 
 15 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1846) 
 
 Height 7 in.; width 6 in. 
 
 Celebrated Author. 
 
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 Signed on back, Inman 1835. 6 g 
 SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, P. N. A. 
 1791-1872 
 Gy JIUNINUTSS IBIRIUINOS, OOIME ac MBIRIWIMOS 
 (1796-1852) 
 Height 24 in.; width 20 in. 
 “Brutus” was a tragedy by John Howard Payne. 
 Signed at the right, Morse Pinx. i) 
 
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 55 
 
 EMANUEL LEUTZE, N. A. 
 1816-1868 
 17/ FREDERICK EDWIN CHURCH, N. A. 
 (1826-1900) 
 Fleight 37 in.; width 28 in. 
 
 Distinguished Landscape Artist. 
 
 Signed at Center, E. 
 
 ILeenae, IN, Wo, so. 
 
JOHN QUIDOR 
 1801-1881 
 
 18 COLONEL BENJAMIN TALLAMADGE 
 
 (1754-1835) 
 Height 24 in.; width 20 in. 
 
 Revolutionary Hero of Litchfield, Conn. 
 
 Quidor was a pupil of John Wesley Jarvis and a 
 
 teacher of Charles Loring Elliott. Portraiture was 
 
 unusual for him. So this is quite a rare item. 
 
 Signed at right, J. Quidor, N. Y., 1828. Go SS 
 PIETER VANDERLYN 
 (Born in the 17th Century) 
 This is the first one of his portraits ever offered 
 publicly for sale. He was the first painter 
 who worked on the Upper Hudson, 
 19 HELENA BOGARDUS VAN BUREN (1692- 
 1760) 
 Height 33 in.; width 26 in. 
 Great Grand-daughter of Dominie Bogardus of 
 Kingston bx 
 PIERRE E. DU SIMITIERE 
 Pastel 
 ( -1784) 
 20 SARAH DEARBORN PAGE (1736-1831) 
 Height 15% in.; width 11 in. 
 Sister of Gen. Henry Dearborn. 
 Inscribed on the back, apparently in the artist’s hand 
 ot 
 
 writing:—Drawn by Pierre du Simitiere se 
 
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JOHN W. CASILEAR, N. A. 
 1811-1893 
 
 21 JOSEPH CLAY NEAL (1807-1847) 
 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 
 Humorist, Owner and Editor of “Neal's Saturday 
 
 Gazette,’ Philadelphia. 
 
 Signed on left with monogram, J. W. CG. WES, 
 
 THOMAS BIRCH 
 1787-1851 
 
 22 COMMODORE ISAAC McKEEVER, U. S. N. 
 (1793-1856) 
 Height 27 in.; width 22 in, 
 
 Signed at right, T. Birch, 1831. 
 
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY 
 
 (Pastel) 
 23 SARAH MORTON WARREN (1718-1793) 
 Height 16 in.; width 12 in. 
 Wife of Nathaniel Warren of Plymouth, Mass. 
 
 Inherited by Josiah Johnson, Jr., of Plymouth, and 
 from him by Charles J. Johnson, of 49 Franklin St., 
 N. Y. Loaned by him to Exhibition of the Apollo 
 Association, N. Y., 1841, being No. 146. 
 
 One of the earliest Copley items in existence. 
 
 Signed on left, John S. Copley, 1754. 
 
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SAMUEL LOVETT WALDO, A. N. A, 
 
 1783-1861 
 
 24 HON. WILLIAM ELLIOTT 
 
 Height 50 in.; width 40 in. 
 Wrote “Carolina Sports,” a favorite book on fishing 
 and hunting. This portrait and the following is 
 listed in Robert Bolton’s Westchester County, N. Y., 
 1881, Vol. 2, page 484, as being then in the collection 
 of Henry M. Morris, of Morrisania and New York 
 City. 
 Signed on the lower left, S. L. Waldo Pinx, 1838. 
 
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 SAMUEL LOVETT WALDO, A. N. A. 
 1783-1821 
 
 Ay SOIPIGULA, WB ILAL ALOU 
 
 Height 50 in.; width 40 in. 
 
