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CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF ART

BELONGING TO

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

C A T A L ^

OF THE

WORKS O^ ' '

BELONGING H

THE CITY OF NEW

PREPARED AND ISSUED

THE ART C 0 M M I S -s :
OF THE CITY 01
NEW YORK

NEW YORK
M C M 1

C ATA L O G U E

OF THE

WORKS OF ART

BELONGING TO

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

PREPARED AND ISSUED BY

THE ART COMMISSION

OF THE CITY OF

NEW YORK

NEW YORK
M C M I X

ART COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK

AS CONSTITUTED IN
1 909

RobertW.de Forest, President John Bigelow,

Trustee of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frank D. Millet, Vice-President
Painter

John B. Pine, Secretary

George B. McClellan,

Mayor of the City of New York

A. Augustus Healy,

President of Brool<lyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences

President of the New York Public Library

Arnold W. Brunner,

Architect

Charles Howland Russell
Frederic B. Pratt
Herbert Adams,

Sculptor

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ART COMMISSION

since its establishment under the
charter of 1808

Robert A. Van Wyck, Ex-officio, Samuel P. Avery,

Mayor, January ], 1898, to December 31.

IQOl.

January 1, 1898, to December 31, i8qq;
January 1, IQOO, to December 31, 1902.

Henry G. Marquand, Ex-officio. John La Faroe,

President Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 1, i8q8, to February 26, igoi,

Charles T. Barney,

February 14 to December 31, 1808; Janu-
ary 2, i8q9, to December 31, igoi.

February 14, 1898, to December 31, 1900.

Daniel C. French,

February 14, 1898, to December 31, 1899;
January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1902.

Frederick Dielman,

„ r- .« .r lanuarv 1, 1901. to December 31, 1903-

Charles F. McKim,

February 14 to December 31. 1898: Janu- JoHN DE WiTT WaRNER,
ary 2, 1899, to December 31, 1901. January 1, 1902, to December 31, 1904.

Henry E. Howland, Henry Rutgers Marshall,

February 14, 1898, to December 31, 1900, January 1, 1902. to December 31, 1904-

MEMBERS OF THE ART COMMISSION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT

William J. Coombs,

February 24, igo2, to December ji, 11)03.

Frederic W. Rhinelander,

Ex-OFFICIO,

President Metropolitan iVluseum of Art,
February 26, 1Q02, to September 25,
1Q04.

Seth Low, Ex-officio,

Mayor, January 1, 1Q02. to December 31,
1Q03.

A. Phimister Proctor,

January 1, 1903, to December 31, iQoi;.

LOYALL FaRRAGUT,

January 1, 1Q03, to December 31, 1005.

J. Pierpont Morgan, Ex-officio,

President Metropolitan Museum of Art,
November 21, 1904, to December 31,

1 907.

J. Carroll Beckwith,

January 1, 1904, to December 31, 1906,

John D. Crimmins,

January 1, 1904, to December 31, 1906.

Walter Cook,

January 1, 1905; resigned June 28, 1907.

John J. Boyle,

January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1908.

Howard Mansfield,

January 1, 1906, to December 31, 1908.

INTRODUCTION

PAINTINGS

THE City of New York began its valuable collection of por-
traits in 1790 by requesting President Washington "to
permit Mr. Trumbull to take his portrait to be placed in
the City Hall as a monument to the respect which the in-
habitants of this City have toward him." In the autumn
of 1804 — soon after the tragedy at Weehawken — the Common
Council commissioned Colonel Trumbull to paint the portrait of
Alexander Hamilton. The selection of this artist was a wise one,
as he had previously painted several portraits of Secretary Hamil-
ton from life. He also made use of Cerracchi's white marble bust
of Hamilton (now in the Lenox Library). For seventy-five years
the Common Council continued this policy of securing the portraits
of distinguished men, not officially connected with the State or
City, but who by conspicuous public service had won the admira-
tion of its inhabitants.

The series of Governor's portraits was begun in 1791, when Colo-
nel Trumbull was commissioned to take the portrait of Governor
George Clinton. The collection includes the portrait or each
Governor of New York, from Governor George Clinton to Governor
Dix.

In 1804 the Common Council commissioned Colonel Trumbull to
paint the portraits of "the chief magistrates of this City since the
Revolution." This order included Mayors Duane, Varick, and
Livingston, and the City continued to have portraits of its Mayors
painted down to Mayor Gunther.

The City has in its collection four portraits of Washington, three
of Clay, and four of De Witt Clinton. There were two of Governor

INTRODUCTION

Stuyvesant painted and paid for by the City, but one of them has
disappeared.

In addition to securing for the City this invaluable collection of
portraits, the Common Council showed its lively interest in art by
occasionally visiting in a body a public exhibition of paintings.
Sometimes they not only visited it themselves but passed a resolu-
tion urging the citizens "to avail themselves of an opportunity
to improve their taste" by going to see a painting such as "The
Court of Death," by Rembrandt Peale, exhibited at the Academy
in 1820.

The Common Council of Brooklyn confined itself in the main to
securing portraits of the Mayors of the City. It began its collec-
tion in 1834 with the portrait of Mayor George Hall, and attempted
to secure the portrait of every Mayor to 1898, the year of con-
solidation. It has failed, however, to secure the portraits of three
Mayors, who refused to sit for their portrait on the ground that in
their opinion it was not a legitimate expenditure of public money.
In addition to its Mayors, Brooklyn purchased two of the portraits
of Washington and one of Clay. The portraits of Judges in the
County Court House and Hall of Records in Brooklyn were all
presented to the City.

These portraits hang in various public buildings throughout the
City. By far the largest number are to be found in the City Hall,
but by referring to the geographical index, at the end of the book,
it will be seen that they decorate the walls of many municipal
offices.

Until the establishment of the Art Commission in 1898, the care
of paintings was entrusted to different officials, so that at various
times each of the following have been custodians of the paintings:
The keeper of the City Hall; Clerk of Common Council; Committee
on Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Public Works.

SCULPTURE

In the years between the founding of the United States Govern-
ment and 1850 various attempts were made to induce the Common
Council to erect statues to distinguished men, and individuals and
certain societies sought to enlist the cooperation of the citizens to
honor men in this way. All efforts to secure either public or private

INTRODUCTION

funds for erecting statues were unsuccessful during the first sixty
years following the Revolution. The first piece of sculpture
bought by the City was the white marble bust of Henry Clay, pur-
chased in 1852, although a few busts were presented to the City
much earlier than this.

The record in Brooklyn and the other boroughs is as bare as that
of Manhattan. While, to-day, the City of New York possesses
many statues, monuments, and fountains, nearly all of them have
been presented to the municipality. The citizens have been
liberal in this respect, and the streets and parks are adorned in
many places with masterpieces of sculpture.

In the preparation of this catalogue, it has been found necessary
to examine the manuscript and printed proceedings of the legisla-
tive bodies of Manhattan and Brooklyn, the ledgers and journals
of the Comptroller's office, as well as many works of reference.
Until this investigation was undertaken comparatively little was
known about the works of art belonging to the city. This catalogue
is believed to give, for the first time, accurate and authentic in-
formation. Nothing has been taken on faith. Every fact has
been verified. Wherever uncertainty exists that fact has been
indicated and in such cases it is hoped that the circulation of this
catalogue may elicit further information. A card catalogue in
the offices of the Commission contains the reference for every fact
stated.

All inscriptions have been copied verbatim, without attempting
to correct the errors, if any, contained therein. Where it has been
possible to decipher the signature of the artist, this has been given.
The asterisk (*) is used to indicate the fact of official approval by
the Art Commission, before acquisition by the City.

In determining whether a painting, sculpture, or structure is a
work of art, the definition used in the Charter in defining the powers
of the Art Commission has been liberally construed. Section 637
provides: "The term 'work of art,' as used in this title, shall apply
to and include all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass,
statues, bas-reliefs, or other sculptures, monuments, fountains,
arches, or other structures of a permanent character intended for
ornament or commemoration."

In selecting the works of art for reproduction, a somewhat difl"er-
ent method has been adopted than is customary in the ordinary
catalogue. Three factors have been considered in the selection of

INTRODUCTION

an object reproduced in this volume — its excellence as a work of
art, the prominence of the subject of the portrait or statue, and
its rarity.

It may be mentioned that time has had its effect upon many of
the portraits, and that some of them are so placed that photographs
suitable for successful reproduction were not obtainable — and there-
fore such subjects have lost much of their original effectiveness.

The portraits are arranged in the order in which they were ac-
quired by the City. Those of which no record of their acquisition
has been found have been placed at the end of the list.

The mural decorations, stained glass, and sculpture are arranged
geographically.

This catalogue includes only the works of art acquired by the City
previous to September i, 1908.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Members of the Art Commission viii

Introduction ix

Contents xiii

List of Illustrations xv

Catalogue of Paintings

Arranged in the order of their acquisition by the City of

New York i

Catalogue of Mural Decorations 8i

Catalogues of Sculpture

In the Borough of Manhattan 103

In the Borough of Brooklyn . ; 197

In the Borough of the Bronx 219

In the Borough of Queens 227

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAINTINGS

The City Hall . .
George Washington
George Clinton
John Jay . . .
Alexander Hamilton
James Duane .
Richard Varick
Edward Livingston
Marinus Willett .
Morgan Lewis .
Daniel D. Tompkins
Peter Stuyvesant .
Jonathan Williams
Stephen Decatur .
William Bainbridge
Isaac Hull .
Thomas McDonough
Oliver Hazard Perry
Jacob RadcliflF . .
James Monroe .
Andrew Jackson .

Stephen Allen .

Marquis de Lafayette

John Stanford .

William Paulding
De Witt Clinton

FACING
ARTIST I'AGE

. John McComb, Jr. Title.

. John Trumbull

John Trumbull

. John Trumbull

John Trumbull

. Thomas Sully .

. John Wesley Jarvis

John Wesley Jarvis

John Trumbull

. John Vanderlyn

John Vanderlyn

Samuel L. Waldo, A.N

• ■ William Jewett, A.N. A. 42

Samuel Finley Breese Morse,

■ • N.A 44

Samuel Finley Breese Morse,

• • • N.A 46

Samuel Finley Breese Morse,

■ • • N.A 48

. George Catlin .

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

Philip Hone John Vanderlyn

John Christopher Yates

Christopher Columbus

Martin Van Buren
Walter Bowne
Gideon Lee
George Hall ...
William Learned Marcy
William Henry Seward
James Harper .
William C. Bouck
John Young
Jose Antonio Paez
David Thomas Valentine
Townsend Harris .
Winfield Scott . . . .
Thomas Jefferson .
Henry Clay . . . .
George Brinton McClellan
Richard L. Larremore
Seth Low

Daniel D. Whitney
"Veulvan Cara"
Charles A. Schieren
Andrew H. Green .
Henry Hudson
James Kent
Robert Kelly . .

John Vanderlyn . . . .
Samuel Finley Breese Morse

N.A

Henry Inman, N.A. .
Robert Walter Weir, N.A.
Henry Inman, N.A. .
James Frothingham, N.A.
William Page, N.A. . .
Henry Inman, N.A. ,
Henry Inman, N.A. .
Charles Loring Elliott, N.A
Henry Peters Gray, N.A.
Charles Wesley Jarvis
Charles Wesley Jarvis

J. Bogle, N.A

Miner K. Kellogg .
Charles Wesley Jarvis
P. Staunton ....
William H. Powell, A.N.A.
Thomas Hicks, N.A. .
William Merritt Chase, N.A
Thomas Jensen
Arturo Michelena .
Richard Creifelds .
B. Kramer-Scheiro
Count Pulaski .
Rembrandt Peale, N.A.
Daniel Huntington

52
54

58
60
62
64
66
68
70
72

74
76

78
80

85
86

90
92

94
96
98
100
102
105
106

MURAL PAINTINGS

Edward Simmons . no

Henry Siddons Mowbray, N.A 112

Robert Reid, N.A. 114

Willard Leroy Metcaif 116

Edward Simmons . 118
Edwin Howland Blashfield,

N.A 120

Wisdom Henry Oliver Walker, N.A. . 122

xvi

Justice

Transmission of Law .

Justice

Banishment of Discord
Justice of the Law

The Power of the Law

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SUBJECT ARTIST PAGE

The Reign of Law . . . Kenyon Cox, N.A. . . . 124

Thejudicial and Other Virtues Joseph Lauber .... 126

Opening of the Erie Canal . Charles Yardley 1 urner, N.A. 128

SCULPTURE

John Ericsson .
Abraham de Peyster
Benjamin Franklin

Nathan Hale

New York in Its Infancy
Jacob H. Schiff Fountain
Peter Cooper . . . .
Memorial Fountain

Alexander Lyman Holley

Washington Arch .
Abraham Lincoln .
Marquis de Lafayette

George Washington .

Fountain ....
David Glasgow Farragut
William Jenkins Worth
Horace Greeley
Washington Irving
William Tecumseh Sherm
Christopher Columbus

William Shakespeare .

Indian Hunter

Tigress and Cubs
The Falconer .
Daniel Webster
Fountain

Bethesda Fountain
Richard Morris Hunt
Still Hunt . . .

Jonathan Scott Hartley, N.A.
George Edwin Bissell .

E. Plassman

Frederick William MacMon-

nies, N.A

Philip Martiny, A.N. A. . .
Arnold W. Brunner
Augustus Saint Gaudens, N.A.
Bruno Louis Zimm
John Quincy Adams Ward,

N.A

Stanford White ....
Henry Kirke Brown, N.A.
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi .
John Quincy Adams Ward,

N.A

Karl Adolf Donndorf .
Augustus Saint Gaudens, N.A
James Goodwin Batterson .
Alexander Doyle ....
Friedrich Beer ....
Augustus Saint Gaudens, N.A.
Gaetano Russo ....
John Quincy Adams Ward,

N.A

John Ouincy Adams Ward,

N.A

Auguste Cain

George Simonds ....

Thomas Ball

Olin Levi Warner, N.A. .
Emma Stebbins ....
Daniel Chester French, N.A. .
Edward Kemeys ....

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34

36
38
40
42
44

48
50

54
56

58
60
62
64
66
68

72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

siinircT
Joliann ('.hristo|ih I'licdiii,-!

von Schiller ...
George Wasliinglon
Egyptian Obelisk .
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monu

inent

Franz Sigel ....

Grant's Tomb .
George Washington .

Henry Ward Becchcr

Ulysses Simpson Grant

I ienry Warner Slocum

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial
Arch

James S. T. Slranahan

Henry W. Maxwell
Lioness and (Aibs .

I hv I lorse Tamers

I'anlhers ....

Italian I'onntain
Botanical Garden I'ounlain

Soldiers' Monument .

FACING

AHUM I'AOl-.

G. I.. Kichler . . .188

jean Anioine I loudon 190

Unknown 192

Gharles W. Stoiighton

Arthur A. Stoughton . 194

Paul !•:. Duboy

Karl Francis Theodore Biltcr,

N.A 199

John Hemingway Duncan 200

Henry Merwin Shrady 202
John Quincy Adams Ward,

N.A: 204

William Ordway I'arlriilge 206
I'rederick William MacMon-

nies, N.A 208

|ohn 1 1. Duncan . 210

l-rederick William MacMon-

nies, N.A 212

Augustus SainI Gaudens.N.A. 214

Victor Peter 216

I'rederick William MacMon-

nies, N.A 218

Ale.xander I'himisler Proctor,

N.A 221

Unknown 222

Garl \i. TelTl 224

Iredcrick Wellington Ruck-

sluhl 234

CATALOGUE OF WORKS
OF ART

PAINTINGS

CATALOG!

PAINTINGS

ARRANGED IN THE ORDER

ACQUISITION BY THE < i i

GEORGE WASH1N(.'
1732-1799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STA ^

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-184 <

Wearing a Colonial uniform of bull
boots, he stands, with right knee bent
is turned slightly to the left, with th.
His right arm, raised on a level w^' '
saddle, and the hand, loosely
over the pommel. His lefr '<-'■'■■
chapeau and sword. 1 he '
its knee. In the immed
Green, with a pedestal si,
plot surrounded by an in
ground is seen the corner of a i^
saluting two mounted officers <•
corner of a stone wall. I
the middle background i*^
long, low brick barrai '
a flagstaff. New Yo;
as far as the Narrow-

Staten Island. noTOMlHaAW 3051O30
signed: i;>.

Height, 108 in.; width, TftoaMuaT mhoi

GEORGE WASHINGTON

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

CATALOGUE

PAINTINGS

ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR
ACQUISITION BY THE CITY

GEORGE WASHINGTON
1 732- 1 799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

I756-1843

Wearing a Colonial uniform of buff and blue with black cavalry
boots, he stands, with right knee bent, beside a white horse. His face
is turned slightly to the left, with the eyes looking straight ahead.
His right arm, raised on a level with his shoulder, rests on the brown
saddle, and the hand, loosely holding the reins, drops forward
over the pommel. His left hand, resting against his hip, holds his
chapeau and sword. The horse, with left foreleg raised, is biting
its knee. In the immediate background is a view of Bowling
Green, with a pedestal standing in the center of a circular grass
plot surrounded by an iron fence. In the immediate right back-
ground is seen the corner of a building before which stands a soldier
saluting two mounted officers followed by others coming around the
corner of a stone wall. Extending part way across the scene in
the middle background is a paling, behind which, on the left, are
long, low brick barracks with the Stars and Stripes floating from
a flagstaff. New York Bay, covered with many vessels, is shown
as far as the Narrows, and from its opposite shore rise the hills of
Staten Island.

signed: JN. TRUMBULL NEW YORK 1 79O

Height, 108 in.; width, 72 in. Painted for the City in 1790.

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GEORGE CLINTON

1739-18 I 2

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1777-95; 180I-04

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1805-I2

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

I 756- I 843

Dressed in a Colonial uniform of buff and blue, he stands on the
alert in the foreground of a wild and picturesque landscape. He
is in full front view with his head turned a little to the right; his
eyes, slightly raised, look straight ahead into the distance. In
his right hand is a drawn sword with the point resting on the
ground; his left, holding a glove, hangs at his side, in the left
foreground lie two cannon balls at the base of a pile of rocks sur-
mounted by trees in autumn foliage. The butt of a cannon lying
on the ground projects into the right foreground; beyond, a battle
between British and Colonial troops is raging on the border of a
lake, and against the farther shore at the base of mountains are
several vessels on fire, while above the scene rises the thick smoke
of battle.

signed: J. TRUMBULL 1 79 1

Height, 108 in.; width, 71 J in. Painted for the City in 1791.

JOHN JAY

1745-1829

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, I795-180I

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

Dressed in black and wearing a powdered wig, he stands leaning
lightly on his right elbow, which rests on the back of an armchair
upholstered in dark red brocade. He is in three-quarters view to
the right, with face and eyes turned in the same direction. His
left foot is advanced with the knee slightly bent, and his extended
left hand rests with the index finger between the pages of a book
standing on a table with an ample dark-green cover. Over his
head is draped in ample folds around the bases of two columns a
dark-red curtain, beneath which glimpses of blue sky are shown
through thick, brown clouds.

Height, 89 in.; width, 60^ in. Painted for the City in 1805.

GEORGE CLINTON

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 4

GOV!
VICE-PREbi;

Dress: ue, he stands on the

alert in t- landscape. He

i<; in f';M lo the right; his

e distance. In

resting on the

ie. In the left

!e of rocks sur-

. '.r a cannon lying

nd; beyond, a battle

^•'1 the border of a

mountains are

le thick smoke

nted for the City in 1791.

1 795- 1 80 1

Dresse? owdered wig, he stands leaning

lightly on 1 the back of an armchair

upholsteri. in three-quarters view to

the right, ■ -;ame direction. His

left foot i^^ it, and his extended

left hand ■ the pages of a book

standing ■ t-n cover. Over his

head is dr . es of two columns a

dark-red curtail^ ; -. . .i blue sky are shown

through thick, b; HOT^fLD HO^lOHi)

Height, 89 in.; 'a for the City in 1805.

JJUaMUJlT HHOI

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
1757-1804

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, I789-95
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, 1799-1804

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

Standing in a graceful and dignified attitude with right foot
advanced, the taper fingers of the left hand resting on his hip, and
his right hand, extended a little below the shoulder, palm upward,
in gesture, is the figure of a gentleman, dressed in black, with knee-
breeches, white stock and tie. He is in three-quarters view to the
left, with his face and eyes in the same direction, in the right
background is a mahogany armchair upholstered in brown, above
which hangs a dark red curtain looped in deep folds above the
head of the figure. In the left foreground, against the pedestal of
two large marble columns, is a mahogany table, upon which are
books and documents, and across the corner is spread out a large
manuscript. Beneath the table are several large books and a
loosely-rolled document.

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1805.

JAMES DUANE
■733-1797

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 784-89

ARTIST
JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

The head and shoulders of a gentleman with long powdered
hair, curling at the ends, is in front view with his face turned to the
left and his keen, dark eyes looking straight ahead. He is dressed
in a black suit with white stock and jabot, and above his left
shoulder is shown a mass of dark red drapery.

