Portraits

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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.

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Portrait bust of Albert Bickmore, AMNH founder and museum educator. Inscription: Extensive on plaque.

Scope and Contents Slides of fine art sculptures and paintings held in the American Museum of Natural History. Artwork includes Andy Warhol "Endangered Species" (1983) silkscreens, De Lazslo portrait (1908) of Theodore Roosevelt, Roy Chapman Andrews portrait by Charles Arthur Rose (1937), Williams C. Whitney bust"Moquin Prayer for Rain" sculpture by H. A. MacNeill"Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider" by Frederick MacMonnies, portraits of Childs Frick, Morris K. Jesup and others. Three watercolors by Louis...

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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.

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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.".

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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.

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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.