 Wife of William Elliott. 
 Signed on the lower left, S. L. Waldo Pinx, 1838. 
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 BENJAMIN WEST, P. R. A. 
 1738-1820 
 
 AS) ACISURIES IE (COUN) ANSI, IMLONUINAL (ue OLAV IBS 
 This painting and the following has been on exhibi- 
 tion at the Brooklyn Museum for the past month, 
 included in the Memorial Exhibition of the work of 
 Benjamin West. A photograph of each of these two 
 paintings is in The Collection of the Frick Art Ref- 
 erence Library. They are unusual in being examples 
 of West’s American Period. Although he painted 
 many pictures here, few are now known to exist. 
 These two may be the only ones of this period on 
 record, 
 
 Signed on the back of the canvas, B. West, N. Y., 
 v 
 
 1758. pre eee 
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BENJAMIN WEST, P. R. A. 
 1738-1820 
 2/7 “THE LAST SUPPER” 
 
 This and the above were formerly in the Collection 
 
 of Dr. David Hosack, of New York. eta 
 
 THOMAS COLE, N. A. 
 1801-1848 
 28 “VIEW FROM NEAR THE SUMMIT OF 
 MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H.” 
 Height 35 in.; width 27 in. 
 
 Signed on back with the full title as above, T. Cole, 
 
 1828. GS 
 
 WASHINGTON ALLSTON 
 1779-1843 
 29 MARY CARROLL CATON (1770-1818) 
 Height 18 in.; width 15 in. 
 
 Wife of Richard Caton and daughter of Charles 
 
 Carroll on Carrollton: 
 
 Signed at left, W. Allston, 1820. caw o 
 
THOMAS HICKS, N. A. 
 
 1823-1890 
 
 30 GENERAL JOHN CHARLES FREMONT 
 (1813-1890) | 
 Height 24 in.; width 20 in. 
 
 “The Pathfinder,’ Governor of California, 1846. 
 Founder’s medal, Royal Geographical Society of 
 London, 1850. ‘“Blazed the Trail’ for the route of 
 the South Pacific R. R. from the East to California. 
 First National Republican Candidate for the Presi- 
 dency, 1856. 
 
 Burnt in the stretcher, J. C. Fremont, Thomas 
 
 Hicks, 'N. A. ae. ES, 
 WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT 
 1804-1879 
 31 WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS (1805-1882) 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 im. 
 Founder of The Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
 nology 
 Signed on left with monogram, W. M. H., ’55. re 
 
 Go Os 
 
 CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N. A. 
 (Pastel) 
 1812-1868 
 
 32 JUDGE WILLIAM LEARNED MARCY (1786- 
 1857) 
 Height 10 in.; width 8 in. 
 
 Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce. 
 
 Signed at right, Elliott, 1843. 
 
JOSEPH H. BUSH 
 1794-1865 
 33 GOVERNOR JAMES GARRARD (1749-1822) 
 Height 22 in.; width 18 in. 
 
 Second Governor of Kentucky. Bush was a native 
 
 Kentucky artist. 
 
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 Signed on right, J. Bush, 1815. View a= 
 
 CHARLES ROBERT LESLIE, R. A. 
 1794-1859 
 34 ELIZA LESLIE (1787-1858) 
 FHeight 22 in.; width 18 in. 
 Sister of the artist. 
 
 Inscribed on the back of canvas, “Aunt Eliza Leslie.” 
 b) 
 
 painted by Uncle Charles R. Leslie in 1833. 
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 JOHN WESLEY JARVIS 
 1780-1839 
 35 JOHN LAURANCE (1750-1810) 
 Fleight 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 
 Member from New York of the First U. S. Con- 
 gress, 1789. 
 
 REMBRANDT PEALE, N. A. 
 1778-1860 
 36 JOHN C. CALHOUN (1782-1850) 
 eight 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 
 Vice President of the U. Se WS ie TRY 
 
DANIEL HUNTINGTON, P.N. A. 
 
 1816-1900 
 37, 2 MIAVIORS BE TE SCHUYLER (1836- ) 
 Height 33 in.; width 25% in. 
 
 Signed on lower right, D. Huntington, 1862. 
 
 Ge CE 
 
 EDWARD DALTON MARCHANT, A. N. A. 
 
 1806-1887 
 38 SARAH PAYSON WILLIS (1811-1872) 
 Height 9 in.; width 74 in. 
 
 “Fanny Fern,” Sister of Nathaniel P. Willis. 
 
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 OLIVER FRAZER 
 1808-1864 
 39 JAMES GILLESPIE BIRNEY (1792-1856) 
 Height 22 in.; width 18% in. 
 
 Founded the Kentucky Anti-Slavery Society, Painted 
 
 in Lexington, Ky., in 1835, let 
 
 EASTMAN JOHNSON, N. A. 
 1824-1906 
 40 SPENCER TRASK (1844- ) 
 Height 27 in.; width 20 in 
 
 Banker, Owner of N. Y. Times. 
 
 Signed on left, E. Johnson. oe gtd 
 
CHARLES BIRD KING 
 1785-1862 
 al ORBUN, RAUSSISILIG, VARI IL Ie (1805-1886) 
 Archeologist. Corresponding Secretary of the N. Y. 
 