Height, 30 in.; width, 24 in. Painted for the City in 1805.

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RICHARD VARICK

1753-1831

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, I789-180I

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

This is the half-length figure of an elderly gentleman of refined
and noble mien, dressed in black, with an ample white tie. He
sits beside a column in three-quarters view to the right, with his
left hand resting on his other wrist, and his face turned toward the
front, while his large brown eyes, with a placid expression, look
straight before him. Beyond the column in the right background
is shown the sky with sunset clouds.

Height, 31 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City in 1805.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON

1764-1836

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 180I-O3

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

This shows the head and shoulders of a man in three-quarters
view to the left, his large eyes looking calmly at the spectator. He
wears a plain suit of black, with ample white stock.

Height, 31 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City in 1805.

MARINUS WILLETT
1740-1830

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1807-08

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

Dressed in a simple suit of black with a white stock is the head
and shoulders of a gentleman in three-quarters view to the left,
with his face turned toward the front, and his eyes looking directly
at the spectator.

Height, 31 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City in 1808.

JOHN JAY

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DFSCRIPTION SEE PAGE 4

RKS OF ART— PAINTINGS

80 1

gentleman of refinec
mple white tie. He
^ the right, with hi,
.;e turned toward the
icid expression, look
he right background

\hp ritv in 1805.

., ill three-quarters
vies j.l the spectator. He

wea stock.

Hei' Painted for the City in 1805

^ the heat

th.. lot;

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1 1 eight. 31 in.; width. iijuaMusr vthol - for the City in 1808

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MORGAN LEWIS

1754-1844

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1804-07

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

This is a full-length figure of an officer, dressed in Colonial uni-
form, with collar and cuffs ornamented with bars of red and gold
braid and, beneath a brown leather belt, a red silk sash with long
ends hangs from the left hip. He stands in nearly front view, and
the eyes, turned slightly to the right, look v/ith quizzical expression
at the spectator. His right hand, loosely holding a glove, hangs
at his side, and his left rests on the hilt of a sword with a richly
ornamented scabbard. Over a chair, in the right background, is
thrown a red-lined, black cloak with embroidered edge. Beyond
a fluted column in the left background are shown a few trees in
autumn foliage against a blue sky with white clouds.

Height, 95 in.; width, 6i in. Painted for the City in 1808.

DANIEL D. TOMPKINS

1 774- 1 82 5

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1807-I7
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1817-25

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL
I 756- I 843

The figure of a gentleman dressed in black, in easy, graceful
pose, stands in three-quarters view to the left with the right foot
advanced and the knee slightly bent. His face is turned toward
the front and his calm blue eyes look straight out of the picture.
His left hand hangs at his side, and his right, holding a roll of
manuscript, rests on papers spread near four large books across the
corner of a mahogany desk, behind which is shown the lower part
of a column. In the right background are shown a mahogany arm-
chair upholstered in red and the pedestal and lower parts of
columns. A rich brown tone pervades the entire picture.

Height, 94i in.; width, 61^ in. Painted for the City in 1808.

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PETER STUYVESANT
1 592-1672

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1647-1664

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

The head and bust of a man is seen in three-quarters view to
the right, the eyes looking directly at the spectator. He wears a
black skull cap, a broad white collar, steel armor, and an orange
sash over the right shoulder.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Copied for the City in 1808.

JONATHAN WILLIAMS

1750-181 5

CHIEF-ENGINEER, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1805-12

ARTIST

THOMAS SULLY

I 783- 1 872

Dressed in a military coat with gold epaulettes is a half-length
figure in three-quarters view to the right, with his face and eyes in
the same direction. His right arm rests on a book and the hand
holds a partly unrolled plan of fortifications.

Height, 30 in.; width, 26 in. Painted for the City in 1813.

STEPHEN DECATUR

1779-1820

AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER

ARTIST

THOMAS SULLY

1783-1872

The officer, dressed in a Colonial uniform, with large epaulettes,
stands erect and alert, with left foot advanced, his right side to the
spectator and his face turned slightly toward the front. His right
hand is supported on the hilt of his sheathed sword, the point of
the scabbard resting on the ground, and his left rests near a port-
folio on the brown pedestal of a fluted column. In front of him
are seen Castle William and New York Bay as far as the Narrows.

signed: t. s. 1814

Height, 94 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1814.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

JOHN TRUMBULl-

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 5

■ to

rs a
nc;e

Height, 30 .?^o8.

ARMY, 1805-12

''>'^--'^' paulettes is a iiaif-length

with his lace and eyes in

L - on a book and the hand

holds a pn ^cations.

HeigH*^ " Painted for the City in 1813.

; rATUR

Tf! rm, with large epaulettes,
stands ^ ji "H. his right side to the
spectator ihe front. His right
hand i^ ^' ■ sword, the poisit of
the : ft rests near a port-
folio . ".In front of him
are seen Ca»Uc > the Narrows.

HOTJIMAH Hda^A/.3AA
Height, 94 in.; widi ya '''•r the City in 1814.

JJUaWlUJiT HHO[
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WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE

•774-1833

COMMANDER OF THE "CONSTITUTION," DEC. 29, l8l2

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

I 780- I 840

Dressed in a naval uniform of white trousers and blue coat,
with two rows of brass buttons, the ofiicer stands bareheaded on
the deck of a ship, in front view, with his face turned to the right
and his eyes gazing straight ahead. His weight is supported en-
tirely on his right leg and his raised left foot rests on cannon balls
in a case. The thumb of the left hand hangs in the trousers'
pocket, while the right, grasping a drawn sword, drops at his side.
In the background a cloud of thick smoke pervades nearly the
whole scene, and in the right are shown various parts of a battle-
ship.

signed: jarvis
Height, 88 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1814.

ISAAC HULL
■773-"843

A COMMODORE

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

1780-1840

A STURDY naval officer, dressed in a uniform of white trousers
and blue coat, with a double row of brass buttons, stands on the
deck of a ship, in nearly front view, with his eyes, slightly turned,
looking mildly at the spectator, and his left hand resting beside a
field-glass on a capstan. His right hand holds a drawn sword
resting on its point on the deck, and at his feet in the left fore-
ground lies a chapeau. The background is filled with smoke,
through which the shrouds of a ship are seen.

signed: jarvis

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 181 5.

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ALEXANDER MACOMB

1782-1841

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, 1828-4I

ARTIST

SAMUEL L. WALDO, A.N.A.

I 783- 1 86 I

In a landscape indistinctly representing a battle-field, an officer,
in Colonial uniform, with a light-blue ribbon around his neck, stands
in three-quarters view to the right, with his face turned toward
the front and the eyes looking calmly at the spectator. His left
foot is advanced, with the knee bent, and his left hand, holding a
chap>eau with white pompon, rests on the hilt of a sheathed sword
as a cane, while his right, clasping the tassels of his red sash, rests
against his hip. The breech of a cannon is shown lying in the
dust in the left foreground, and beyond is a soldier holding a white
horse. In the right background the wheel of a gun-carriage leans
on its broken axle. The sky is nearly hidden by smoke.

signed: S. L. WALDO

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1815.

THOMAS Mcdonough

1783-1825

AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

1780-1840

Dressed in a uniform of blue coat with gold epaulettes and two
rows of brass buttons, white trousers and moderately tall boots, an
officer stands in front view with his face turned to the right. His
left arm rests against his hip and his right is extended somewhat
behind him, with the hand holding a naval hat, resting on an edge
of rock under a clump of trees. In the right background is shown
a bay with ships at anchor and with hills on its farther shore, be-
neath an orange-colored sky.

signed: JARVIS

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 181 5.

JAMES DUANE

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 5

CATALOGUE OF W

COMMANDER -

1828-41

In a landsc.
in Colonial nr
in three-
the froni
ioot is ai
chafjeau ^
as a cane
against i;
dust in th
horse. ! .
on its bruftTi!

-field, an oflFicer,

his neck, stands

; turned toward

tator. His left

hand, holding a

sheathed sword

- red sash, rests

n lying in the

' ling a white

riasre leans

Height,

!y in 1815.

DRF.SSl-i'

left arcn
behind h;
of rock u
a bay wi;
neatn an or.-.

-AVAL OFFICER

( JARVIS
^O

' with iinid eoaulettes and two
ly tall boots, an
the right. His
;nded somewhat
sting on an edge
ground is shown
irther shore, be-

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Height, 94 in.; width, 6<3-^^^'

HHOt

5 30A1 -13? woiTTunsna sioh

he City in 1815

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JACOB BROWN

1 775- 1 828

GENERAL-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, 182I-28

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

I 780- 1 840

The figure of an officer dressed in Colonial uniform is represented
standing on a battle-field, in front view, with the eyes looking
directly at the spectator. His left foot is slightly advanced with
the knee bent, and his left hand holds a pair of gloves against his
breast, while his right, hanging by his side, grasps a drawn sword.
In the right background are dimly seen two troopers galloping
furiously, and clouds of smoke rise in the left background.

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 181 5.

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY

1785-1819

COMMANDER ON LAKE ERIE, 1812-I3

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

1780-1840

A YOUNG naval officer, surrounded by three sailors without coats,
is standing bareheaded, in an attitude of decisive action, in a green
rowboat. His dark blue naval coat is wide open, showing his white
waistcoat, ruffled shirt, and black stock, which, with white trousers
and black belt, complete his uniform. His left foot, with the knee
much bent, rests on one seat of the boat, and his right foot on
another. His body leans to the right, in front view with his face,
framed in auburn hair and side whiskers, turned to the left and his
brown eyes gazing straight ahead. His tightly clenched right hand
is thrust downward at his side; his left arm, enveloped in a pennant,
is outstretched, with the hand pointing toward a vessel under full
sail in the right background. One of the sailors, dressed in a blue
and white striped shirt, is kneeling behind the officer on the left,
another grasping an oar sits at his feet, while the third, with red
waistcoat, is kneeling at the right and pushing with a pike against
the side of a vessel on fire in the immediate background.

Height, 96 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in i8i6.

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JACOB RADCLIFF
1 764- 1 84 1

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1810-II; 1815-18

ARTIST

JOHN TRUMBULL

1756-1843

Against red drapery hangings is the head and shoulders of a
man in three-quarters view to the right, with his face turned
toward the front, and his eyes looking directly at the spectator.
He is dressed in a roll-collared black coat, a white stock, and jabot.

Height, 31 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City in 1816.

JOSEPH GARDNER SWIFT

1783-1865

UNITED STATES SURVEYOR, PORT OF NEW YORK, 1818-27

ARTIST

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

I 780- I 840

Standing in an extensive landscape is the figure of a man dressed
in a uniform of dark blue with a single row of small brass buttons
and gold epaulettes. He is in nearly front view with his face turned
slightly to the right and his eyes looking straight ahead. Over his
left arm hangs a heavy gray cloak and the hand holds a high-
crowned hat, while his clenched right hand hangs at his side. In
the background are seen groups of laborers, while on the extreme
right stands an orderly holding a saddled horse. Beyond the men
is a body of water, with low hills on its farther shore.

signed: JARVIS

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1817.

RICHARD VARICK

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 6

AINTINGS

Ac .
man
towar
He is

Heish

ind shoulders of a

■' ^\5 face turned

the spectator.

. jjck, and jabot.

jr the City in 1816.

iS 18-27

St/

re of a man dressed

Sl.^.....,. ...

left arm h.
crowned h.:
the backgn
right standi
is a body of wau

and holds a high-

igs at his side. In

•iile on the extreme

Beyond the men

liicr shore.

>1.)1>1AV CIHA-HDIH

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 ;' ^^ nted for the City in 1817.

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CADWALLADER DAVID GOLDEN
1 769-1834

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1818-2I

ARTIST
SAMUEL L. WALDO, A.N. A.

1 783- 1 86 1

This is the head and shoulders of an elderly gentleman, in three-
quarters view to the left, with his face turned nearly to the front
and his eyes looking mildly at the spectator. He is dressed in
black with a white linen stock.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City in 1819.

JAMES MONROE
1758-1831

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1817-25

ARTIST
JOHN VANDERLYN

1776-1852

The white knee-breeches, waistcoat, stockings, and shirt ruffle,
with black coat and shoes, give an air of distinction and elegance
to the figure of a man standing in front view with his face turned
to the right and the eyes looking straight ahead. His left foot is
advanced, and his left hand is supported by the thumb in the
trousers' pocket, while his right hand rests on a large map of Florida
partly unrolled on a table covered with green drapery. A strip of
red plush with yellow fringe hangs from the corner above the
table, under which lie two large books. In the right background
stands an armchair upholstered in red, and beyond, through a
window, the corner of a building is shown against a dull gray sky.

signed: J. VANDERLYN 1822

Height, 100 in.; width, 64 in. Painted for the City in 1822.

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ANDREW JACKSON

1 767- 1 84 5

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1829-37

ARTIST

JOHN VANDERLYN

I776-1852

Dressed in a uniform of blue coat, white trousers, high cavalry
boots, and a red sash tied about his waist in a large bow on the
right hip, he stands alert on a battle-field, with his anxious face
turned a little to the left and his eyes slightly raised, gazing straight
ahead. Grasped in his right hand, resting on the left hip, a sword
is swung out horizontally, and a heavy cloak is carried across the
left arm with a chapeau in his hand. In the left background an
excited sorrel charger is held by an orderly with shako and white
pompon. Soldiers in action are seen in the right background, and
over all rises the thick smoke of battle.

signed: J. VANDERLYN [823

Height, 96 in.; width, 64 in. Painted for the City in 1823.

STEPHEN ALLEN

1767-1852

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 182I-23

ARTISTS

SA.MUEL L. WALDO, A.N.A.

1783-1861

AND

WILLIAM JEWETT, A.N.A.

I795-1873

This is the half-length figure of a sturdy, cheerful-faced man,
in three-quarters view to the right, with the eyes looking straight
out of the picture. His right hand grasps the first page of a docu-
ment with the arm resting on a table beside letters and papers,
while behind his right shoulder hangs a piece of red drapery.

signed: WALDO & JEWETT, 1 824

Height, 32 in.; width, 26 in. Painted for the Gty in 1824.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON

JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 6

PAINTINGS

Dres rs, high cavalr

hnnu . jrge bow on th

his anxious fac
i, gazing straigh
aheatl. left hip, a sword

is swur irried across the

left background an

exc ;hako and white

pon background, and

ove

Heig.-i, '^^ rity in 1823.

^21-23

This , cheerful-faced man,
in three - eyes looking straight
out of t; e of a docu-
ment W) ind papers,
while behir;^ •' (•-■-'■ uuipery.

/lOT^DHlVlJ a^AWa32 4

Height, 32 in va r the City in 1824.

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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
1757-1834

MAJOR-GENERAL IN AMERICAN ARMY, 1 777-8 1

ARTIST

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

I79I-1872

Dressed in a black coat, a white waistcoat, buff trousers, and
an ample, red-lined black cloak over the left shoulder, the figure of
a gentleman past middle age stands with the left foot advanced on
a portico overlooking an extensive landscape, through which winds
a river beneath a brilliant sunset sky. He is in front view, with his
face turned to the left, and his eyes, turned still more, gaze into the
distance. His right hand rests on his cloak, which partly drapes
a pedestal holding the busts of Washington and Franklin, while
his left, loosely clasping the cloak, hangs at his side. Projecting
into the right background is a massive balustrade, whose post is
surmounted by an urn holding a slender plant with a single blossom.

signed: morse

Height, 96 in.; width, 64 in. Painted for the City in 1824.

JOHN STANFORD

1754-1834

AN AMERICAN DIVINE

ARTIST

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

179I-1872

Seated in an easy-chair upholstered in green, is a portly gentle-
man with abundant gray hair and dressed in a loosely fitting suit
of black. He is in full face, with his dark eyes looking straight
out of the picture, but his body is turned slightly to the left with
the knees concealed beneath a table covered with brown figured
drapery. A large book lies open before him, with his right arm
resting on the page and the hand clasping its upper edge, while
his left arm rests on the chair arm. In the background is draped
a bright red curtain.

signed: s. f. b. morse
Height, 56 in.; width, 44 in. Painted for the City in 1826.

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WILLIAM PAULDING
1 780- 1 860

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 823-25; 1 826-29

ARTIST

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

1791-1872

Seated in a red easy-chair, against a background of red drapery,
is a half-length figure in three-quarters view to the left, with the
face turned toward the front, and the eyes looking directly at the
spectator. The left arm rests on the arm of the chair.

Height, 33 in.; width, 26 in. Painted for the City in 1826.

DE WITT CLINTON
1769-1828

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1817-23; 1828

ARTIST

GEORGE CATLIN

1796-1872

In a somewhat theatrical pose stands a full-length figure draped
in an ample black cloak with red lining, thrown over his left shoulder
and under his right arm and held together on the breast by his left
hand, while his right, holding a roll of manuscript, hangs at his
side. He is in front view with his face turned to the right and the
eyes looking straight ahead. The background is a heavy, dark red
curtain pushed back a little at the right, showing, over the tops of
buildings, a river with steep hills rising from the distant shore,
above which the sun is breaking through heavy clouds.

Height, 96 in.; width, 6i in. Painted for the City in 1827.

MARINUS WILLETT

JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 6

SEATPr

is a half-:
face turrii
spectator.

Height, 3

\1 PAULDiNO
-80-1860

ORK, 1823-25; 1826-29

\RTIST

BREESE MORSE, N.A.
') 1-1872

t a background of red draper}'.

ers view to the left, with the

: directly at the

air.

Painted for the City in 1826.

; ON
817-23; 182^

In . length figure draped

in an : over his left shoulder

-m.' the breast by his left

ascript, hangs at his
to the right and the
eyes look; is a heavy, dark red

curtain pu -'ng. over the tops of

buildings, a liv.: .. ;rom the distant shore,

above which the -^'-i^j^ j jjyy^ PUMI^'Awl'*^'^^'^ clouds.
Height, 9<' va ^'ainted for the City in 1827.

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d 30A1 ana noiTqia.oaaa hoh

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PHILIP HONE

1781-1851

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1825-26

ARTIST

JOHN VANDERLYN

I 776- I 852

A HALF-LENGTH figure of a gentleman, dressed in black, with an
ample white stock, is apparently considering a document held with
both hands. With his right arm resting on a table covered with
green drapery, he is seated in front view with his face turned to the
left and his thoughtful eyes looking straight ahead. Behind him
hangs a red curtain and in the left background is seen a yellowish
sunset sky.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1827.

JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER YATES

1768-1837

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1823-25

ARTIST

JOHN VANDERLYN

1 776- I 852

A FULL-LENGTH Standing figure is dressed in black, with his body
turned slightly to the right and his face in nearly front view, while
his blue eyes, turned a little to the left, look pleasantly at the
spectator. His right hand rests against his hip, and his left, with
the index finger between the leaves of a book, rests on a table
covered with a dark blue cloth. The table is littered with books
and documents, and above it in the corner is draped a small red
curtain, in the left foreground three books stand on the floor near
an armchair, across which lies a black cloak. Beyond the chair,
through a partly opened mahogany door, a ruddy sky is seen through
a small section of a window, from which a dark green curtain has
been looped back.

signed: J. VANDERLYN 1827

Height, 91 in.; width, 63J in. Painted for the City in 1827.

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
1 446- 1 506

DISCOVERER OF AMERICA, I492

ARTIST

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

I79I-1872

A YOUNG man, dressed in a richly embroidered black doublet and
wearing a stiffly starched ruff, is seated with his left side toward
the spectator and his face in nearly front view, with his large, dark
eyes looking straight ahead. He is seen in half-length, with his
right hand, holding a mariner's compass, resting on a shelf in front
of him, while his clenched left lies on a table at his side. A dark
red curtain in the background is drawn back at the left, disclosing
a city at the foot of lofty mountains.*

Height, 25 in.; width, 20 in. Copied for the City in 1828.

MARTIN VAN BUREN
1 782- 1 862

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, JANUARY I TO .MARCH 12, 1 829
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1837-4I

ARTIST
HENRY IN.MAN, N.A.

I 80 I- I 846

Dressed in a full suit of black, he stands turned to the right, but
facing nearly front. The left foot is advanced, with the knee
slightly bent; the right arm hangs by his side, while the left elbow
rests on a pile of books on a table covered with thick red drapery,
falling in heavy folds upon the floor. In his left hand he holds a
letter resting on an open book Iving on the table beside a large
bronze inkstand. Back of the table is seen the lower part of a fluted
column, from which extends across the scene a balustrade sup-
porting on its left end a large urn. The State capitol is shown
among trees in the left background.

Height, 96 in.; width, 64 in. Painted for the City in 1830.

* The portrait of which this is a copy was presented to the State of New York by Maria
Farmar in 1784. It was probably painted in i 592 and intended to represent Columbus at
the age of 23. In the lower left comer were painted in characters of the Sixteenth Century:
"An°. 1592. /Eta 23."

MORGAN LEWIS

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 7

right har..
of him, V.
red curtain m
a city at the f

Height, 2

ack doublet and
iett side toward
ih his large, darl.
■length, with hi;
n a shelf in front
.s side. A dark
^ck at the left, disclosing

jpied for the City in 1828.

