Portraits
Found in 218 Collections and/or Records:
A Celebrated Chief, Delaware
Oil painting depicting three full length portraits, center man wearing decorated coat carrying rifle, man on right wearing decorated coat, single feather and rifle, woman on right wering decorated robe.
Albert F. Bickmore (1839-1914) / Subject's left shoulder "Wm Couper New York"
Portrait bust of Albert Bickmore, AMNH founder and museum educator. Inscription: Extensive on plaque.
Albert Smith Bickmore (1839-1914) / UR "Louis Betts 1903"
American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Fine Art collection
Art Survey No. 208: Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) portrait, undated
Painting of man in his academic robe, holding book, 3/4 view. Inscription: Frame plate "Henry Fairfield Osborn/Fourth President/of the/American Museum of Natural History/February 10, 1908". Osborn was A.M.N.H. President from 1908 to 1933, paleontologist, naturalist, author; growth of museum and its collections are attributed to him.
Art Survey No. 231: William A. Haines (1822-1880), circa 1880
Portrait of man seated wearing suit, three-quarter view. Founder and Trustee 1869-1880, also an amateur conchologist. Inscription: Reverse "W A Haines." Frame: Gilt wood, floral motif, 55 7/8 x 42. Framer's label "B. Butler & Co., NY, second framer's label "DDD, Inc.".
Art Survey No. 233: Morris K. Jesup (1830-1908) / UL "Julian Story", 1909
Man in business suit seated in green leather chair, holding book in left hand, three-quarter view. Museum President 1881-1908, and founder. Frame: Gilt wood, gesso, bundle of reeds design, 60 1/4 x 50.
Art Survey No. 258: Honorable Joseph H. Choate (1832-1917) portrait, 1911
Portrait of seated man in academic robe with hand holding coat lapel and other arm on arm rest. Inscription: Frame plate "Honorable Joseph H. Choate/A Founder of the American Museum/and a Patron of the Arts and Sciences/Painted by the Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy/and presented by her to the American Museum of Natural History/February 29, 1911. Choate was American lawyer and diplomat; founder and trustee of A.M.N.H.