 Historical Society. 3d a 
 
 DANIEL HUNTINGTON, P.N. A. 
 1816-1906 
 (Drawing) 
 42 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865) 
 eight 10 in.; width 8 in. 
 Signed on right, Huntington. ce 
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 ALVAN FISHER 
 1792-1863 
 43 DR. JAMES. GATES PERCIVAL (1795-1856) 
 Height 24 in.; width 20 in. 
 Eccentric Poet and Geologist. 
 
 Signed on left, A. Fisher, 1820. 
 
 Side 
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 ASHER BROWN DURAND, P.N. A, 
 
 1796-1886 
 44 FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869) 
 Height 36 in.; width 28 in 
 Fourteenth President of the United States. 
 Signed on lower right, A. B. Durand. 7 
 
JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N. A. 
 
 1786-1864 
 45 JOSEPH EMERSON WORCESTER (1784- 
 
 1855) 
 Height 10 in.; width & in. 
 
 Author of “Worcester’s Dictionary.” oe 
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 J. G. CHANDLER 
 46 DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852) 
 Height 36 in.; width 29 in. 
 Lawyer and Orator. 
 
 Signed at lower left, J. G. Chandler. 
 
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 CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N. A. 
 1812-1868 
 AT CEN DRA EA Av ai: BAKER (1826- 
 1868) 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 First head of the U. S. Secret Service. 
 Member of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, 
 1856. 
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 Signed at right, Elliott, 1863. ae ea 
 
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 BASS OTIS 
 1784-1861 
 DOLLY MADISON (1772-1849) 
 
 Height 10 in.; width 9 in. 
 
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 SHEPARD A. MOUNT, N. A. 
 
 1804-1868 
 CEPHAS GIOVANNI THOMPSON, A. N. ‘A. 
 (1809-1888) 
 Height 36 in.; width 29 in. 
 
 Fashionable portrait painted of the Forties. 
 
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 REMBRANDT PEALE, N. A. 
 1778-1860 
 PIERCE CARRICK 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 
 Merchant of Philadelphia. 
 Moke 22 
 
 WILLIAM H. POWELL, A. N. A. 
 1823-1879 
 eight 27 in.; width 22 in. 
 LAURA KEEN E (1828-1873) 
 Actress, manager and dramatist. ea 
 
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 Signed on right, Powell, 1858. Y 
 
BASS OTIS 
 1784-1861 
 
 52 DR. SAMUEL JAICKSON (1787-1872) 
 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 
 Professor at Pennsylvania University. rr? 
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 SAMUEL KING 
 1749-1819 
 
 53 LIEUT. RICHARD SOMERS, U. S. N. (1778- 
 
 1804) 
 Height 19 in.; width 15% in. 
 
 Hero of the “Intrepid” disaster, 1804. 
 
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 JOHN BLAKE WHITE 
 1782-1859 
 
 54 BILLINGTON McCARTER SANDERS (1789- 
 
 1852) 
 Height 33 in.; width 27 in. 
 First President of Mercer University. a5. ae 
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 55 HENRY CLAY (1777-1857) 
 Height 40 in.; width 30 in. 
 Statesman and Orator. 
 Signed on back of canvas, C. Cohill, Philadelphia, ad) 
 
 1842. 
 
FREDERICK PORTER VINTON, N. A. 
 1847-1911 
 
 56 JOHN STEVENS CABOT ABBOTT (1805- 
 1877) 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 Wrote History of the Civil War In America. 
 
 Signed on right with monogram, F. P. V., May, 1869. 
 
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 CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N. A. 
 1812-1868 
 5/7 JOHN*FREDERICK KENSETT, N. A. (1818- 
 1872) 
 Height 30 in.; width 25 in. 
 Popular artist of the Hudson River School. 
 
 Signed on left, Elliott, 1854. GE 
 
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 DANIEL HUNTINGTON, P.N. A. 
 1816-1906 
 58 “DIANA”—IDEAL PORTRAIT 
 Height 21 in.; width 17 in. 
 
 Signed on lower left, monogram D. H., ’50. > po 
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REMBRANDT PEALE, N. 
 
 1778-1860 
 59 SCULPTURE PANELED DOOR 
 Height 78 in.; width 39 in. 
 
 Symbolic figure. Cutting the bust of Franklin. 
 
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 Signed on right, Rembrandt Peale. ; Oe 
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 REMBRANDT PEALE, N. A. 
 1778-1860 
 60 “PAINTING” 
 Height 78 in.; width 39 im. 
 
 These two paneled doors were used as such between 
 the gallery of Sculpture and Painting at Peale’s 
 Museum, Philadelphia. 
 
 Signed on right, Rembrandt Peale. 
 
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