MARCH 12, 1829
. 1837-41

Drc<;- - nirned to the right, but
facin need, with the knee
sligh' , while the left elbow
rests on th thick red drapery,
falling in left hand he holds a
letter re^- table beside a large
bronze in: lower part of a fluted
column, :e a balustrade sup-
porting c ate capitol is shown
among tr-

Height, 91 nted for the City in 1830.

* The portrait c State of New York by Maria

Farmar in 1784. It <iVf/3A [/J/ Q^J^^^f/lled to represent Columbus ai

the age of 23. In the low - ^ ^ . -,,rjciers of the Sixteenth Centurv:

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WALTER BOWNE
1 770- 1 846

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1829-33

ARTIST
ROBERT WALTER WEIR, N.A.
I 803- I 889

The half-length figure of a man is seated in an armchair up-
holstered in red, in three-quarters view to the left, and his eyes
looking out of the picture. With both hands resting on his lap, he
holds a package of documents, and behind him is draped a dark,
fringed curtain, drawn back at the left, showing a body of water
with buildings on the shore beyond.

Height, 36 in.; width, 29 in. Painted for the City in 1833.

ENOS THOMPSON THROOP
1 784- 1 874

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1829-32

ARTIST
ROBERT WALTER WEIR, N.A.
1 803- I 889

A GRACEFUL and dignified gentleman dressed in black with a
white stock is standing by a table covered with thick, brown,
fringed drapery. He is in front view, with the face turned a little
to the right and the eyes looking straight ahead. The right arm is
akimbo, with the back of the hand resting against the hip, while
the tips of the fingers of the left hand rest lightly on a document
spread out on the table, over the edge of which hangs a large red
seal. On the table lies a sword near writing materials and a silk
hat. In the left background stands a chair with its upholstered
back decorated with the seal of the State. A heavy, brownish-red
curtain hangs across the entire background, except that it is
slightly swung back from the left side, disclosing a distant landscape
with a small lake.

Height, 96 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1833.

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GIDEON LEE

177S-1S41

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 833-34

ARTIST
HENRY' INMAN, N^\.

1S0I-1S46

W'earjn'g an ample black cloak and seated in a chair upholstered
in red. is a half-length figure in neariy front view, with the face and
eyes in the same direction. He holds a roUed-up document in
his right hand, and over his left shoulder is sho'WTi a circular fort
cm the shore of a bay.

Height, 34 in.; width, 2S in. Painted for the City in 1834

GEORGE HALL

1795-1857

MAYOR OF BROOKL'i'N, 1834; lS|;5-56

ARTIST

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N-A.

1786-1864

Relie\"ED against a red curtain is a half-length figure of a gen-
tlonan in the prime erf life, with short side-whiskers. Dressed in a
suit of black, he is in three-quarters view to the right -with his face
turned to-»-ard the front, and his eyes, turned still more, look
directly at the spectator. His easy-chair, upholstered in red, is
drawn close up to a table vinth a red cover, on which rests his right
hand holding an opai letter near books and papers. A distant
landscape is shown beyond the base of a column in the right back-
groand.

Hdght, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the QtA* in 1836.

DANIEL D. TOMPKINS

JOHN" TRL'MBULL

FOR DESCRimOX SEE rAGE 7

Wearing ai
in red, is :' '■
eyes in
his right
on the sli

Height, 34 lu

air upholstered

th the face and

p document ir

:i rirrnlnr fori

ic yjiy in 1034

!4; 1855-56

Relie\
tleman in
suit of bi
turned l<
directly j
drawn clo

hand holui-.t, .,.,.,
landscape is shown beyjiui r
ground aKI>ISMOT

alt-length figure of a gen-
ie-whiskers. Dressed in :
V to the right with his fact
., turned still more, loci
iir, upholstered in red, i
r, on which rests his righ:
.:, and papers. A distan
■J .) column in the right back
A3WAQ

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 11

° ■' JJUaWlUaT WHO[

lilted for the City in 1836,

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF. A RT — PAI NTI NGS

CORNELIUS VAN WYCK LAWRENCE
1791-1861

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1834-37

ARTIST

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

I 801-1846

This is a half-length figure in an easy, dignified posture, with a
map partly unrolled in his left hand, and with his right hand thrust
into the bosom of his black coat. He is in three-quarters view to
the right, with his face turned toward the front, and his large brown
eyes look pleasantly at the spectator. A small piece of red drapery
is shown above the left elbow, and beyond is a dark sky with the
light concentrated near the horizon. In the left background the
lower part of a column is seen.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1837.

JONATHAN TROTTER
1797-1855

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1835-36

ARTISTS

SAMUEL L. WALDO, A. N.A.

1 783- 1 86 I

AND

WILLIAM S. JEWETT, A.N. A.

1795-1873

Dressed in a simple suit of black, the half-length figure of a gen-
tleman in the prime of life is seated in an easy-chair upholstered in
red. His body is turned slightly to the left, but his face is to the
front and his eyes look straight out of the picture. His left arm
rests on the arm of the chair and his right hand, clasping folded
papers, lies on a green-topped table, above which, in the upper
left-hand corner of the picture, hangs a red, fringed drapery.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1838.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PA 1 NTI NGS

WILLIAM LEARNED MARCY

1786-1857

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, ■ 833-38

ARTIST

WILLIAM PAGE, N.A.

181I-1885

A MAN of large stature, in the prime of life, seated by a table in
a chair upholstered in red with arms tipped with eagles' heads, is
considering a document held with the left hand resting on his knee
and with the right on the arm of his chair. It is a full-length por-
trait in three-quarters view to the right, with the body and face
turned a little toward the front, and the eyes, turned still more,
look inquiringly at the spectator. His right elbow rests on a book,
with clasps, lying near an inkstand on a table covered with a heavy
Oriental fringed rug of various colors, in the upper left hand
background a portion of a flag is visible, and in the right back-
ground the lower part of a column is seen, having on the dado of
its pedestal the painted seal of the State, and through a narrow
opening at the right a distant landscape is seen.

signed: wpage n. york 1839

Height, ioQ§ in.; width, 73 in. Painted for the City in 1839.

AARON CLARK
1 785- 1 86 1

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 837-39

ARTIST

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

I 80 I- I 846

Leaning gracefully with his right arm on the pedestal of a
column is a three-quarters length figure of a gentleman dressed in
black, in nearly front view, with the eyes looking cheerfully out of
the picture. His left hand, holding his gloves, rests against his
hip, and over his left shoulder is seen a clump of trees at the edge
of a wide expanse of water which extends to a round fort on the
distant shore.

Height, 40 in.; width, 32 in. Painted for the City in 1839.

PETER STUYVESANT

BY
JOHN TRUMBULL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 8

A MAN

a chaii i:

con

and

trait ut ■

turned ?

look

with

Orier;

baci-

groi-

Its '

seated by a table ir

irh eagles' heads, i:

Ting on his kne;

full-length por-

body and face

rned still more

rests on a boo!-:,

cd with a heav

ipper left hant"

the right back

. on the dado ci

rough a narrou

Hei

iur the City in 1839.

1837-39

Li irm on the pedestal of ,

colui of a gentleman dressed in

black, .. - lr>oking cheerfully out ol

the pictu ves, rests against hi-

hip, and - ip of trees at the edge

of a wide is to a round fort on the

distant sh.

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Height, 40 m. ; widr ^ /ifn^d for the City m 1839.

JJUaMUilT WHO[
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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAI NTINGS

JACOB HAYS

1772-1850

HIGH CONSTABLE, 180I-5O

ARTIST

J. H. SHEGOGUE, N.A.

1 80 5- 1 872

Dressed in black, with roll-collar dress-coat, the three-quarters
length figure of a dignified gentleman stands facing the spectator,
with his body turned to the right. His left hand lies on a balus-
trade, above which is looped a red curtain, and his right rests against
his hip. Two arched openings are seen in the left iDackground.

signed: SHEGOGUE 1839

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Painted for the City in 1839.

JEREMIAH JOHNSON
1766-1852

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 837-38

ARTIST

WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT, N.A.

1806-1868

A HALF-LENGTH figure, dressed in a suit of black, with ample
white stock, is in front view, with the face turned to the right and
the eyes looking straight ahead. In his right hand he holds a
large, open-faced watch, at which he is pointing with his left hand.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1839.

JONATHAN WlLIlAMS

THOMAS SULL^

1R DHSCRIPTION SEE VGE 8

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAiNTIN GS

ACHMET BEN AMAR

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE IMAM OF MUSCAT

ARTIST

EDWARD MOONEY, N.A.

1813-1887

On the end of a scarlet sofa is seated a three-quarters length
figure in an Oriental costume consisting of a gaily colored turban,
a long, black, richly embroidered coat, worn over a white under-
garment girded at the waist by a broad sash in bright colors. He
is in three-quarters view to the right, and his eyes look directly at
the spectator. Both hands rest carelessly on his lap, and at his
right elbow is a table covered with green drapery on which are
letters, an inkstand, and a Turkish pipe. Above the table hangs a
brocaded yellow drapery and through an opening in the right back-
ground a three-masted vessel is seen at anchor.

signed: edw. mooney, 1840

Height, 42 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1840.

CYRUS P. SMITH

1 800- 1 877

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 839-4 1

ARTIST

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

1786-1864

Seated close to a table covered with red oilcloth, is a half-
length figure dressed in a suit of black. He is in three-quarters
view to the right, with his face turned toward the front, and his
keen, dark eyes, turned to the left, look directly at the spectator.
His hands lie crossed in front of him on the table, the left holding a
sheet of paper, the right a quill pen. In the right background are
seen shelves filled with books.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1841.

JONATHAN WILLIAMS

BY
THOMAS SULLY

FOR DESCRIPTFON SEE I'AGE

CATALOGUE O'

On the er
figure in
a long,
garmeni
IS in thrt
the ^--
rigf.

hree-quarters lengt
qaily colored turban,
over a white under-
in bright colors. He
s eyes look directly at

IV un his lap, and at his

en drapery on which are
Above the table hangs a

opening in the right back-

nchor.

40
tinted for the City in 1840.

SMITH

1839-41

SeATEP ■-' '-^'^ •' > '■'•'•■
length t|
view to '
keen, da'
His hand

sheet of paper . l'. < n.

seen shelves fi! 2MA1JJ1W HAHTAWOI

Height, 36 in.; width, u) )n. ^a Painted for the City in 1841

YJJUa 8AMOHT

8 30A1 332 HOIT1l5I.Jg3a HOI

red oilcloth, is a half-
He is in three-quarter
>»vard the front, and hi
it the spectator
he left holding j
ri^l.t background are

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART— PAINTINGS

ISAAC L. VARIAN
1 793- 1 864

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 839-4 1

ARTIST

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

180I-1846

Sitting in an armchair, upholstered in red, is the half-length
figure of a man dressed in black, with a black silk waistcoat and a
tight black stock. He is in nearly front view, with the head
slightly inclined to the left, and the eyes looking directly at the
spectator. His clenched right hand rests on his thigh, and his
left is extended on a document which lies on a table covered with a
green cloth near a silver inkstand. In the left background hangs a
reddish-brown drapery.

Height, 44 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1842.

HENRY C. MURPHY

1810-1882

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1842

ARTIST

JOHN BARNARD WHITTAKER

183^

In front of a dull-gray column is a half-length standing figure
with thick hair and side-whiskers, in three-quarters view to the
left, with the face turned toward the front, and the eyes, turned to
the right, look straight out of the picture. He is dressed in black
with an ample black stock, and his right hand is held before the
waist in gesture, while his left rests on a book. Behind him is an
armchair upholstered in red. In the left background is shown a
landscape beneath a dark sky.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1843.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAI NTI N GS

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
1 80 1- 1 872

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1 839-42

ARTIST

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

I 80 I- 1 846

A SLENDER figure stands in an easy, graceful pose on a driveway
winding across a lawn to a closed gate in the middle background.
He is dressed in black, his body slightly turned to the right, his
face to the front, and his eyes look pleasantly at the spectator. In
the left hand, held at ease before the waist, is a pair of buff gloves.
With the left foot advanced, he leans lightly on the right arm with
the hand resting on the back of a garden seat, across the arm of
which is thrown a black overcoat with red lining, while on the seat
lie a silk hat, white silk handkerchief, and a few letters. Woods
extend from the garden seat to a hill beyond the gate, and near
them a man and dog are in the driveway, which continues on over
hill and vale through a wooded landscape to a lake, beyond which
rise low mountains.

Height, 98 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1844.

JOSEPH SPRAGUE
1783-1854

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 843-44

ARTIST

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

I 786- 1 864

A GRAY-HAIRED gentleman, dressed in a simple suit of black, is
seated in a red-upholstered armchair at a table covered with a red
and brown oilcloth. With his right hand resting on the table, and
holding a large sheet of manuscript nearly upright before him, he
is seen only as far as the waist, in three-quarters view to the right,
with his face turned toward the front and his mild eyes looking
directly at the spectator.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1845.

STEPHEN DECATUR

BY
THOMAS SULLY

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 8

■! "'Se on a drivewa-
wir ddle backgrouni.!

He i to the right, hi

fact J 1 The spectator. 1

tht a pair of buff glove:

AVi on the right arm wit*

the at, across the arm (

wh ling, while on the se:

few letters. Wood
d the gate, and nej
ich continues on ovc
a lake, beyond whic!

He, ainted for the City in 1844

-44

A i black, 1

seal' with a re^

and table, an^

holu re him, h^

is seci) L -.iij_i]ici:> view lu the righ;

^,f;^, 51UTA3Ha M^^ ''^ '""^ 'y'' '°°'^"

Height, ; ., Painted for the City in 184-

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTINGS

JAMES HARPER
1 795- 1 869

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 844-45

ARTISTS

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

1 80 I- 1 846

AND

DANIEL HUNTINGTON, N.A.

I 8 1 6- 1 906

Sitting in front of a large column, in an armchair upholstered in
red, is a half-length figure dressed in black. He is in three-quarters
view to the left, with his face in nearly front view, and his eyes
looking through his spectacles directly at the spectator. His left
hand holds a document, on which is resting the point of a quill pen
held in the right hand with the arm resting near two red-bound
books, beside a bust of Franklin, on a table covered with dark-red
drapery.

Height, 42 in.; width, 35 in. Painted for the City in 1845.

ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS

1802-1855

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 184I-44

ARTIST

FREDERICK R. SPENCER, N.A.

1805-1875

The three-quarters-length figure stands with the left hand rest-
ing against the hip and the closed right hand resting near docu-
ments and books on a table covered with red drapery. He is in
three-quarters view to the left, his face, wearing a puzzled look,
turned toward the front, and his eyes, with thoughtful expression,
look straight out of the picture. Above the table hangs a small
piece of red draperv

Height, 48 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1846.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

THOMAS G. TALMAGE
1 80 1- 1 863

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 845

ARTIST
FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A.N. A.
1830-1900

A HALF-LENGTH figure, dressed in a simple suit of black, is seated
in an easy-chair upholstered in red. His body is turned slightly
to the right, and his eyes, turned to the front, look straight out of
the picture. His right arm rests easily on the arm of the chair,
and in his left hand he holds an open document. A light-brown
curtain is draped across the background.

Height, 36 in.; width, 28 in. Painted for the City in 1846.

WILLIAM FREDERICK HAVEMEYER

1 804- 1 874

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 845-46; 1 848-49

ARTIST

THOMPKINS HARRISON MATTESON, A.N. A.

1813-1884

Seated, with crossed legs, in a red-upholstered armchair, is the
three-quarters-length figure of a man with his left hand, holding a
book, resting on his knee, and his right, holding a quill pen, lying
on a manuscript near a pile of books, behind which a bust is in-
distinctly shown. He is in nearly full face, with the eyes looking
directly at the spectator.

Height, 42 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1847.

WILLIAM BAINRRIDGE

BY
JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE Q

'RKs OF ART— Paintings

G. TALMAGF
01-1863

BROOKLYN, 184-

ARTIST

CARPENTER, A.N.A.
■00

A pie suit of black, is seated

i'l hndy is turned slightl;

, look straight out o
•he arm of the chair,
pen document. A light-brown
'Und.

Heii inted for the City in 1846.

AVEMEYER

-j6; 1848-49

ilSON, A.N.A.

Seated ^bolstered armchair, is the
three-'^"' h ^i^ left hand, holding a
book, ng a quill pen, lymg
on a ;. I which a bust is in-
distinctly shown. T^^,„„,^, ^ ace, with the eyes lookint;
directly at the siv.^^a'^a-^'^'fl MAIJJlW ^ ^

Height, 42 in. ; ^,,,^^^ .J^^^.^^ ^^^ated for the City in 1847.

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

WILLIAM C. BOUCK

1786-1859

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1 843-45

ARTIST
CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1868

A LARGE, Sturdy-looking man with thick gray hair combed
straight up, and stiff side-whiskers, stands with right foot ad-
vanced, his body turned a little toward the left, and his eyes looking
sternly at the spectator. His dark-brown overcoat, with broad,
brown velvet collar and cuffs, is thrown open, showing his black
suit. He is holding his high-crowned gray beaver hat against his
cane with his ungloved right hand, while his left hand rests against
his side. Directly behind him, in an early autumn landscape, a
brook winds across the scene, beyond which a green house with red
roof is dimly seen among the trees in the right background. In
the left background a gray horse is grazing, while farther in the dis-
tance is a large white farmhouse.

signed: C. L. ELLIOTT 1847

Height, 102^ in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1847.

ANDREW HUTCHINS MICKLE

1805-1863

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 846-47

ARTIST

EDWARD MOONEY, N.A.

1813-1887

Sitting in an easy posture in an armchair upholstered in red,
IS the half-length figure of a man in three-quarters view to the
right. His right hand, with the fingers between the pages of a
book, rests near a red and gold mace on a table covered with olive-
green drapery, and his left lies on the arm of the chair, beyond
which, through a narrow opening, is seen the City Hall.

Height, 40 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1847.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PA 1 NTI N GS

WILLIAM V. BRADY

i8i 1-1870

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 847-48

ARTIST

A. H. WENZLER, N.A.

-1871

Seated in an armchair drawn close up to a desk, with his knees
shown beneath, is a man in the attitude of reading a letter. He is
in three-quarters view to the right with the head inclined and the
eyes fixed on the letter on pale blue paper, held with both hands
resting on the edge of the green-topped desk, on which lie books
and papers.

Height, 40 in.; width, 34 in. Painted for the City in 1848.

SILAS WRIGHT
1 795- 1 847

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1 845-46

ARTIST

JAMES WHITEHORNE, N.A.

1803-1888

This is a full-length standing figure dressed in black. He is in
front view, with his face turned a little to the left, the eyes looking
downward and straight ahead. The hands hang by his sides, and
in the left is a roll of manuscript. In the left foreground, a round-
topped mahogany table is visible, covered with books, an inkstand,
a paper-weight in the form of a horse, and an open document. Be-
yond the table, through an open window with paneled casement,
the corner of a large building is seen, against a sunset sky flecked
with pink-tinted clouds. A red-upholstered chair stands in the
right background against a rich, brown curtain extending in heavy
slanting folds from ceiling to floor.

signed: J. WHITEHORNE PINXIT. AD 1 849

Height, 96 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1849.

ISAAC HULL

JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 9

W!i

Seated in a-
shown beneath,
in three-quarter
eyes fixed on t;
resting on the
and papers.

in.; widi

with his knees
a letter. He is
KJined and the
;th both hands
vvhich lie books

Painted for the City in 1848.

ORK, 1845-46

This is

front vie' .
doW'

in thr
topped ill
a paper-\\
yond the
the cornti
with pin!
right back
slanting f

Height, 96 in. ;

! EHORNE, K.A.
,3-1888

g figure dressed in black. He is in

r. lit Lie to the left, the eyes looking

Js hang by his sides, and

left foreground, a round-

I with books, an inkstand,

: an open document. Be-

V with paneled casement,

linst a sunset sky flecked

i;(>isiered chair stands in the

vn curtain extending in heavy

piNxiT. AD 1849
JJUH 3AA2iJ>;iinteJ ''"V the Ciiy in 1849.

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAI NTI NGS

GEORGE WASHINGTON

1 732- 1 799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

COPIED FROM A STUART IN FANEUIL HALL BY

M. M. SWETT

On an eminence overlooking a scene of war and commotion, in
a valley beneath a lurid sky, in a calm and dignified attitude,
stands General Washington, dressed in Colonial uniform, near his
white charger. He is in front view, with face turned to the left,
and his eyes looking straight ahead. His right foot is advanced,
and his right hand, holding a cocked hat, hangs at his side, while
his left, holding the reins, rests upon the saddle. The horse is in
perspective, with his hind-quarters in the foreground and his head
m profile with open mouth, distended nostril, and flashing eye.

Height, 100 in.; width, 72 in. Purchased by the City in 1849.

ZACHARY TAYLOR

1784-1850

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1849-5O

JOHN VANDERLYN
1776-1852

Seated in an attitude of dignified ease, in a red-upholstered arm-
chair, is the figure of a portly gentleman dressed in black, in nearly
front view, with the face turned to the left, and the eyes looking
straight ahead. His left arm rests on the arm of the chair with the
hand dropped forward in his lap, and his right hand is placed, palm
downward, on his thigh. Above his head, drapery of olive-green
color hangs in massive folds and nearly conceals a column in the
right background, before which stands a table with dark-blue
cover, with a book lying on a small map of New Mexico. Through
a narrow opening in the left background are shown trees in autumn
foliage against a blue-and-white sky.

signed: J. VANDERLYN PINXT. 185O

Height, 96 in.; width, 62 in. Painted for the City in 1850.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

JOHN YOUNG

1802-1852

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1 847-49

ARTIST
HENRY PETERS GRAY, N.A.

1 8 19- 1877

A FULL-LENGTH figure Stands on a small platform, with the body
turned slightly to the left and the face in the same direction, while
the eyes, turned to the right, look inquiringly at the spectator.
His left hand rests against his hip, and his right on the pedestal of
a column, partly concealed by heavy dark-red drapery, hanging in
heavy folds across the background to the bases of two other
columns.

signed: HENRY PETERS GRAY, PAINTER NEW YORK 1849

Height, 95 in.; width, 632 in. Painted for the City in 1849.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
1732-1799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1789-97

ARTIST

COPIED BY

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

1786-1864

Dressed in a Colonial costume of black, with white stock and
jabot, President Washington stands in nearly front view, with his
eyes turned to the right, looking directly at the spectator. His
left hand clasps his sheathed sword, and the finger-tips of his right
hand rest on a large document lying near a chapeau and an inkstand,
on an ample piece of red drapery, across the corner of a marble-
topped table with gilt legs in the form of modified fasces. An arm-
chair, upholstered in red, stands in the right background in front
of two columns, to the right of which is seen red drapery, and to
the left of them, extending part way across the scene, is a heavy
mauve curtain looped up, disclosing a cloudy sky.

Height, 95 in.; width, 60 in. Purchased by the City in 1849.

THOMAS Mcdonough

BY
JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE lO

OF ART— PAINTINGS

DUNG

852

YORK, 1847-49

A aform, with the bo<;'

turn .:^K- 111 lut same direction, whr

the k inquiringly at the spectato

Hii. 1.. . liH his right on the pedestal '

a columri rk-red drapery, hanging ;

heavy ! the bases of two oth
colu-

r/M.-jitix iNtvv YORK 1849

HeiL Painted for the City in 184-

LMTHD STATES, 17^9-97

iniAGHAM, N.A.
-86-1864

D' of black, with white stock and

jabot in nearly front view, with his

eyes iui: directly at the spectator. His

left han.^ , and the finger-tips of his right

hand near a chapeau and an inkstand

on a across the corner of a marble

toppea T lified fasces. An arm

chair, up background in fron

of two a, '^i\ 10 .^ttfi red drapery, and ti

the left ( ay across the scene, is a heav\

mauve cu I.-.. ,,^,.^,,^ g a cloudy sky.

HOUOKOQoM 8AM0HT

Height, 95 in.; MidfS;, s>. :, ^ Purcnased by the City in 1840

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

ISAAC CHAUNCEY
1 772- 1 840

AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER

The head and shoulders of an officer are in nearly full face, with
his keen eyes looking straight out of the picture. The high collar,
reverse breast, and cuflf of the coat of his naval uniform are trimmed
with double rows of gold braid and brass buttons, and heavily-
fringed epaulettes adorn his shoulders. His left arm rests beside
him, and in his hand he holds a small map, partly unrolled.

Height, 36 in.; width, 26 in. Given to the City in 1849.

EDWARD COPELAND
1793-1859

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 849

ARTIST
JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

I 786- 1 864

Relieved against a brown curtain is a half-length standing
figure, dressed in a suit of black with a white stock. He is in
three-quarters view to the right, with his face to the front, and his
eyes looking at the spectator. In the right background, beneath
the curtain, is seen the base of a column, and beyond is shown a
glimpse of a body of water.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1850.

FRANCIS B. STRYKER

181 1- 1 892

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 846-48

ARTIST

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

I 786- I 864

A FIGURE dressed in a simple suit of black is standing in an ex-
tensive landscape beneath a dark sky. He is seen only to the
waist, in nearly front view, with his face turned to the left, and
the eyes looking straight ahead. Part of his right hand is seen
holding a cane reversed under the arm.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1850.

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JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ

1790-1873

PRESIDENT VENEZUELA, 183I-35; 1839-43

VENEZUELA GENERAL AND PATRIOT

DIED IN NEW YORK

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

A MIDDLE-AGED man in black coat and white waistcoat sits in
front view, with his face turned to the left and the eyes looking
Straight ahead. He is shown to the waist only, and the oval of
the frame partly covers his right hand, in which is a roll of manu-
script. A bit of red drapery is seen in the left background.

Height, 36 in.; width, 28 in. Painted for the City in 185 1.

SAMUEL SMITH

1 788- 1 872

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 185O

ARTIST

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.

1786-1864

A HALF-LENGTH figure, dressed in a suit of black with white stock,
is seated in a red-upholstered armchair drawn close up to a table
with a red cover. He is in three-quarters view to the left, with his
face turned toward the spectator and his eyes looking straight out
of the picture. His hands lie clasped before him on a sheet of
manuscript on the table.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1851.

UNKNOWN

ARTIST

DANIEL HUNTINGTON, N.A.

1816-1 906

Seated in an easy-chair upholstered in red, is a half-length
figure in front view, with his face turned to the right and his eyes
looking straight ahead. His left hand holds a pamphlet with the
index finger between the pages, while the arm rests on the arm of
the chair. A brown curtain hangs in the left background.

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in. Given to the City in 185 1.

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY

BY
JOHN WESLEY JARVIS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE II

OF ART— PAINTINGS

1831-35; 'B39-43

A v.y:
fro
str,

the irarae pa
script. Aoi'

Height, 36 in.; width,

WhSLEY JARVlb

'.ci< coat and white waistcoat sits i

lied to the left and the eyes lookir

^ to the wr-ift only, and the oval ■

lich is a roll of mam

;i background.

tinted for the City in 185

SAM

OKLYN, 1850

ARTIST

IAA1RS \ I'l )rHiNr.i-fAM. \'.

A HALF-LENGTH t

is seated in a red-

with a red cover. He 1

face turned toward the

of the picture. His haiiu-. nc

manuscript on the table.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in.

a su;i 'ji black with white stoc'
chair drawn close up to a tab,
w to the left, with his
looking straight out
e him on a sheet of

iinted for the City in 185 1

UNKNOWN

^GTON, N.A.

1 S 1 6- 1 906

hnir imhnlstered in red, is a half-lengtb
turned to the right and his eye
.and holds a pamphlet with th
ai;e5», while the arm rests on the arm >
Ifll^AHh^lilV Ibkdkground.

Height, 44 in.; width, 3^,^,,^^ ^aTaaw wof" ^° ^^^ ^'^^ '" '^^'

Seatf
figure in
looking SI
index finger betv
the chair. A brown i

n 30A1 :i3^ WoiTii^oeaa noi

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HAMILTON FISH
1 808- 1 893

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1849-50

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

1 823- 1 890

Erect, in front of an elaborately carved desk with couchant lion
feet, stands a man, having, apparently, just entered the room. He
is in three-quarters view to the left, with the face turned slightly
toward the front and the eyes looking directly at the spectator.
His left hand rests against his hip, and his right rests impressively
on a large document, across the top of which, in large letters, may
be seen: "Homestead Exemp." On the floor in the left fore-
ground are several large books; others lie on the desk with a row of
worn, leather-covered volumes across its top, above which stands
a marble bust of Washington. In the right background a large
circular replica of a seal hangs by a red cord, and beneath this
stands a red-upholstered armchair, on which lie a black coat, a
silk hat, and a document.

signed: T. HICKS NEW YORK 1852

Height, 108 in.; width, 78 in. Painted for the City in 1852.

DAVID THOMAS VALENTINE
1 80 1- 1869

CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL, 1 837-69

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

The half-length figure of a portly gentleman, dressed in black,
with smooth face and flowing gray hair, sits turned toward the
right, but looking to the front. He holds a document in his right
hand, and two large books appear in the background, at the right.

signed: C. W. JARVIS

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1852.

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JAMES ST. CLAIR MORTON
1829-1864

A UNITED STATES GENERAL

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

Dressed in a Colonial uniform, with gold epaulettes and a richly
embroidered collar and a front similarly embroidered and bearing
the decoration of the Cincinnati, is the half-length seated figure of
an officer with high forehead, flowing white hair, and short side-
whiskers. His hands, wearing gauntlets, lie crossed before him,
the left hand clasping the blade of a sword with its hilt resting in
the hollow of the arm under a chapeau held in the right hand. Be-
hind the figure, draped in deep folds, is the national flag, and in the
background, at the left, is seen a stone fort or battery at the water's
edge, suggesting Castle William.

signed: chas. jarvis

Height, 36 in.; width, 28 in. Painted for the City in 1852.

AMBROSE C. KINGSLAND

1878

mayor of new YORK, 185I-52

ARTIST

CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1868

Seated in an armchair upholstered in red, is the half-length
figure of a man in three-quarters view to the left and the eyes
looking directly at the spectator. His right hand rests on a map
which is spread out before him, near books and documents, while
his left grasps the corner of the map hanging over the edge of the
table.

Height, 45 in.; width, 34 in. Painted for the City in 1853.

JACOB RADCLIFF

JOHN TRUMBUl 1.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE i:

painted for the Qty in

>LAND

i, is the

T^f JDQAfl fl' / ^ver the

fa
u ja»/ jxT y.Ho\^'-'-^ fof the City in 185;

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MILLARD FILLMORE
1800-1874

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1850-53

ARTIST

FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A.N. A.

I 830- 1 900

On a conspicuous carpet of large pattern and many bright colors,
stands a figure wearing an ample black cloak with a broad velvet
collar. He is in front view, with his face turned to the right and
his eyes looking straight ahead. His left arm is concealed, but the
hand is shown gathering the cloak together at his waist, and his
right hand, holding a roll of manuscript, hangs at his side. A
carved armchair, upholstered in red, is shown in the right back-
ground against a panelled wainscoting, above which is a large wall
panel, and, in the left background, is seen the corner of a heavy,
gold picture-frame.

signed: F. B. CARPENTER 1853

Height, 96 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1853.

CONKLIN BRUSH

1 794- 1 870

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 185I-52

ARTIST

FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A.N. A.

1830-1900

Seated in an easy-chair upholstered in red, and dressed in a
simple suit of black, is a half-length figure in three-quarters view to
the left, with the face turned toward the front and the eyes looking
directly at the spectator. His left arm rests on the arm of the
chair, and his right hand, holding a pen, lies on a sheet of paper
on a table near three large books.

Height, 36 in.; width, 28 in. Painted for the City in 1854.

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WARD BENJAMIN BURNETT

1811-1884

AN AMERICAN GENERAL

ARTIST

J. H. SHEGOGUE, N.A.

1805-1872

Dressed in a blue uniform with two rows of brass buttons,
stands a figure with left foot advanced, in front view, with the
face turned to the right, and the eyes looking straight ahead. His
right hand, holding a cap, hangs at his side, and his left rests on a
map of Mexico spread out on a pedestal above which, near a column,
are furled the Stars and Stripes. On the floor, in the left back-
ground, is a basket filled with medals, behind which kneel two
soldiers, one of whom is holding a flag. Beyond is shown a land-
scape with a circular fort in the distance.

signed: SHEGOGUE 1854

Height, 96 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1854.

DE WITT CLINTON

1769-1828

PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY, 1805-28

ARTIST

WM. H. POWELL, A. N.A.

1824-1879

Standing erect, in an easy posture, is the half-length figure of
a man in the prime of life, with his left arm resting lightly near
buff gloves on a blue-topped table, and his right hand thrust into
the bosom of his black coat. Behind his left shoulder is shown a
mass of red drapery against a fluted pilaster, and a similar pilaster
is seen in the left background.

signed: w h POWELL 1854

Height, 47 in.; width, 37 in. Given to the City in 1854.

JAMES MONROE

JOHN VANDERLYN

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE I3

BENJAMIN

Dressed
stands a fig
face tu'
right h.
map of
are fun

ows of brass buttor

front view, with r

Hght ahead. \

his left rests or

sial above which, near a colun;

On the floor, in the left bat

'-'s, behind which kneel t\

Beyond is shown a Ian

Height, 96 ir

.OGUE 1854

Painted for' the City in 18-

Stanc .
a man m th
buff gloves (
the bosom o-
mass of red
is seen in the

Height, 47 in.

,759-1828

atlC SCHOOL SOCIETY, 1805-28

\RTIST

HLL, A.N. A.
-,-'879

nosture, is the half-length figure

his left arm resting lightly nc

.', and his right hand thrust in

hind his left shoulder is shown

I ed pilaster, and a similar pilast

POWELL 1854

w,dtl^Q^'^0^' 23MAL Given to the City in i8-
Ya

i^YJSiaaKAv^MHOL
fi aOAi 338 noiTqisiDeaa hoi

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HENRY CLAY

1777-1852

UNITED STATES SENATOR, 1806-O7; 1810-II; 1831-42; 1849-52

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

In the attitude of making a speech, a man dressed in black, with
loosely fitting overcoat of the same color, is standing at the edge
of a rostrum, in front view, with his face turned a little to the
left, and his eyes, slightly raised, gazing intently into the distance.
The right foot is advanced, and the right arm, slightly crooked, and
with conspicuously extended index finger, is raised a little above
the shoulder in an emphatic gesture, while the left hand, loosely
holding a brown cane, hangs by his side. Beyond a column in the
right background a statue of Minerva is shown beneath an arch,
on a pier of which is a ruddy glow of an evening landscape con-
tinued into the left background beyond a pair of delicately fluted
columns.

signed: C W JARVIS

Height, 100 in.; width, 72 in. Painted for the City in 1854.

EDWARD A. LAMBERT

1813-1878

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 853-54

ARTIST

FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A.N. A.

1830-1900

A GENTLEMAN, with his face framed by a short-cropped beard,
is seated with crossed legs in an easy-chair upholstered in red. He
is seen to the knees, dressed in a simple suit of black, in three-
quarters view to the right, with his face turned to the left and his
large eyes looking straight out of the picture. His right hand,
holding a folded manuscript, rests on his lap. A table with a green
cover, strewn with documents and books, stands in the left fore-
ground, and a narrow strip of olive-green drapery hangs in the
right background.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1854.

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GEORGE T. TRIMBLE
1793-1872

PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY, 1 847-53

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

1823-1890

A FULL-LENGTH figure Stands erect near an open door with his
left hand hanging by his side and his right holding an open book
before him. He is in three-quarters view to the left, with his face
turned toward the front, and his kindly eyes looking at the specta-
tor. Behind him is a plain table covered with books, and in front
of him a chair, on which lie a brown overcoat and a silk hat. In
the left background, groups of children are seen playing about a
brick building inscribed across its front: "new york public
SCHOOL no. i."

signed: T. HICKS. NEW YORK. 1854

Height, 108 in.; width, 78 in. Given to the City in 1854.

TOWNSEND HARRIS

1803-1878

minister to JAPAN, 1859-61

ARTIST

J. bogle, N.A.

1817-1873

Dressed in black, with a figured brown waistcoat, is a three-
quarters-length figure in full face, with his right arm resting near
books on the red cover of a table, and his left on the arm of the red-
upholstered chair in which he is sitting.

signed: j. bogle 1855

Height, 46 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the City in 1855.

ANDREW JACKSON

BY
JOHN VANDERLYN

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE I4

ORKS OF ART— PAINTINGS

IMBLE

IC SCHOOL SOCIETY, 1 847-53
ARTIST

v I n !"■ K s K A _

A Fs. reel near an open door with

left hs' ' his right holding an open b<

be' >"W to the left, with his t

tu eyes looking at the spec

tor. I 'cd with books, and in f r

of him vercoat and a silk hat.

thr '"'" niuien are seen playing abou

hi its. front: "new York pub

NEW YORK. 1854

Height, loy in., width, 7S la. Given to the City in i'

ARRIS
1 803-1878

M ..'STER TO JAPAN. lS^o-6l

ARTIST

1- BOGLE, N./..

1817-1873

Drf 1 figured brown waistcoat, is a three- ,

qi'p-^f I face, with his right arm resting near

bo able, and his left on the arm of the red-

up: e is sitting.

o: J. BOGLE 1855

Height, ^ uiven to the City in 1055.

MYJJiaaHAV HHO[
^[ HDA1 aae noiTirsiDeaa aoi

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WASHINGTON HUNT
i8i 1-1867

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1851-52

ARTIST
CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1868

In a rotunda, as if ready to go out, a figure is standing at the
head of a circular stairway with a heavy balustrade leading down
into the left background. He is in three-quarters view to the
left, with his face turned toward the front and the eyes looking
straight ahead. His right hand is thrust into the bosom of his
coat, and in his left he holds a cane and silk hat, while over the
arm is thrown a brown overcoat. The balustrade directly behind
the figure, at the head of the stairway, is repeated across the
background, and behind this, on the left, is a mahogany door. In
the middle is a fluted Corinthian pilaster, and on the right the
paneled end of a cupboard is seen through a doorway, above which
is a marble bust.

signed: C. L. ELLIOTT 1855

Height, 102 in.; width, 65! in. Painted for the City in 1855.

JACOB AARON WESTERVELT
1800-1879

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1853-54

ARTIST

EDWARD MOONEY, N.A.

1813-1887

Seated in a red-upholstered armchair and leaning lightly with
his right arm on a table strewn with books and documents, and
covered with green drapery, is the three-quarters-length figure of
a man, wearing an overcoat with broad velvet collar. He is in
nearly front view, with the eyes turned to the right, looking directly
at the spectator.

Height, 42 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1855.

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BARON FREDERICK WILHELM VON STEUBEN
'730-1794

A PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN GENERAL

ARTIST

GERLANDO MARSIGLIA, N.A.

1 792- I 850

COPIED FROM A PORTRAIT BY

ROBERT EDGE PINE

The three-quarters-length standing figure of an ofificer is in
front view, with face turned to the right and the eyes looking
straight ahead. He is dressed in Colonial uniform of buff and blue,
with two decorations on his coat and another suspended from a
red ribbon about his neck. His left hand, holding gloves, hangs
at his side, and his extended right rests on the pommel of a sword.

Height, 48 in.; width, 36 in. Purchased by the City in 1855.

GEORGE HALL

1795-1857

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1834; 1855-56

ARTIST

FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A. N.A

1830-1900

Dressed in a suit of black, a portly gentleman with gray hair
and short, gray side-whiskers is seated erect in an easy-chair up-
holstered in red. He is seen to the knees, in three-quarters view
to the left, with his eyes, turned slightly to the right, looking out
of the picture. His left arm rests on the arm of the chair and his
right hand is thrust into the bosom of his coat. In the left back-
ground is a red-topped desk laden with books and papers.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1856.

STEPHEN ALLEN

SAMUEL L. WALDO, A.N. A., WILLIAM JEWETT, A.N. A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE I4

CATALOGUE OF- WORKS OF ART -PA INTJNGS

BARON FREDERICK WI^

1730- ,

A PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN GENti'-.

ARTIST
GERLANDO MARSIGLIA, N.A.

r85o
PORTRAIT BY

STEUBEN

The tint!
front view,
straight ahea
with two de.
red ribbon a
at his side, an

Height, ..''■■' ••

i't]]^ ngure of an officer is in
'.he right and the eyes looking
olonial uniform of buflf and blue,
and another suspended from a
eft hand, holding gloves, hangs
rests on the pommel of a sword.

"-rchased by the City in 1855.

CARPENTER, A. N.A

'900

Dres-^ed i; a with gray h;

and shor^ •■' ._i^^..i m an easy-chair u

holstere lees, in three-quarters vie

to the 1-j , „-'-ly to the right, looking o:

of the pictur on the arm of the chair and h

right hand i^ iu of his coat. In the left bad
ground is a red-toppeu ac->K Uidcfi with books and papers.

Height, 36 in.; width '^'W^ '^^"''^Ii^ted for the City in 18;

.A.H.A .TTaWa^ MAIJJIW ,.A.H.A .OQJAW .J JHUMAZ

^1 30A1 33a noiniflDaaa 5103

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FERNANDO WOOD
1812-1881

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1855-58; 1860-61
ARTIST

CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.
1812-1868

Dressed in a tightly fitting black coat is a three-quarters-length
standing figure in nearly front view, with the eyes looking pleas-
antly out of the picture. His left hand rests against his hip and
his right on a table, on which are a roll of manuscript and a leather-
bound book against a light-brown drapery which extends across
the background.

signed: HON. FERNANDO WOOD BY C. L. ELLIOTT 1857

Height, 45 in.; width, 35 in. Painted for the City in 1857.

CALEB SMITH WOODHULL

1 792- 1 866

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1849-5I

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

Sitting erect in a chair upholstered in red, is the half-length
figure of a man in three-quarters view to the left, with the face
nearly in front view and the eyes looking directly at the spectator.
His left arm rests easily on the arm of the chair and at his side
stand two large books.

signed: chas. jarvis pinxt 1857

Height, 36 in.; width, 29 in. Painted for the City in 1857.

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DANIEL PHCENIX INGRAHAM

1 804- 1 88 1

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1 858-74

ARTIST

CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1868

The three-quarters-length figure of a man is seated in a red-
upholstered armchair, with his body turned to the right, but his
face turned toward the front and the eyes turned still more, look-
ing directly at the spectator. His right arm rests on the arm of
the chair, with a document in the hand, and his left hand, holding
spectacles, rests on a green-topped table, on which lie books. A
light-brown curtain hangs in the left background.

signed: ELLIOTT 1858

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the Court in 1858.

WINFIELD SCOTT
1768-1866

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, I 84 1-6 I

ARTIST

MINER K. KELLOGG

1839-

Dressed in a blue uniform, with brass buttons, a yellow sash
about his waist, knotted at the left hip, is the full-length figure of
a man in nearly front view, with the face turned to the left and the
eyes looking straight ahead. His right foot, advanced, bears his
whole weight, and his extended right hand holds his chapeau,
ornamented with a large yellow pompon, while his left hand, hang-
ing at his side, grasps the scabbard of a sword. The background
is a stone wall and pilasters in a rich brown tone.

signed: M. K. KELLOGG, 1858

Height, 106 in.; width, 70 in. Painted for the City in 1858.

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

BY
SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

FOR nFSCRIPTlON SFF PAHF 1^

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTINGS

DANIEL PHCENIX INGRAHAM

: -i04- 1 88 1

JUST : REME COl''<^ i,9=:fi-74

ARTIST
CHARLES LORING ELLIOT f, ■

1812- 1 868

The three-quarters-length figure of a man is seated in a rer

upholstered armchair, with his h ' - "' to the right, but h

face turned toward the front and irned still more, lool

ing directly at the sped" " ' .,.11 rests on the arm '

the chair, with a docunv and his left hand, holdir

spectacles, rests on a gr ■ t.n which lie books.

light-brown curtain har. ' i

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in.

to the Court in 18=;'

COMMANDER

UNITED STATES ARMY, 1 84 1-6 1

ARTIST
MiNbR K. KELIOGG

Dres' o outtons, a yellow .-.a

about h is the full-length figure

a man ir: - . -e turned to the left and tl

eyes 1o<j His right foot, advanced, bears h:

whole V, Jed right hand holds his chapeat-

ornamei; w pompon, while his left hand, hanj.

ing at hl^ ibbard of a sword. The backgrouri.
is a stone v... ..^.^^yXIXj^ §tf WS^%%-

^IGNhP M.. KygKELLOGG, iS^iS

Height, io6 \n.-A'Mdii'^ftp:m-^z33Ha Y^sjmeiSUM/^e City in 185:^

?l 30A1 HH? .1jpT<?lHD?3n SI01

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SAMUEL S. POWELL
i8i 5-1879

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1857-60

JAMES FROTHINGHAM, N.A.
I 786- I 864

A HALF-LENGTH figure is in three-quarters view to the right with
the face turned to the front and the eyes looking straight out of
the picture. He is dressed in a simple suit of black, and in his
right hand is a document. In the right background are shown
two books.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in. Painted for the City in 1858.

JOHN ALSOP KING

1 788- 1 867

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1857-58

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

I 823- I 890

A FULL-LENGTH figurc dressed in a black frock coat stands in
front view, before a high, round-topped window. Framed by
gray hair, curling over the top of his head, his face, beaming with
a cordial smile, is turned slightly to the right, with the spectacled
eyes looking straight ahead. His right hand, holding a letter,
hangs at his side, and his left rests on the corner of an elaborately
carved desk, on the green top of which are piled in confusion books
of many colors. Behind the desk and to the right of the window,
hangs in straight folds a yellow brocaded curtain with its upper
part in shadow. A similar curtain hangs at the left of the window,
the lower part looped back beside an armchair upholstered in red,
on which lie a black cloak and silk hat.

signed: THOMAS HICKS i860

Height, 100 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in i860.

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MARTIN KALBEFLEISCH

1 804- 1 873

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1861-63; 1 868-7 1

ARTIST

JUNIUS BRUTUS STEARNS, N.A.

1810-1885

A HALF-LENGTH figure, dressed in a loosely fitting suit of black,
is seated in a chair upholstered in green, in front view, with his
face turned slightly to the left and his eyes looking straight ahead.
His right hand rests on the arm of the chair and his left arm lies on
a table with a red cover.

signed: J. B. STEARNS 1860

Height, 42 in.; width, 34 in. Painted for the City in i860.

DANIEL FAWCETT TIEMANN
1 80 5- 1 899

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1858-59

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

1823-1890

Leaning easily, with his left elbow on the sloping, green top of
a desk strewn with books and documents, is a three-quarters-
length figure in nearly front view, with his eyes, turned to the
right, looking kindly at the spectator. His left hand clasps a
roll of manuscript, and his right hangs at his side, nearly touching
an armchair, on which lie an overcoat and a black hat. In the
left background hangs a yellow curtain in shadow.

signed: T. HICKS, i860

Height, 47 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in i860.

JOHN STANFORD

SAMUEL FINLKY BREESE MORSE, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE IS

CATALOGUE OF WORK -PAINTINGS

MARTIN KALBFTl EISCH

MAYOR OF 1868-71

JUNIUS BR '.\.

r-LENGTH v fitting suit of blac;

^..,^0 in a '"111 I'nmt view, with li

face turned s! !g straight ahea.

! ii. liL'hl han..i us left arm lies < ■
ith a red .

Height, 42 in.; width, 34 in. i for the City in i86i

WCETT TIEMANN

, 1858-59

Lean! m the sloping, green top

a desk nents, is a three-quarter

length 1 ih his eyes, turned to th

right, K r. His left hand clasps

roll of m at his side, nearly touchir

an armci t and a black hat. In t:
left backgroi; -r;i;ii m shadow.

a5i6T^K1^ "i^ftol

Height, 47 in.; width, 36 in. vaPainted for the City in 186

.AM ,H2JioM a^aaaa yhjmh Jaui^As
(I aoAT HHa noiTiiaaRHo mot

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PA I NTl NGS

ROBERT ANDERSON

1805-1871

COMMANDER AT FT. SUMTER, APRIL I2-I3, 1 86 1

ARTIST

WILLIAM H. POWELL, A.N. A.

I 824- I 879

Standing within the low stone enclosure of a fort, is the figure
of an ofificer in blue uniform, his army belt partly covering a dull-
red sash with long tassels hanging near the hilt of his sword. He
is in front view, with the face turned a little to the right and the
eyes looking straight ahead. His left foot is advanced, and his
left hand rests near his cap on the stone parapet, while his right,
holding a field-glass, hangs at his side, in the left background are
shown a mounted cannon and on the floor near its carriage a pyra-
mid of cannon balls. In the right background is seen a broad
sheet of water, and on its farther shore extensive fortifications
beneath a dull, gray sky.

signed: W. H. POWELL 1861

Height, 102 in.; width, 70 in. Painted for the City in 1861.

HORATIO SEYMOUR
1 8 1 o- 1 886

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1853-54; 1863-64

ARTIST

CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1868

The full-length standing figure of a gentleman of middle
age, dressed in dark brown, stands in three-quarters view to the
right with his face turned toward the front, and his eyes, looking
pleasantly at the spectator. His right hand hangs by his side,
and his left rests on a book, with the index finger between its
pages, near other books and documents, on a table covered with
heavy purple drapery with a wide figured border. In the left
foreground is an armchair upholstered in dark green against a brown
silk curtain hanging in heavy folds. On a white marble pedestal
in the right background stands a marble bust, and above it is a
portion of an oval picture.

signed: C. L. ELLIOTT 1 86 1

Height, 105 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1861.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART— PAINTINGS

HARRY HOWARD

1822-1896

CHIEF OF NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1857-60

ARTIST

JOSEPH HOFFMANN JOHNSON

I 82 I- 1 890

Dressed in a fireman's reddish-brown uniform, with the word
"Chief" on the helmet, a figure in violent action stands on the
block pavement of a city street. He is in front view, with the
face turned to the right, and his keen eyes look straight ahead.
His right foot advanced, with the knee bent, bears the whole
weight of his body, and his right arm^ extended above his shoulder,
points with the index finger, while the left, holding a speaking-
trumpet, hangs at his side. In the left foreground is a hydrant
with a hose attached, which is stretched back and forth along the
pavement behind the figure. In the distance extends a long row
of five-story buildings, from one of which, near the left, roll masses
of black smoke. Fire engines surrounded by people play streams
of water upon the burning building, and in the right background
other engines are shown hurrying to the scene.

signed: J. H. JOHNSON, 1861

Height, 100 in.; width, 72 in. Painted for the City in 1861.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

1743-1826

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 180I-O9

CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

Engrossed in literary composition, a man with gray hair,
parted in the middle, is seated, with crossed legs, in an armchair
upholstered in dark green. He is dressed in a full suit of black
with knee-breeches, silk stockings, conspicuous silver shoe-buckles,
and sits leaning slightly forward, with his body turned a very little
to the left, gazing meditatively straight ahead. His right hand,
holding a quill pen, rests on a manuscript lying near books on a
table covered with dark-red drapery, ornamented with narrow
bands of velvet of a darker hue, and his left hangs over the arm of
the chair, with large sheets of manuscript loosely held between the
fingers.

Height, 94 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1863.

WILLIAM PAULDING

BY
SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 6

CATALOGUE > \RT— PAINT1NG3

CHIEF

Dressed if". form, with the word

J m rr.e right background
- scene.

)M, 1861

Heii;i!., minted for the Qty in 1861.

ED STATES, 1801-09

:Y JARVIS

a man with gray hair.

on a

r. arrow

ba: the arm of

the :>etween the

finger;. O/.iaJJAl I/.A1JJ17/

Height, 94 in.; width. 60 in. ''a Painted for the City in 1863.

.A./ .aaSlOtf. 3233Ha -YHJitn J3UMA2

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTI NGS

EDWIN DENNISON MORGAN
1811-1883

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1859-62

ARTIST

DANIEL HUNTINGTON, N.A.

18 16-1906

The full-length figure of a gentleman in the prime of life, with
thick side-whiskers, is standing erect with his body turned slightly
to the left, but with his face to the front and his keen eyes looking
straight out of the picture. His brown overcoat, with broad velvet
collar, is unbuttoned, exposing his black suit. His left hand hangs
at his side, and with his right he is in the act of lifting a document
from a pile lying near a sword, books and a bust of Washington
on a table covered with a rich Oriental rug. In the right back-
ground is a mahogany armchair upholstered in dark brown, behind
which hangs a mass of green drapery. A landscape is shown be-
yond a column in the left background.

signed: d. h. 1864

Height, I02 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1864.

WILLIAM E. CURTIS
1823-1880

president OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1859-63

H. A. LOOP, N.A.
183I-1895

A BEARDED gentleman, seated with crossed legs in an easy-chair
upholstered in red, is seen as far as the knees in three-quarters
view to the right, with his eyes turned to the front looking at the
spectator. His right arm rests on the arm of the chair, and his
left near books and a terrestrial globe on a table.

signed: h. a. loop '64

Height, 48 in.; width, 38 in. Given to the City in 1864.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— P A I NTINGS

THOMAS JEREMIAH

-1872

PRESIDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1 843

ARTIST
WILLIAM VER BRYCK

In an oval frame is the head and shoulders of a gray-haired man
with side-whiskers, dressed in a simple suit of black, with his body
turned a little to the left, but with his face and eyes to the front.

signed: W. VER BRYCK 1 864

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the City in 1864.

HENRY CLAY

1777-1852

UNITED STATES SENATOR

ARTIST
P. STAUNTON

Dressed in a suit of black, the figure of an elderly gentleman,
with thin gray hair, is standing on a rostrum, in an attitude of
making a speech. His body is turned to the right and leans a
little in the same direction, but his face is turned to the left, and
the eyes, slightly raised, look straight ahead. His left hand is
lifting a document from among others lying on a desk covered with
an ample green drapery, and his right hand is held before the
breast in an expressive gesture. On the floor at the right are
books and a roll of documents, and behind the desk is shown a
red screen, above which is seen the top of a door. An armchair
upholstered in green stands in the left background near a column.

signed: p. STAUNTON N. O. 1847

Height, 108 in.; width, 72 in. Purchased by the City in 1865.

DE WITT CLINTON

BY
GEORGE CATLIN

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE l6

CATALOGUE OF WORKS O.

THOMAS JERL

-1872
pRESini: ,: so^rd of t.

-'43

Height, 30 in.; wi

,,;u^i,- v.: a giay-haircd man
suit of black, with his body
. ._ lace and eye<; tn ihe front.

R BRYCK 1864

Given to the City in 1864.

HNATOR

Dressed in a suit of black.
with thin gray hair, i? " '
making a speech. Hi
iittle in the same direc
the eyes, slightly rais^
lifting a document fn.!
an ami
breast >

books and a ioii
red screen, above
upholstered in gr ,

the figure of an elderly gentleman,

.1 rostrum, in an attitude of

:d to the right and leans a

see is turned to the left, and

ht ahead. His left hand is

i lying on a desk covered with

s right hand is held before the

On the floor at the right are

ind behind the desk is shown a

he top of a door. An armchair

: left background near a colun

.TON N. o. 1847

Height, 108 in.; widm 72

' ' "' ' ^Purchased by the City in 18

WUTAD 30JI030

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTINGS

GEORGE WASHINGTON
'732-1799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

President Washington stands in front view, with his face
turned slightly to the left and his eyes looking straight ahead. He
is dressed in a Colonial costume of black with white stock and
jabot. His left hand, hanging at his side, clasps his sword, and
his right is extended a little below the shoulder, in gesture.
In the left background stands a marble-topped table with giJt legs
in the form of modified fasces. .Across its comer lies an ample
piece of red draper\", on which rests a looselv rolled document,
and near it are a chapeau, an inkstand, and two books. In the
right background is a gilt chair upholstered in red, and bevond it
are two massive columns with cord and tassels across their front,
and behind them voluminous red draper}-, which extends across
the scene to a similar column with cord and tassels. Through a
small opening beneath the curtain, in the left background, the skv
is seen.

Height, 96 in.; width, 60 in. Purchased by the Gty in 1865.

GEORGE OPD^ KE
1807-18S0

-MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1S62-63

ARTIST

CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

1812-1S6S

Seated in an elaborately carded armchair is a three-quarters-
length figure, seen as far as the knees, with his body tumeid to the
left, his head slightly inclined in the same direction, and his face
nearly in front view, with his eyes looking at the spectator. His
left hand lies in his lap, and his right rests near a pile of books on
a table covered with red draf)er\\

signed: ELLIOTT 1S66

Height, 42 in.; width, 34 in. Painted for the Gty in 1866.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

ALFRED M. WOOD

1828-

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 864-65

ARTIST
ALANSON FISHER, A.N. A.
1807- I 884

Sitting with crossed legs in an easy-chair upholstered in dark
red, is a three-quarters-length figure dressed in a suit of black.
His body is turned to the left, but his face, with side-whiskers, is
to the front, and his calm eyes look straight at the spectator. His
left arm rests easily on the arm of the chair, while his right lies
near rolls of manuscript on a table with a green cover.

Height, 42 in.; width, 32 in. Painted for the City in 1866.

JAMES M. McLEAN

PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1 864-67

ARTIST
DANIEL HUNTINGTON, N.A.

1 8 1 6- 1 906

A MAN with long side-whiskers is seated erect, in full face, with
his right hand placed on his knee, and his left arm resting on a
table covered with a rich Oriental rug. He is seen as far as the
knees, and is dressed in a black coat, gray trousers, and light-
colored waistcoat. Red drapery is massed in heavy folds in the
right background.

signed: D. HUNTINGTON 1 867

Height, 46 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the City in 1867.

; lSF^37s^g^^;>i

PHILIP HONE

JOHN VANDERLYN

FOR DESCRIPTION SRE PAGR I7

CATALOG

.|-Kt,U .Vi
1828-

SlTTING with C

red, is a thr
His body is
to the front,
left arm res!
near rolls of mani.

Height, 42 in.; wi^

FISHER.,

1807-1884

-hair upholstered in dark
d in a suit of black,
with side-whiskers, is
at the spectator. His
r, while his right lies
>.en cover.

-J for the City in 186

A ma:
his right
table covere...
knees, and '
colored v\
right ba

Height, 46 in.: wi.i;

1 864-67

ARTIST

'^'MNGTON, N.A.
1906

ted erect, in full face, with

id his left arm resting on a

rug. He is seen as far as the

coat, gray trousers, and light-

-T) IS massed in heavy folds in the

' - ~3l^OH '^TJfiW '867
: ;(> \v. Ya Given to the City in 1867.

nYJjiaaHAV nHO^
^1 30A1 3 3? ^oiTTiaDsan Jim

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

GEORGE G. REYNOLDS
1821-1892

JUDGE OF THE CITY COURT, 1 86 1-66; 1 873-86

ARTIST

MATTHEW WILSON

18 14-1892

Dressed in black is the three-quarters-length seated figure of a
gentleman with wavy iron-gray hair and short side-whiskers. His
body is turned to the left, but his face and eves are to the front.
His left arm rests on the back of the chair and'his right hand on an
open book lying on a table.

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in. Given to the Court in 1867.

GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN

^ 1 826- 1 885

major-general commanding the ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1861-62

ARTIST

WILLIAM H. POWELL, A.N. A.

I 824- I 879

A GENERAL in full Uniform, mounted on a spirited bay charger,
is riding in an extensive flat landscape. The horse is turned a
little to the right, but the General's body is in front view, with the
face turned to the left and the eyes gazing into the distance. His
hands are encased in white gauntlets, the left holding the reins,
and the right, clasping a field-glass, rests on his thigh. He is
followed by five mounted generals in the left background, and on
the right, in the distance, woods are shown in summer foliage.
The generals are covered with a reddish-brown dust thrown up by
the prancing feet of the chargers, and over them hangs a leaden
sky.

signed: POWELL

Height, 106 in.; width, 82 in. Painted for the City in 1868.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PA I NTl NGS

SAMUEL BOOTH
i8 1 8-1902

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 866-67

ARTIST
JUNIUS BRUTUS STEARNS, N.A.

A GENTLEMAN with short side-whiskers and dressed in a loosely
fitting suit of black, is seated with crossed legs in a chair uphol-
stered in green. He is seen as far as the knees, with his body
turned slightly to the left and his face and eyes in the same direc-
tion. His left hand, with a finger between the pages of a red-
covered book, rests on the arm of the chair, and his right arm on
a red-topped table.

signed: STEARNS 68

Height, 42 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1868.

MYRON HOLLEY CLARK

1 806- 1 892

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1855-56

ARTIST

FRANCIS BICKNELL CARPENTER, A. N.A.

1830-1900

The Governor, in somber black, stands in front of the massive
square pedestal of a marble column. He is turned to the left, but
is facing to the front. His right hand holds gloves and a cane, and
his left a silk hat. A large fountain is playing in the left back-
ground, and beyond is a wooded park.

signed: F. B. CARPENTER, 1 868

Height, 100 in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1868.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER YATES

BY
JOHN VANDERLYN

FOR DESCRIPTION SFE PAOR 1 7

CATALOGUE

— PAINTINGS

BOOTH

A GENTLEMAN v

fitting suit of blav.
stered in green. Me
turned slightly to the >
tion. His left hand,
covered book, rests on
a red-topped t.M.-

Height, 42 in.; \\;

nd dressed in a loosely
i legs in a chair uphol-
- the knees, with his body
and eyes in the same direc-
•tween the pages of a red-
chair, and his right arm on

UARNS 68

Painted for the Lity in 1868.

;.nT<0\ HOLLEY CLARK
I t>o(y- 1 892
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1855-56

ARTIST

fRANCtS BICKNELL CARPEN'THR, A.N'. A.
1830-190^

!!!!;■ ... ,, iron I 01 me mas=

square y turned to the left, i

is facing lu a.iu uuius gloves and a cane, ;

his left a sil- nain is playing in the left ba

ground, and I:. , irk.

Height, 100 in.; width, 60 inyg Painted tor the City in i&'

l/tYJ5!3aHAV:jflHO[

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAI NTI N GS

REUBEN E. FENTON
1819-1885

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1 865-69

ARTIST

WILLIAM PAGE, N.A.

181I-1885

Between a library table with green leather top and a chair up-
holstered in green, stands a figure in front view, with the face and
eyes turned slightly to the right, in the attitude of receiving a
visitor. He wears a full beard and is dressed in black. His left
hand, partly closed, is held before him, while the finger-tips of his
right hand rest on a large document with a red seal spread out on
the table and hanging over the edge. Lying on the document are
two large bound books, and beside it are a bundle of papers and a
glass inkstand holding a quill pen. In the right background the
edge of a map is disclosed near a narrow strip of window with a
paneled casement and a window-seat strewn with documents.

Height, 99I in.; width, 66 in. Painted for the City in 1870.

GRENVILLE T. JENKS
1839-1870

MEMBER KINGS COUNTY BAR, 1 863-7O

ARTIST

MATTHEW WILSON

1814-1892

The head and shoulders of a gentleman in the prime of life, with
long whiskers, is in three-quarters view to the right, with his face
and eyes in the same direction.

Height, 29^ in.; width, 24^ in. Given to the Court in 1870.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PA I NTl NGS

JOHN THOMPSON HOFFMAN

1828-1888

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1869-72

ARTIST

JACOB H. LAZARUS, A.N. A.

I 823- 189 I

The three-quarters-length standing portrait, in full front view,
has the face turned a little to the left, and the eyes looking straight
ahead. A brown overcoat is carried across the left arm, while his
right, holding a silk hat, hangs by his side. On the right, from top
to bottom, is a narrow strip of heavy red drapery, and in the left
background beyond a stone wall, a cupola, and tree-tops are seen
against a blue sky mottled with white clouds.

signed: j. h. LAZARUS 1870

Height, 66 in.; width, 48 in. Painted for the City in 1870.

RICHARD L. LARREMORE

1830-1890

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

1823-1890

Seated with crossed legs in an easy-chair upholstered in red, is
a three-quarters-length figure in the attitude of considering a docu-
ment held on his knee by his right hand. With both arms resting
on the arms of the chair, he is turned slightly to the left, and his
thoughtful eyes look straight ahead. Books piled on a chair are
seen in the right background, and in the left are shown documents
lying on a table, above which hangs a red curtain.

signed: t. HICKS 1870

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the City in 1870.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE, N.A.

FOR DKSCRIPTION SEE PAGE |8

CATAL'

WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

THOMPSON HOFFMAN

1828

-OR OF K 1869-72

The thro
has the face
ahead. A 1
right, holdii:
to bottom,
background
against a blue

Height, (:^ in.; v

rait, in full front view,
he eyes looi<ing straight
the left arm, while his
On the right, from top •
drapery, and in the '
and tree-tops are ^,

. Li.i.
870

Painted for the City in iP

Rlv

ilREMORE

ARTfST

- MICKS, N.A.

-1890

Seated with c
a three-quarters-!
ment held on his knc:_
on the arms of the ch
thoughtful eyes look
seen m the right back^
lying on a table, abov..

■■-chair upholstered in red
titude of considering a do
md. With both arms rest
i slightly to the left, and]
Books piled on a chair
he left are shown docume
red curtain.

2Ua MISW0EP 513 H!^OT8l^3

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in.

Given to the City in i{

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

CHARLES GODFREY GUNTHER

1822-1885

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 864-65

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

I 823- 1 890

A THREE-QUARTERS-LENGTH figure. Wearing a fur-trimmed over-
coat, is seated in an armchair upholstered in red, the body turned
to the left, with the face in the same direction, and the eyes look-
ing out of the picture. His left hand rests on the arm of the chair,
and his right lies near a few books on a table covered with bro-
caded red drapery, which is repeated in the lower right background.

signed: t. HICKS 1872

Height, 50 in.; width, 36 in. Painted for the City in 1872.

HAMILTON W. ROBINSON

1814-1 879

judge of court of COMMON PLEAS, 1870-79

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Seated in an armchair upholstered in blue, with legs crossed, is
the three-quarters-length figure of a white-haired gentleman, with
his body turned to the right but his face to the front. In the left
background stands a table with purple cover, on which lie books
and documents.

signed: ths. jensen 1872

Height, 48 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the Court in 1872.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

JOHN A. LOTT

1 805-1 878

MEMBER OF COMMISSION OF APPEALS, 1870-75

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Dressed in a simple suit of black, the three-quarters-length
figure of a portly gentleman with gray hair is seated in an easy-
chair, with his body turned a little to the left, but with his face
and eyes to the front. His left hand rests on a book in his lap,
and his right on his knee beside a table, on which are books and
documents.

signed: ths jensen 1873

Height, 49J in.; width, 39^ in. Given to the Court in 1873.

JAMES TROY

1835-

JUDGE COUNTY COURT, PART I, 1 868-72

ARTIST
THOMAS JENSEN

Dressed in a simple suit of black, the three-quarters-length
figure of a gentleman in the prime of life, with dark hair and side-
whiskers, is turned a little to the right, but his face and eyes are to
the front. His right hand grasps the lapel of his coat, and his left
rests on an open book near other books on a table.

signed: ths jensen 73

Height, 49 in.; width, 39 in. Given to the Court in 1873.

MARTIN VAN BUREN

HENRY INMAN, N.A.
FOR. DESCRIPTION SRE PAGE |8

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF

MEMBc^

Dressft three-quarters-length

ray tiair is seated in an easy-

to the left, but with his face

"■ rests on a book in his lap,

. on which are books and

NSEN 1873

Given to the Court in 1873.

:^0Y

PART i, 1868-72

Dresse; f black, the three-quarters-le

figure of 3 "•" of life, with dark hair and

whiskers, ; ht, but his face and eyes ::•

the front. e lapel of his coat, and hi

rests on an open fx> r books on a table.

M3iiua ]AAH mT^tAm

Height, 49 in.; width , ; ''^ Given to the Court in .

.A.W .WAMHI YilWHH

58
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CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTINGS

JOHN W. BROWN

1 796- 1 87 5

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1850-65

ARTIST

JARED B. FLAGG, N.A.

1820-1899

Dressed in simple blaci<, is tiie standing half-length figure of a
gentleman with gray hair and whiskers. His body is turned to the
left, and his face and eyes are in the same direction. His left arm
hangs at his side and his right hand is thrust into the bosom of his
coat.

signed: flagg 1876
Height, 44 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the Court in 1876.

JOHN W. HUNTER
1 807- 1 900

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1874-75

ARTIST

JOHN BARNARD WHITTAKER

1836

Sitting erect, is a half-length figure dressed in a simple suit of
black, in front view, with the face turned a little to the right, and
the keen eyes looking straight ahead. His left hand rests on the
arm of the chair and his right lies on a sheet of manuscript on a
red-topped table.

signed: J. B. WHITTAKER

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in. Painted for the City in 1876.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTI NGS

JOHN ADAMS DIX
1 798- 1 879

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1B73-75

ARTIST

ANNA MERRITT (NEE LEa)

1844-

A GRAY-HAIRED, fugged-faccd officer in a blue uniform with two
rows of brass buttons, stands in full face with his serious eyes look-
ing directly at the spectator. In his right hand, held in front of
his waist, is a quill pen, and the open palm of his left hand rests
on a legible document lying on a large green blotter on a carved
desk. This document closes with the memorable words: "If any
one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the
spot."

Signed: "John A. Dix

Sec. of the Treasury."
A piece of red drapery lies on an armchair in the left background,
and beyond, through an open window, is seen a great crowd of
people, over whose heads float the Stars and Stripes, and above
them towers the dome of the National Capitol against a blue sky
with white clouds. In the upper right background is shown the
corner of a large painting of a ship on stormy waters.

signed: anna m. lea, 1877

Height, 96 in.; width, 60 in. Painted for the City in 1877.

FREDERICK A. SCHROEDER

1 83 3- 1 899

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 876-77

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

Relieved against a grayish-brown background is a three-quar-
ters-length figure dressed in a suit of black and seated in a mahogany
armchair upholstered in dark red. His body is turned to the right
and his face to the front, with the eyes looking at the spectator.
His right hand, holding an open letter, rests in his lap, and his left
arm lies near books on a table, above which is shown a corner of
a map of Brooklyn.

signed: ths jensen

Height, 48 in.; width, 40 in. Painted for the City in 1878

i
I

WALTER BOWNE

BY
ROBERT WALTER WEIR, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE l8

CATALOGUfi

»^V '^vnRKS Ol

1798-1879

)F NEW YO^

A GRAY-HAIRE

rows of brass bu i
ing directly at ?
his waist, is a q^
on a legible doc
desk. This doc
one attempts to
spot."

them tower
with white ^.,..
corner of a large

Height, £16 in.; v

r in a blue uniform with two

ith his serious eyes look-

' hand, held in front of

' "f his left hand rests

letter on a carved

Die words: "If any

ncan flag, shoot him on the

■■•X

e Treasury."
in the left background,
seen a great crowd of
and Stripes, and above
.Mo\ agamst a blue sky
ickground is shown 'f^'
ny waters.

u \, 1877

Painted for the City in 1877.

A. SCHROEDER
-1899

.OK Or t'KUOKLYN, 1876-77

ARTIST

IHOMAS JENSEN
183 I-

Reueved asfainst .•>. sfraviih-hrown background is a three-qi

ters-length f
armchair u;
and his face 10
His right hand, 1 -
arm lies near boo^:
a map of Brooklyn.

of black and seated in a mahog

His body is turned to the ri

ves looking at the specta'

, rests in his lap, and his i

- . :. 0 which is shown a cornei

HHWOa ^HTJAW

Height, 48 in.; wid^':'4r9'iW'^ hhtjaw ^§^99 for the City in iS

81 30A1 3 3a v.qminD?.3a s^o^

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT— PAINTINGS

JASPER W. GILBERT

1812-1898

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1866-82

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN
1831-

The figure of a man seated in an armchair with his body turned
a Httle to the right and his face and eyes in the same direction. He
is seen below the knees, with his hands resting on the arms of the
chair. In the right background is a table with books and docu-
ments.

signed: ths jensen 1883

Height, 49 in.; width, 39 in. Given to the Court in 1883.

JAMES HOWELL

1829-

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1878-81

ARTIST
THOMAS JENSEN
183I-

Sitting in an easy, dignified posture in front view, with his face
turned to the right and his eyes looking straight ahead, is a three-
quarters-length figure dressed in a simple suit of black. He holds
an open letter in his left hand, and his right arm rests near books
and documents on a walnut desk with a green top.

signed: ths jensen 1883

Height, 50 in.; width, 42 in. Painted for the City in 1883.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

JOSEPH NEILSON

1815-1888

JUDGE OF CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN, 187I-82

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Dressed in black, the three-quarters-length figure of a portly
gentleman is seated with his body turned a little toward the right,
but with his face toward the front and his eyes looking straight at
the spectator. His left arm rests on the arm of a chair, and his
right arm lies on a table. In the right background are shelves
filled with books.

signed: ths jensen 1883

Height, 48 in.; width, 38 in. Given to the Court in 1883.

SETH LOW

1850-

MAYOR of BROOKLYN, 1881-85

ARTIST

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N.A.

1849-

A GENTLEMAN in the prime of life, dressed in a closely fitting
black frock-coat and gray trousers, stands beside a table in full
face. He is seen as far as the knees, with his left hand hanging at
his side, and his right rests near books and papers on a mahogany
table.

Height, 57 in.; width, 37 in. Painted for the City in 1885.

GIDEON LEE

HENRY INMAN, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 20

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT --P A I NTINGS

JUDGE n;

Dressed in blac!

gentleman is sv-- •
but with his f
the spectator,
right arm lies
filled with boor

Height, 4& in.; wuh

!0^,EPH M

15-1888
.;r OF BROO'<">*j 1871-82

iRTrST

■i-.'-'MA-: 1 FN SEN

c-quarters-Iength figure of a port!)

urned a little toward the right

nd his eyes looking straight a

. on the arm of a chair, and hi:

1 the right background are shelve:

us JENSEN 1883

Given to the Court in 1883

SETH LOW
1850-

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, iS

1 1-85

ARTIST

^RRITT CHASE, N.A.

A GENTLEMAN IP

black frock-coat a;
face. He is seen as
his side, and his righ;
table.

01 jite, dressed in a closely t

users, stands beside a table 1

; c knees, with his left hand hang)

•3ajt'4^d>'a<5toQnd papers on a mah'

Height, 57 in.; width, pf.m .wamhi Yjiikinted for the City in

OS 30A1 a3R i^oiT'iiHDsnn am

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

NOAH DAVIS

i8 1 8-1902

PRESIDING JUSTICE, APPELLATE COURT, 1 874-86

ARTIST

DANIEL HUNTINGTON, N.A.
18 16-1906

The half-length figure of a gentleman is seated in an armchair,
upholstered in red, in front view, but with his face turned to the
left and his eyes looking straight ahead. His arms rest on the arms
of the chair, with the right hand holding a book.

signed: D. HUNTINGTON 1 886

Height, 43 in.; width, 34 in. Given to the Court in 1886.

JOHN DIKEMAN
1795-1879

judge COUNTY COURT, PART I, 1860-68

THOMAS JENSEN
183I-

The three-quarters-length figure of a gentleman with gray hair
and whiskers is seated with crossed legs in an armchair. His
body is turned a little to the right, but his face is to the front, with
the eyes looking straight out of the picture. His arms rest on the
arms of the chair, with the hands holding a document on his lap.
In the left background is a table, on which lie an open book and
documents.

signed: ths jensen 1887

Height, 49 in.; width, 39 in. Given to the Court in 1887.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTI NGS

DANIEL D. WHITNEY

1819-

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 886-87

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

Dressed in a black business suit, a gentleman is seated erect in
a chair upholstered in red plush. The figure is seen as far as the
knees, in three-quarters view to the left, with his face turned
toward the spectator and his eyes looking straight out of the
picture. His left hand rests on his knee, and his right holds a rolled-
up document, with the arm lying near books and documents on a
mahogany table with a purple leather top. An olive-green cur-
tain hangs in the right background.

signed: ths jensen 1888

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Painted for the City in 1888.

JACOB I. BERGEN

1 832- 1 885

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1 884-87

ARTIST
THOMAS JENSEN
183I-

This is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with long side-'
whiskers. He is in front view, with his face turned slightly to the '
right and his eyes looking straight out of the picture.

signed: THS JENSEN 1 889

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1889.

GF.ORGF. HALL

JAMI'lS' I-ROTHINC.HAM, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 20

Dresse: cieman is seated erect in

\n oiive-green

SEN 1888
Heigh Painted for the City in 1S88.

couvnr,

Heigh i€^<^ to the G>urt in

OC 30A1 33a ^aittlKXVl SKf=l

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

ABRAHAM LOTT

1831-1889

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1887

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Dressed in black, is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with
gray chin-whiskers. His body is turned a little to the left and his
face and spectacled eyes in the same direction.

signed: ths jensen 1889

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in i88q.

ERASTUS COOKE

1818-1885

justice of supreme court, 2D dept., 1880

artist

H. COOKE

This is the head and shoulders of a gray-haired gentleman in
full face. He is dressed in a simple suit of black.

signed: H. COOKE 90

Height, 29I in.; width, 24^ in. Given to the Court in 1890.

WALTER L. LIVINGSTON

1830-

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1880-83

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN
183I-

Dressed in black, is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with
long whiskers in three-quarters view to the left, with his face and
eyes in the same direction.

signed: THS JENSEN I 89O

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1890.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

J. EDWARD SIMMONS

1841-

PRESIDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1 886-9 1

ARTIST

T. W. WOOD, A.N. A.

1823- 1903

The head and shoulders of a man is in front view, with his face
turned to the right and his eyes looking straight ahead. He wears
a modern costume of black coat and waistcoat, low collar, and
spotted tie.

signed: t. w. wood 1890

Height, 31 in.; width, 26 in. Given to the City in 1890.

WILLIAM D. VEEDER

1835-

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1 866-77

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Dressed in black, is the head and shoulders of a gentleman, with
his body turned a little to the right, his face and eyes in the same
direction.

signed: ths jensen 1890

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1890.

JUDAH B. VOORHEES

CHIEF CLERK, SURROGATE COURT, 1855-9O

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

Dressed in a loosely fitting black coat, is the head and shoulders
of a gentleman with iron-gray hair and gray chin-whiskers, in front
view, with his face turned a little to the left and his eyes looking
straight ahead. J

signed: ths jensen 1891 ^

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1891.

WILLIAM LEARNED MARCY

WILLIAM PAGE, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 22

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART— PAINTINGS

m SIMMONS

PRESIDENT MION. 1886-9!

The head and sho
turned to the right ;i
a modern costume
spotted tie.

Height, 31 in.; wiui

i'^ in front view, with his face
ing straight ahead. He wears
r,d waistcoat, low collar, and

OOD 1890

Given to the City in 1890.

SURROGAl

D. VEEDER

S COUNTY, 1866-77

Dressed in black,
his body turned a Is

''■'-orion.

Height, 30 in,; width

-houlders of a gentleman, with
his face and eyes in the same

1890
Given to the Court in 1800.

'ORHEES

>GATE COURT, 1855-90

Dresse Ati, is the head and shou:

of a gentl-: -d gray chin-whiskers, in i

view, with ... .. ' the left and his eyes lot
straight ahead.

Y351AM a.lt^5HA3JE?MM9lUIW

Height, 30 in.; width, .25 in. ^a Given to the Court in i

.AM <30A5 MAIJJIW
££ 30A1 dae KOiTiiHoaaa 510a

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

"VUELVAN CARA!"

ARTIST
ARTURO MICHELENA

1 868- 1 898
Inscription:

VUELVAN CARa!

EPISODIO DE LAS QUESERAS DEL MEDIO.

A LA CIUDAD DE NEW YORK LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA.

DEL "CENTENARIO DE PAEZ."

CARACAS J UN 10 I 3 DE I 89O.

In an extensive, flat landscape, brilliantly colored by the early
morning sun, a strategic military movement is represented. In
the middle of the composition, a commander, in red blouse, white
trousers, and broad-brimmed straw hat ornamented with plumes,
with a sword hanging at his side, has suddenly reined in his
powerful white charger upon its hind legs. He is waving his
lance vigorously at a motley group of mounted men, who are riding
wildly to the left but turning their heads to look at their leader,
who, judging from the title of the picture, "Vuelvan Cara!"
(About Face!), is evidently shouting this word of command.

signed: ARTURO MICHELENA. CARACAS — 189O

Height, 1 14 in.; width, 186 in. Given to the City in 1891.

ROSWELL C. BRAINARD

1 8 19- 1 879

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1858-66

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

The head and shoulders of a gentleman with iron-gray whiskers
is in three-cjuarters view to the left, and his face and eyes in the
same direction.

signed: ths jensen 1893

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1893.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAI NTl NGS

ABRAM H. DAILEY
1831-1907

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1 877-84

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

This is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with long iron-
gray whiskers. His body is turned a little to the left, and his face
and eyes are in the same direction.

signed: ths jensen 1893

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1893.

JESSE C. SMITH

1 808- 1 888
surrogate judge, kings county, 1850-55

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN
183I-

Dressed in black, is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with
gray hair and whiskers in full face.

signed: ths jensen 1893

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1893.

JOSEPH F. BARNARD
1823-1904

JUSTICE SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1864-93

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

This is the head and shoulders of a gentleman past middle life,
with his body turned a little toward the right, but his face to the
front, and his eyes looking directly at the spectator.

signed: ths jensen 1894

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1894.

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD

BY
HENRY INMAN, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEF PAGE 26

CATALOCUF

1. DAILEV

1907

;ngs county. tS-77-84

This is ti
gray whiskei:-.
and eves are in

Height, 30 in.: width.

of a gentleman with long iron-^

Given to the Court in 1893.

iTH

'50-55

oulders of a gentleman with

093
uiven to the Court in 1893.

JUSTI,

RNARD

■D DEPT., 1864-93

This is the he- iders ot a gentleman past middle life,

with his body tur toward the right, but his face to the

front, and his eye.- ...rectly at the spectator.

QHAWaa YMHaWEMAilSfctlV/
Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in '^^ Given to the Court in 18;

.A.M ,WAMKI YMH3H

t-.d

^E iDAi Hag noiTqifloaaa aoi

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTI NGS

CHARLES A. SCHIEREN
1842-

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1 894-95

ARTIST

RICHARD CREIFELDS

.853-

A GENTLEMAN in the prime of life, with dark side-whiskers, and
dressed in a black frock-coat and dull-gray trousers, is seated in a
dignified posture with crossed legs in a mahogany armchair up-
holstered in brown plush. He is seen below the knees, turned
slightly to the left, with his eyes looking through spectacles out of
the picture. His left hand, holding a letter, lies on his lap, and
his right arm rests on the arm of the chair with a pen in the hand.
A few documents lie on a table in the left background, and above
it is looped a gray curtain, which extends across the scene.

signed: R. CREIFELDS

Height, 52 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the City in 1897.

CHARLES H. VAN BRUNT
1836-

JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT, 1883-

ARTIST

ALFRED QUINTON COLLINS, A.N. A.

1 862- 1 903

Dressed in the official black gown, a gray-bearded gentleman is
^seated in full face, with his right hand resting on his lap and his
left arm on a table covered with velvet. The figure is seen below
the knees.

signed: ALFRED Q. COLLINS 1897

Height, 60 in.; width, 38 in. Given to the Court in 1897.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAl NTINGS

ALEXANDER McCUE

1 827- 1 889

JUDGE OF CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN, 1 849-54

ARTIST

HAROLD L. MACDONALD

1861-

This is the head and shoulders of a gentleman with gray hair,
in three-quarters view to the right, with his face and eyes in the
same direction.

signed: HAROLD MACDONALD '97

Height, 31^ in.; width, 26^ in. Given to the Court in 1897.

JOSEPH W. CARROLL
1 859- 1 899

CHIEF CLERK, SURROGATE COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 1 890-99

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

This is the head and shoulders of a gentleman in the prime of
life, in front view, but with his face turned to the right and his
spectacled eyes looking straight out of the picture.

SIGNED: THS JENSEN 1899

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1899.

NATHANIEL H. CLEMENT

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1896

ARTIST
HENRY STANLEY TODD

Dressed in a suit of black, is the head and shoulders of a gen-
tleman with long iron-gray side-whiskers. He is in front view,
with his face turned to the left and his eyes looking straight out of
the picture.

SIGNED: TODD 99 «

Height, 33 in.; width, 26^ in. Given to the Court in 1899.

JAMES HARPER

HENRY INMAN, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 27

CATALOCLit OF WORKS OF - k- i- -PAINTINGS

same direction
Height, 31

N'DER M.

27-1889

'■•T OF BKC ;0-=,,.1

ARTIST

:,. MACDONA. 0
:86l-

ers of a gentleman with gray hair,
ight, with his face a"'^ -^^ '^•= "■> f^-

r> MArnnvjALD '97

iiven to the Court in 1897

.\\ CARROLL

I, KINGS COUNTY, 1890-f!

ntleman in the prin-
ned to the right an_
picture.

Height, 30

iven to the Court in

tlem.
with ■-- -
the picture

.ANL£Y TODD

tK.> i-,oq(j and shoulders of a
s. He is in front

fS lookina- straight -

^3q>lAH ?3MA\
Height, 33 in.; wiJt' '^^

.A.H .HAMWI YJ1W3H
^£ 30A1 aaa noirsrsiDaga >ioa

Given to the Court in

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — PAINTINGS

RODMAN B. DAWSON

1825-1893

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1855-58

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

The head and shoulders of a gentleman with black, curly hair
is in front view with his face turned a little to the right, the eyes
looking straight ahead.

signed: ths jensen 1900

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1900.

ANDREW B. HODGES

1812-1876

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1 846-49

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

The head and shoulders of a portly gentleman is in front view,
with his face turned a little to the left, the eyes looking straight
ahead.

signed: ths jensen 1900

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1900.

GEORGE B. ABBOTT
1850-

SURROGATE JUDGE, KINGS COUNTY, 1889-I9OI

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

183I-

Dressed in black, is the half-length figure of a gentleman with
gray hair and goatee, seated in an armchair in three-quarters
view to the right, with his face and eyes in the same direction.

signed: ths jensen 1902

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1902.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTI NGS

JAMES EMOTT
1 823- 1 884

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1855-63

ARTIST
HENRY STANLEY TODD

Seated erect in an easy-chair, is the figure of a gentleman in the
prime of life, with black hair and side-whiskers. Seen as far as the
knees, he is in three-quarters view to the left with his face and
eyes turned toward the front. His left arm rests on the arm of
the chair, and his right arm lies on a table near books and docu-
ments.

signed: H. STANLEY TODD 1902

Height, 44 in.; width, 35^ in. Given to the Court in 1902.

MICHAEL F. McGOLDRICK

1856-

CHIEF CLERK, SURROGATE COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 1899-I902

ARTIST

THOMAS JENSEN

1831-

Dressed in black, is the head and shoulders of a gentleman in
the prime of life, with his body turned slightly to the right and his
face and eyes in the same direction.

signed: ths jensen 1902.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1902.

WILLIAM C. BOUCK

BY
CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 29

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

JAMES r-.
jusTiCF '■»'- «'"" 75-63

SEAThD ereci
prime of life, w

:'~ gentienian in me

Seen as far as the

1: with his face and

-ests on the arm of

. .;ear books and dncu-

o 1902
ven to the G)urt in 1902.

CHIEF CLER'r

McGOLDRICK

KINGS COUNTY, 1899-I902

Dressed in !
the prime of lite
face and eyes in the idiv.c. ».i.

d and shoulders of a gentlem:
. turned slightly to the right an
:tion.

Height, 30 in.; width ya Given to the Court in

.AM .TTOIJJH Ol^fcaOJ aajHAHD

Q£ 30Aq 33? HOIT<II5I3«3a SI03

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAINTINGS

*WILLIAM L. STRONG
1827-1900

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 895-97

ARTIST
B. KRAMER-SCHEIRO

Seated with crossed legs in a yellowish-brown armchair, is the
three-quarters-length figure of a man in nearly front view, with
the head slightly inclined to the left and the eyes looking straight
at the spectator. His right hand rests in his lap and the left clasps
the arm of the chair.

signed: B. KRAMER-SCHEIRO 1898

Height, 50 in.; width, 38 in. Given to the City in 1902.

*ANDREW HASWELL GREEN

1820-1903

comptroller, 1871-76

ARTIST

henry MOSLER

1841-

A GRAY-BEARDED gentleman, dressed in a simple suit of black, is
seated with crossed legs in an easy-chair upholstered in Oriental
material of many colors. He is turned slightly to the left, but
facing to the front. His left arm, with an open document in the
hand, rests on the arm of the chair, and his right lies on a table
covered with green drapery, and above are shelves partly concealed
by an olive-green curtain looped back, disclosing several books.

Height, 72 in.; width, 48 in. Painted for the City in 1903.

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF A RT — PAI NTINGS

*RICHARD RIKER

1773-1842

RECORDER OF NEW YORK CITY, 1815, 1819, 182I-23, 1 824-38

ARTIST
GEORGE WILLOUGHBY MAYNARD, N.A.
1843-

A HALF-LENGTH figure, with the right side toward the spectator,
but with the face turned toward the front. The right hand holds
a letter, with the elbow resting on a table, over which hangs red
drapery, in the background is a dark red curtain looped up at the
right side.

signed: G. W. MAYNARD AFTER J. FROTHINGHAM

Height, 38 in.; width, 30 in. Given to the Court in 1904.

ABRAHAM B. TAPPEN

-1896

ARTIST

IRVING R. WILES

1861-

Dressed in a simple suit of black, the head and shoulders of a
gentleman with white hair and beard is turned a little to the left,
with his face and eyes in the same direction.

signed: IRVING R. WILES.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the Court in 1907.

JOSIAH INGERSOLL
1763-1839

WARDEN OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK, 182O-39

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Dressed in a dark-blue dress coat, buflF trousers, white waistcoat
and ample stock, is the three-quarters-length standing figure of a
gentleman in the prime of life. He is in full face and his brown
eyes look directly at the spectator. In his right hand he holds a
telescope, and with his left he is casually pointing to a full-rigged
vessel in the extreme left of the background, which consists of a
calm sea beneath a partly clouded sky.

Height, 38 in.; width, 33 in. Given to the City in 1908.

JOHN YOUNG

BY
HENRY PETERS GRAY, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 32

CATALOGUE OF W<

A INTINGS

RECORDER OF NbW

19, 1021-23, 1^24-38
V MAYNARD, N.A.

A HALF-LENGTH figure.

but with the fac-^ r ,,„„ !
a letter, with t!
drapery. In fh:
right side.

signed: c.

Height, 38 in.; width

ht side toward the spectator,
front. The right hand holds
i table, over which hangs red
: T,\] riirr;ii"n looped up at the

l-.R J. KKOmlNGHAM

Given to the Court in 1904.

.\PPEN

.rii,;

R. WILES

■i6i-

Dressed in a ^•"•'
gentleman with

with his face aii

' ' -k. the head and shoulders of a
i is turned a little to the left,
i'tection.

!NG R. WILES.

Height, 30 in.; width

Given to the Court in 1907.

JUSI

:rsoll

WARDEN OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK, 1 82O-39

Dressed in a dark
and ample stock, i^
gentleman in th
eyes look direct;
telescope, and w
vessel m the ex'
calm sea beneath ^ ;.

Height, 38 in.; width.

coat, buff trousers, white waistv
juarters-length standing figure
iile. He is in full face and his br
t^ectator. In his right hand he ho!'
he is casually pointing to a full-ri,L
of the background, which consists
r;i> dW^©Vski^fiOL
33 in. Ya Given to the City in r

.AM ,YA>IO eJIHTHI YJIM3H

7-1

£f 30A1 333 HOITIIJIDeSa M03

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*ROBERT T. HAWS

1815-1863

COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 1 859-63

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

The head and shoulders of a man dressed in a simple suit of
black is in front view, with his face turned a little to the right, and
his eyes looking straight ahead.

Height, 35 in.; width, 29 in. Given to the City in 1908.

ERASTUS C. BENEDICT

1 800- 1 880

PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, 185O-54

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A GRAY-BEARDED man in front view, with his eyes looking
straight out of the picture, is seated with crossed legs in an easy-
chair upholstered in red. His clenched right hand rests on his
knee, and his left holds a letter, the arm lying on a table with a
yellow cover. A fold of green drapery hangs in the left back-
ground.

Height, 46 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the City.

SIMON BOLIVAR
1783-1830

A VENEZUELAN GENERAL AND STATESMAN

ARTIST
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

Dressed in red trousers and a dark-blue coat, with the collar,
revers, cuffs, and belt richly ornamented with heavy gold braid,
and with an orange sash about his waist, is the figure of a man in
nearly front view, with his face to the left, in profile, and his dark
eyes looking straight ahead. He is seen to the hips, with his left
hand grasping the pommel of his sword. The head of a rearing
charger is seen in profile in the left background.

signed: c. w. j.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in.

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ALEXANDER WARFIELD BRADFORD

1815-1867

SURROGATE JUDGE, THREE TERMS

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Dressed in a black suit, with silk waistcoat and tie, is the
figure of a gentleman seated with crossed legs, in a chair uphol-
stered in green, at the corner of a green-topped table, on which
lies his left hand holding a bundle of documents. His right hand
lies in his lap.

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in.

JOHN R. BRADY
1 82 1- 1 89 1

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1877-189I

ARTIST

THOMAS LE CLEAR, N.A.

1818-1882

Seated in front of a bookcase in a red upholstered armchair, is
the figure of a gentleman in three-quarters view to the left, with
his face turned toward the front and the eyes, turned still more,
look straight out of the picture. His hands rest on his knees.
In the right background is shown a narrow green curtain.

signed: t. le clear n.a.

Height, 50 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the Court.

HENRY CLAY

1777-1852

UNITED STATES SENATOR

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Apparently in the act of making a speech, the figure stands in
front view, with the face slightly turned to the left and the eyes
looking straight ahead. His left foot is advanced, and his left
hand rests impressively on a document lying on a dark-colored
desk, near two books, while his partly closed right hand is held
before his waist. Behind him is looped a heavy dark-red drapery.

Height, 90 in.; width, 58 in.

JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ

BY
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS

FOR DESCiUPTION SEE PAGE 34

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ALEXANDER WARFILlu t-kaDFORD
1815-1867

SURROGATE JUDGE, THREE TERMS

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in.

JOHN R !

18.

JUSTICE OF SUrR: 1877-18QI

Seated in front of a bookcase in a red upholstered armchair, is
the figure of a gentleman in three-quarters view to the left, with
his face turned toward the front and the eyes, turned still more,
look straight out of the picture. His hands rest on his knee,.
In the right background is shown a narrow green curtain.

signed: t. le clear n.a.

Height, 50 in.; width, 36 in. Given to the Court.,

HENRV (LAY

1777-1852

united states senator

artist

UNKNOWN

Apparenti ^• in rh.- ., ; if making a Speech, the figure stano
front view, v turned to the left and the

looking str:- it foot is advanced, and his

hand rests iniptt-> : .< i , nn a document lying on a dark-col'
desk, near two '^'^{Pg^cf'- Wfixj^^^iKirtlv do^ right hand is
before his waist. Beiiind nm B loopecraTieavy dark-red drape

Ya
Height, 90 in.; wid^jf^^ii^^jg^^ eajjiAHo

t^f 30A1 332 HOITSIJIOasa 5I03

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DE WITT CLINTON

1 769- 1 828

PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY, 1805-28

ARTIST

THOMAS HICKS, N,A.

1 823- 1 890

The three-quarters length figure of a man, turned slightly to the
left, with his face and eyes in the same direction, is standing beside
a table on which his left hand rests on a manuscript near a few
books. At the left of the figure is seen the red back of a sofa, and
across the background is a red curtain, which, drawn aside, re-
veals at the left a dark brown sky.

Height, 54 in.; width, 39^ in. Given to the City.

DEWITT CLINTON
1769-1828

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1803-07; 1809-IO; 181I-15

ARTIST
PARMECELLI

Against an ample, light-brown drapery is a half-length figure in
three-quarters view to the right, with his face turned toward the
front, and his eyes looking directly at the spectator. The hands,
clasping a book, rest in front of him near a column partly concealed
by the drapery.

Height, 31 in.; width, 25 in. Painted for the City.

CHARLES PATRICK DALY

1816-

JUDGE OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1844-1885

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

The figure of a bearded man in three-quarters view to the left,
is seen as far as the knees, seated beside a table. His right hand
rests on his knee and his left arm lies beside books and documents
on a table with a blue cover.

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the Court.

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JOHN GREENWOOD

1798-1887

JtjrXlfl OF THE CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN, lH<^r^^^

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Dressed in black, the three-quarters length figure of a gentle-
man with black hair and closely cropped iron-gray whiskers is
seated in an armchair, with his face and eyes toward the front.
His right arm rests on the arm of a chair with the hand holding a
letter, and his left arm on the table near books and documents.

Height, 44 in.; width, 34 in. Given to the Court.

HENRY HUDSON
-161 1

AN ENGLISH NAVIGATOR

ARTIST
COUNT PULASKI

This is the head and shoulders of a bearded man in the prime of
life, in nearly front view. He is dressed in a black doublet, with
a broad, stiffly starched ruff around his neck, which frames the
lower part of his face.

Height, 30 in.; width, 24 in.

JA.MES KENT

1763-1847

chief justice of new YORK SUPREME COURT, 1804-I4
CHANCELLOR, 1814-23

ARTIST

REMBRANDT PEALE, N.A.

1778-1860

This is a half-length figure dressed in a black coat with high,
rolling ccAUr. Turned vj that his left arm rests easily across the
back of the red upholstered chair, he faces the spectator, but his
eyes are raised and turned to the left. A red curtain extending
across the background is lor^ped up at the left, disclosing several
Ixxjks.

Height, 36 in.; width, 30 in.

DAVID THOMAS VALEKTIXF

BY
CHARLES WTESLEY JARVI*.

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JUDGE

Dressed in black
man with black ha
seated in an armchj
His right arm rests ■
'•^ttei-, and his left arr

;-; ';.rit, 44 in.; width

REENWOOD

,S-i887

VRT OF BROOKLYN, (849-54

RTIST
KNOWN

ters length figure of a gentle-
ropped iron-gray whiskers is
e and eyes toward the front,
chair with the hand holding a
ear books and documents.

Given to the G>urt.

■n<;oM

This is the head r.
life, in nearly front
a broad, stiffly stare ,
lower part of his fac*

Height, 30 in.; width, 24 ;

rded man in the prime ot
in a black doublet, with
" ;-'■ 'hich frames ''

1705-1047

CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, 1804-I4
CHANCELLOR, 1814-23

ARTIST

REMBRANDT PEALE, N.A.

1778-1860

This is . ^h fia;iT^- dressed in a black coat with \

rolling collar. his left arm rests easily acros

back of the re- jir, he faces the spectator, bu;

books. Ya

Che left, disclosing se

u • u* z: -eivjiALiXajaaw aajjiAHO
Height, 36 in.; wrath, 30 in

^g 30A1 33? i/roiTiiJiDeaa J103

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ROBERT KELLY

1 808- 1 856

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1 848-49

ARTIST
DANIEL HUNTINGTON

1 8 1 6- 1 906

Seated in an armchair upholstered in brown, in an attitude of
dignified ease, is the three-quarters length figure of a man in full
face, dressed in a simple suit of black. His cheek rests on his
left hand, supported with his elbow on a table covered with a rich
Oriental rug, and his right hand lies on the arm of his chair. In
the left background is shown a large school building.

signed: D. HUNTINGTON

Height, 47 in.; width, 37 in. Given to the City.

JAMES R. MANLEY
1782-1851

PRESIDENT STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY, 1 826-27

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In an oval frame is the head and shoulders of a man with flowing
white hair. He is dressed in a simple suit of black, with low-cut
waistcoat and a high white stock. His body is turned slightly to
the left, with his face toward the front, and his keen eyes turned
still more, look directly at the spectator.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in.

HENRY A. MOORE

1 826- 1 896

JUDGE OF COUNTY COURT, PART I, 1 872-95

ARTIST
GEORGIA DOUGLAS

Dressed in black, is the half-length figure of a gentleman with
iron-gray hair and black whiskers, seated with his chair drawn
close up to a table. His body is turned to the left, and his face
and eyes are in the same direction. His left arm rests on the arm
of a chair, and his right on a book lying on a table.

Height, 49 in.; width, 39 in. Given to the Court.

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CALVIN E. PRATT

1828-

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1 870-96

ARTIST
RICHARD CREIFELDS

1853-

The three-quarters-length figure of a man with gray beard is
seated in full face in an easy-chair, on the arms of which are resting
his hands, with the right one holding a book. In the left back-
ground is a table, on which are books and documents.

signed: R. CREIFELDS

Height, 49^ in.; width, ^gh in. Given to the City.

BERNARD SMYTH

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1 870-72

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Dressed in a simple suit of black, an elderly gentleman, with
long, full beard, is seated with crossed legs in full face, with his
.eyes turned slightly to the right. He is seen in three-quarters
length, with his right arm resting on the arm of the chair, and his
left, holding in the hand an open letter, lies near a tray with cut-
glass ink bottles, on a table with a red cover. In the left back-
ground is seen a mass of red drapery.

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the City.

SELAH B. STRONG

1792-1872

JUSTICE OF supreme COURT, 2D DEPT., 1 847-49; 185I-60

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

The three-quarters-length figure of a gentleman is seated in an
easy-chair, with his body turned a little toward the right and with
his face and spectacled eyes in the same direction. His hands rest
on the arms of the chair, the left holding a book. In the right back-
ground is a table, on which lie three law books.

Height, 50 in.; width, 39 in. Given to the City.

TOWNSEND HARRIS

J. BOGI.F, N.A.

FOR nfiSCRIPTION SFK I'Ar,|: 40

JUS^'

c l^U U K I

07U-9U

seated ;
his han
ground

Height, 49^ in.; w

ARTIST

KiCHARD CREIFFH

ngth figu

casy-chai >
;ht one hi
•iich are buui-.-

■n with gray beard
IS of which are resti
ik. In the left bac
iiiu uocuments.

"NHD: R. CREIFELDS

Given to the Gil

PRESIDENT

^RD SMYTH

'roucATioN, 1870-72

Dressed in a -
long, full beard, i~
■ eyes turned slightly u
length, with his right a.
left, holding in the har
glass ink bottles, on a

. seen a mass o! i. J

,0 in.; width, 40 in.

3n elderly gentleman, wi'
i legs in full face, with !■
e is seen in three-quartt
le arm of the chair, and !
. . lies near a tray with ci;
d cover. In the left bac

Given to the ' ;

.-(■LAM b. blKU?>J(j

1792-1872

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 2D DEPT., 1847-49; 1851-60

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

tleman is seated in
ard the right and v

The three-quar!
easy-chair, with hi

his face and spectacittl ^ -- ,. iiic sauu. oirection. His hanH
on the arms of the clg|ifj5ilAH£ (GbiiftBlii^WhBok. In the right
ground is a table, on wh rh iic ^ree law books.

Height, !;o in.; width, - j*.n .ajooa .] Given to the Ci'

Of. :^.^A.1 h^« n(SiT<iisf:)?3n hot

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GEORGE THOMSON

1827-1886

JUDGE OF CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN, 1867-72

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A GENTLEMAN with iron-gray hair and beard is sitting with
crossed legs, slightly turned to the left. He is seen as far as the
knees, with the thumb of his left hand resting in the pocket of his
waistcoat, and his right hand hes on a table beside a book and
documents.

Height, 43 in.; width, 35 in. Given to the City.

MICHAEL ULSHOEFFER
1 793- 1 88 1

JUDGE OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1834-49

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

Seated in a red-upholstered armchair is the three-quarters-length
figure of a gentleman in the prime of life. He is m full face, and
his arms rest on the arms of the chair, in the background is a table
covered with blue drapery, on which are piled leather-covered
books.

Height, 50 in.; width, 40 in. Given to the Court.

JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS
-1861

member of STAFF OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, 1 847-6 1

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In an oval frame is the head and shoulders of a gentleman in full
face, with long, thick gray hair, and his large dark eyes look directly
at the spectator. He is dressed in a simple suit of black, with turn-
over collar and narrow stock.

Height, 30 in.; width, 25 in. Given to the City.

MURAL DECORATIONS

MURAL DECORATP »NS
AND WHERE PLACED

CITY HALL

ALOERMANIC CHAMBER

NEW YORK CITY RECEIVING Th,
OF THE NATIONS

TABER SEARS >< BRECK

18-0-

AND FREDERIC C. MARTI'

ents New York as t^- -
The scene is laid

ample re
r part of

I. On the ieli ng lemaie

;ng an olive hxo ok in her

•at censer, from ur.ich i:

draped male figure of :

behind, who grasps the he r.^li ot a ca

hand and carries under his left arm a

•'•' of the cen*-- ■ — - - -

th. His

from behind, wearing a white rob:
n her left hand a scepter. To he
wnoie lefr h nd rests upon a shield bear
City: h; r:j ,r grasps a sword. Beneai:
upon wh.a. they stand the^^i^^e^j^^^.^^.^^

-' Ya

OOOJJ3>J .A HJy.Uf.

^ 30A1 334 XOIT1ISI0<3n SI01

WINFIELD SCOTT

BY
MINER K. KELLOGG

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 44

ARTISTS

TABER SEARS

WASHINGTON

1870-

1863-

MURAL DECORATIONS
AND WHERE PLACED

CITY HALL

ALDERMANIC CHAMBER

NEW YORK CITY RECEIVING THE TRIBUTES
OF THE NATIONS

BRECK
1863-
AND FREDERIC C. MARTIN

This panel represents New York as the eastern gateway of the
American Continent. The scene is laid upon a structure symbolic
of a gateway by the sea. The central figure, robed in white and
with ample red cloak falling from her shoulders and enveloping the
lower part of her body, sits enthroned, holding in her left hand a
scroll. On the left is a standing female figure, robed in green, and
holding an olive branch and book in her right hand. Behind her is
a great censer, from which incense rises. Just below her is a par-
tially draped male figure of powerful muscular development, seen
from behind, who grasps the handle of a basket of fruits with his
right hand and carries under his left arm a sheaf of wheat. To
the right of the central figure reclines a bearded man, nude save for
a loin-cloth. His right forearm rests upon a capstan, around
which a cable is coiled, and with his left hand he holds aloft a
pennant. To the extreme left and right of the group are two
kneeling female figures carrying the ends of a garland of red roses
which passes behind the figures. At the foot of the stairway lead-
ing to the throne, on the right-hand side, stands a female figure,
seen from behind, wearing a white robe and yellow mantle, hold-
ing in her left hand a scepter. To her left stands a nude boy,
whose left hand rests upon a shield bearing the arms of New York
City; his right grasps a sword. Beneath the arch of the structure
upon which they stand the sea is seen; to the left a large sail flying

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the pennant of the United States; to the right masts, sails, and
Brooi<lyn Bridge in the distance.

signed: TABER sears 1903 assisted by GEORGE W. BRECK AND
FRED C. MARTIN

An elliptical panel, size 41 ft. 5 in. by 23 ft. 10 in.
Painted for the City in 1903.

CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING

COURTROOM — NORTH WALL

JUSTICE

ATTENDED BY THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE FATES

ARTIST

EDWARD SIMMONS

1852-

The central panel depicts a female figure standing erect, clothed
in a classic garb of white, with the flag of the United States over
her left shoulder. In her outstretched arm she holds aloft the
scales, unevenly balanced; in her right hand a crystal globe, sur-
mounted by a cross. She stands upon the highest of three marble
stairs, in front of a brazen door set with nails. Above her head,
two nude figures hovering in the air, hold aloft the arms of the City
and the State of New York, emblazoned upon shields. At the base
of the stairway, each standing with one foot upon the lower step,
are two figures of children in white tunics; one with a sword, the
other with a dove. Upon the highest marble step is the inscription:

JUSTICE

In the left panel are three male figures clad in classic white
draperies, and seated upon a marble bench at the base of a great
column to the right. The figure on the left holds aloft his right
hand with a broken chain hanging from a handcuff on his wrist.
The middle figure holds with his right and left hands the wrists of
his comrades. His face is turned toward the right-hand figure,
who holds in his left hand a compass, in his right a sphere. Above
the heads of the three figures are the inscriptions:

LIBERTY FRATERNITY EQUALITY

In the right panel are three female figures in classic white dra-
peries, seated upon a marble bench at the base of a column to the
left. At the left is the figure of an old woman, her head covered

THOMAS JEFFERSON

BY
CHARLES WESLEY JARVIS
I OR nF.Sr.RIPTION SEE PAGE 48

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the penri
Brookly

Painu

United States; to the right masts, sails, and
the distance.

RS 1903 ASSISTED BY GEORGE W. BRECK AND
FRED C. MARTIN

I, size 41 ft. ^ in. by 25 ft. 10 in.
ity in 190-1

CRIM

ORTH WALL

HTS OF MAN AND THE FATES

^T
MMONS

The central pane
in a classic garb oJ
her 'f^ff ihniiMpr
sea:
mo':

stairs, in fron
two nude figu
and the State
of the stairwa
are two f:
other wi;

le figure standing erect, clothed

flag of the United States over

rhpt] arm she holds aloft the

hand a crystal globe, sur-

he highest of three marble

I with nails. Above her head,

, hold aloft the arms of the Cit)

)ned upon shields. At the bast

ii one foot upon the lower strp

•' tunics; one with a swoi

3t marble step is the insci

s ngures ciad iii classiL
le bench at the base of -
m the left holds aloft hi
^ from a handcuff on hk
ght and left hands the wi
toward the right-hand
s, in his right a sphere.
e inscriptions:

liberty ... ...ITY EQUALITY

In the right pane! are three female figures in classic whi;
peries, seated uprn .>^QZSi2T^-Si\) ^fflPHSe of a column
left. At the left is 'hi L. " ■ Yan old woman, her head c>
aivjiAi YHjagw eajjiAHD

In the lefi
draperies, ano
column to the
hand with a
The middle fi;.
his comrades
who holds in h
the heads of the 11 :

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with a mantle. Stretched across her lap is a thread which she holds
with her right hand and severs with the shears in her left. Her face
is in profile to the right. The central figure, with her face turned to
the left and with her hands far apart, grasps the same thread which
continues on across the lap of the third figure to a distaff wound
about with wool held in her left hand. Her smiling face is turned
upward. A nude infant resting in her lap clasps in its little hand
the thread. At the end of the thread, on the floor to the left, lies
a skull. In the lower right-hand corner of the panel is the in-
scription:

THE FATES

and above the heads of the three women:

SEVERER MEASURER SPINNER

signed: "EDWARD SIMMONS, 1895. COPYRIGHT 1898."

Central panel: height, 14 ft 4 in.; width, 6 ft. 7 in.
Side panels: height, 7 ft.; width, 10 ft. 6^4 in.

INSCRI PTION

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY

SEPTEMBER THE THIRTIETH MDCCCIXCIV

APPELLATE COURT

MAIN HALL — NORTH WALL

TRANSMISSION OF THE LAW

ARTIST

HENRY SIDDONS MOWBRAY, N.A.

1855-

The frieze along the entire north wall, facing the entrance, de-
picts the Transmission of the Law. it is composed of a representa-
tion of The Law herself and of eight historical groups. These
groups are joined by winged allegorical female figures in classical
draperies, each of whom holds a narrow scroll. They are sus-
pended over a dark-blue background decorated with a monogram
,of the word LEX.

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At the extreme left end of the frieze is shown a lofty mountain;
from the sky above it, two hands holding tablets surrounded by a
halo of light are extended toward a stately male figure clothed in
white, with an ample blue scarf over his head. His right hand is
extended toward the tablets, while his left holds a shepherd's
crook. On the right, clothed in bright colors, stands a Hebrew
warrior with spear and shield, holding in his arms a gilt chest. In-
scription:

MOSAIC

In the next group an Egyptian king, in a close-fitting blue and
gold tunic, and with the royal attributes, sits enthroned. On his
right hand is an Egyptian warrior with spear and helmet, clad in a
close-fitting red-and-gold tunic. Inscription:

The next group shows a Greek lawgiver, young and bearded,
seated against the pedestal of two mighty columns. He is en-
veloped in a brownish pallium, and holds in his left hand a tablet,
in his right a stylus. Standing at his side, in a green pallium, is a
Greek orator, bearded and old, grasping in his right hand a scroll,
and gesticulating with his left. Between them is a bronze image
of Athena. Inscription:

GREEK

There follows, on the left return of the elevator, a Roman em-
peror, clad in a coat of mail and red cloak, who sits enthroned,
with a globe in his right hand, a sword in his left. To the left
stands a Roman soldier in a red mantle with shield and spear. In-
scription:

ROMAN

Above the elevator and opposite the entrance is represented
"The Law." Clothed in purple and ermine, a female figure sits
enthroned, holding in her right hand a sword and in her left the
scales. On each side of her is a winged female figure. They hold
above her head a tablet inscribed lex and in their other hands
garlands.

On the right return of the elevator, robed in purple and gold,
and seated on a stately throne, is a Byzantine emperor, holding a
globe in his left hand. To the right, a figure, with shaven tonsure
and a long blue, red, and gold regalia, holds a scroll in his left hand,
and in his right, another. Inscription:

BYZANTINE

In the next group a Norman king, clothed in purple, blue, red,
and gold, sits enthroned, his left hand resting on a sword sheathed

HENRY CLAY

P. STAUNTON

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At the extreme left f
from the sky above i^
halo of light are e-
white, with an am;
extended toward the
crook. On the right,
warrior with spear and
scription:

iwn a lofty mounts
blets surrounde'^ ^
male figure clci
id. His right
ft holds a she
iors, stands a i
arms a gilt ches

In the next grot
gold tunic, and wi
right hand is an E,t
close-fitting red-ant

.,. a close-fitting b^
es, sits enthroned.
^pear and helmet, ci

. .._ next group sIt
seated against thi

veloped 'n a browr
in '■

and gcsticulacmg
of Athena. Inscr;

lawgiver, young and bearded,

lighty columns. He is en-

ilds in his left hand a tablet,

ins side, in a green pallium, is a

isping in his right hand a scroll

i)etween them is a bronze imag'

There follows, '•
peror, clad in a c
with a globe in Iv
stands a Roman s'
scription :

rn of the elevator, a Roman en
; red cloak, who sits enthrone
sword in his left. To the 1*
antle with shield and spear !

Above the * '
"The Law."
enthroned, h
scales. On >
above her h'
garlands.

On the right
and seated o
globe in his 1.
and a long bh
and in his ri.t: '

^'^osite the entrance is represei,
and ermine, a female figure
and a sword and in her left
vinged female figure. They
i LEX and in their other ' .>:■

vator, robed in purple and g
a Byzantine emperor, hold it
lit, a figure, with shaven ton

ilia, holds a scroll in his left i
tion:

..'_.-.. NTINE

In the next gnui; ! n, m an King, clothed m purple, bl
and gold, sits enthroned, his lelt nand resting on a sword s!

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in a red scabbard, his right resting upon a sealed document, the
end of which is grasped by a knight dressed in a red helmet and
a coat of mail reaching to the ankles. A sword hangs from his
girdle and he holds a lance and shield, ornamented with the three
lions rampant. Inscription:

Then follows Common Law. A laborer, in sleeveless brown tunic
and blue breeches, bearing a scythe in his right hand, faces the
spectator. He clasps with his left hand the left hand of a king.
The latter, seen from the rear, wears a long scarlet-and-gold man-
tle, lined with ermine, and has a sword in his right hand. They
stand before a sort of Gothic altar, upon which the scroll of a
charter is seen. Inscription:

COMMON LAW

The last group. Modern Law, shows two modern lawyers in black
robes. The one to the left holds a book, the other a document.
To the right the Capitol at Washington is seen in the distance
amidst trees. Inscription:

modern law
signed: h. siddons mowbray. — copyright, 1899.

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 62 ft.
Painted for the City in 1899.

main hall — east wall

JUSTICE
artist

ROBERT REID, N.A.

1862-

In the panel of the east wall, the central figure is a female, clad
in an ermine robe, lined with red, with a purple scarf. She sits
enthroned in a classic landscape, rich in foliage, with blue moun-
tains in the background. She holds a sword in her right hand and
scales in her left, with an open book on her knees. On each side of
her is a winged female figure, seated and clothed in rich purple and
green brocade. The one on the left suckles an infant, the other,
on the right, holds two cornucopias. Next to these female figures
are two standing male figures dressed in classic robes, representing
"Peace" to the left, in purple, and "Prosperity" to the right, in

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green. The next group to the left is "Education." A male
figure, clothed in white with a purple scarf, is teaching a nude
youth from a large book, while to the left "Religion," a standing
female figure with a surplice over her white robe, holds a lamp in
her left hand and in her right an open book. To the left stands a
female figure in a green robe leaning on a spear.

At the other end of the frieze, to the right of "Prosperity,"
is a group representing the "Fine Arts." A female figure stands
clothed in white with an ample purple scarf, holding before her a
mask. Next to the right is a female figure dressed in white, with
her hands resting on a harp, and next, at the end of the panel, is a
standing winged male figure, semi-nude.

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 19 ft. 5 in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

The south wall, to the left of the entrance, continues the pre-
ceding group. The first figure, to the left, is "Poetry," seen full
face and holding a scroll ; the second is " Painting," in clinging white
draperies, seen from behind, holding brushes and palette; the third
is "Sculpture," a male figure in garb of coarse material; the fourth,
a female figure facing the beholder, is "Architecture," bearing a
compass and a plan. Further to the right is the seated winged figure
of "Fame," holding a wreath in her right hand. A palm branch
is in her lap, and her left hand encircles a kneeling youthful figure.
On the extreme right of the panel is the profile figure of a young
man bearing a banner.

signed: COPYRIGHT 1899 ROBERT REID

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 8 ft. loj; in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

MAIN HALL — SOUTH WALL

EQUITY

ARTIST

CHARLES YARDLEY TURNER, N.A.

1850-

In the lunette of the south wall, to the left of the entrance,
" Equity " is represented as a winged female figure standing at the
base of a mighty column. She is robed in red and her ample
green cloak is thrown back. Her outstretched right arm holds a

GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN

WILLIAM H. POWELL, A.N. A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 53

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v. UK/^L DECORATIONS

green. The ;
figure, clothe,
youth from a
female figure with
her left hand and h
female figure in a green
At the other end of
is a group representing
clothed in white with a
mask. Next t'l th,^ n..-
her hands re?
standing wing

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; wiJ
Painted for the City in

a female figure facing
comp:\ss ?.nd a plan. F;'
of
is ii

',e r,gn; -a rue pjnei
banner.

: "Education." A ma

' is teaching a nu..

Religion," a standir

iobe, holds a lamp

To the left stands

J >pear.

he right of "Prosperity,

A female figure stand

scarf, holding before her

ure dressed m white, wii

A the end of the panel, is

""'^'-^"ce, continues the pr
'S "Poetry," seen fi
mg," in clingin? v.1-i'
and palette; tl
e material; the
Architecture," bearing
t is the seated winged figu
^ht hand. A palm branch
a kneeling youthful figure,
the profile figure of a yount;

signed: copyright u

ROBERT REID

Height, 3 ft. 8 in
Painted for the (

ft. loK in.

V.AIN ft ML— SOUTH WALL

FQUITY

ARTIST

Y TURNER, N.A.

!n the lunette ■ !1, to the left of the ent

" Equity" is^r«'" ' '-^'".aie figure standing

base of a W'-'^^ i "'■' /"l/I</ia TQ5ft939d and her

green cloak : . yh _ r-tched right arm h

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globe, her left, a sheathed sword. To the left, sits a nude child
holding the scales. Inscription:

EQUITY
signed: COPYRIGHT BY C. Y. TURNER 1 899

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 2 ft. 7 in. (at base).
Painted for the City in 1899.

MAIN HALL— SOUTH WALL

LAW

ARTIST

CHARLES YARDLEY TURNER, N.A.

1850-

The lunette of the south wall, to the right of the entrance, repre-
sents " Law," a similar winged figure in a red robe and green mantle,
standing with left hand outstretched and right pointing to a scroll
with the inscription lex. On the right is a seated nude child
holding a mirror. Inscription:

signed: copyright by c. y. turner — i)

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 2 ft. 8 in. (at base).
Painted for the City in 1899.

MAIN hall WEST WALL

JUSTICE

ARTIST
WILLARD LEROY METCALF

The subject of this panel is the practical administration of jus-
tice through law and equity. The central group is arranged about
a marble exedra, with standards at either end, in the midst of a
wooded landscape with a promontory and an arm of the sea in the
distance. A winged female figure in a white robe and blue mantle,
wearing a golden breastplate, stands in front of the seat in the
center of the exedra, holding with both hands a sword. To the

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left Stands a nude boy with a tablet inscribed justitia; to the
right another boy holding aloft the scales. Seated at the left end
of the exedra is a female figure in a rich brocaded robe, trimmed
with ermine, her left arm supports a large book upon her knees,
and her right elbow rests upon the arm of the exedra, upon which
a peacock is perched.

Near the left end of the exedra a female figure, with her head
crowned with long red hair, is bowed to the earth, and her nude
body is enveloped with transparent red draperies. Behind her
stands a male figure in Greek armor, spear in hand, his right arm
is stretched over the figure of a seated woman with upturned face
and a nude boy reclining against her knee. To the extreme left
are two cloaked figures. At the right end of the exedra sits a
female figure partly robed in brocade and holding a crystal globe.
At her feet a draped female figure bends over and bewails the
corpse of a man. Next to the right, kneels a female figure with
clasped hands, and behind her stands a male figure with bound
hands and bowed head, and to the right a warrior in classic armor
is seen from the rear leaning on his spear.

signed: copyright 1899 by w. l. metcalf

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 19 ft. 5 in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

MAIN HALL — SOUTH WALL

BANISHMENT OF DISCORD

ARTIST
WILLARD LEROY METCALF

1858-

This is a continuation of the preceding. To the extreme left
of the panel, an almost nude female figure, horned and with flut-
tering red hair, flees before a youth, nude to the waist, swinging a
scourge. She holds in her right hand a knife, in her left a torch.
In the group to the right, a partly kneeling male figure holds by a
leash two hounds struggling to get away. An erect female figure
in classic armor with a shield stands in a protecting attitude over
the figure of a scantily clad woman sitting at her feet. Behind them
a female, nude, is discharging an arrow at the first-mentioned figure.
The head and outstretched arm of a child are seen at the extreme
right of the panel.

Height, 3 ft. 8 in.; width, 8 ft.
Painted for the City in 1899.

RICHARD L. LARREMORE

BY
THOMAS HICKS, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 56

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OECORATIONS

left stands a nude

bo^

IUSTITIA; to ti

right another boy r
of the exedra is a

d at the left er,

,'d robe, trimme

will ' " '' "

■■. >;!ppo

'•"'K upon her knee

an'
a !

5 upon tl-

e exedra, upon whic

of the t

figure, with her he?

CTO

red

h,iir

■ earth, and her nuc

body IS
stands a

raperies. Behind h,
n hand, his right ar

is stretched u

m with upturned fai

and a nude '

To the extreme Ic

are two

end of the exedra sits

female f
At her

id holding a crystal glob
' over and bewails ti

corpse c
da-—'

a female figure wi
; iiale figure with boui

ha:

is Sw> -

■ a warrior in classic anti

signed:

COP

L. METCALF

, 3 ft. 8 in

d for the •

BANISHMENI OF DISCORD

ARTIST
WII LARD LEROY METCALF

Ttiib IS a Cum,.

of the panel, an ar
tering red hair tl
scourge. She
in the group ■
leash two hounds
in classic armor w.
the figure of a scan:
a female, nude, is a
The head and outstr.
right of the panel.

Height, 3 ft."o"nr.: vvttj
Painted for the (

) m

A.K

1858-

u,. -----^(;^ing. To the extreme left
'ure, horned and with flut-
..ude to the waist, swinging a
ind a knife, in her left a torch,
kneeling male figure holds by a
i away. An erect female figu^
ids in a protecting attitude ovi
sitting at her feet. Behind the:
row at the first-mentioned figun
arm of a child are seen at the extrens .•

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JUSTICE OF THE LAW

ARTIST

EDWARD SIMMONS

1852-

In the center of the panel to the left, a female figure, robed in
white, stands before a throne in a golden, semicircular apse of the
wall. Her right hand rests on the shoulder of a youthful female
figure with her face in profile to the left and enveloped in rich bro-
cade, the front of which gathered up in her left hand is filled with
fruits. Her left hand extends behind a similar figure leaning toward
her and pressing with her left arm a dove against her breast. In
the left foreground is a woman robed in black, holding an infant
to her breast with her right hand, while her left rests on the fruit,
and her eyes look upward. Behind her is seen a male figure in red
shirt and leather apron, with uplifted left hand.

At the base of the marble steps sits a rosy, fair-haired infant,
who caresses a guinea pig with its right hand, and with its left,
a rabbit. In the right side of the panel, a male figure of power-
ful muscular development, seen from the rear, leans forward in a
threatening attitude, but he is restrained by the blue-robed figure
standing just beyond, who with her hands grasps his wrist and
shoulder.

In the upper part of the painting, hovering over the central figure,
are two nude children, one holding a book and a vessel, the other
a book and wreath. In the foreground of the panel, to the extreme
right and left, are two bovs with shields and fasces. The scene is
laid in a hall with blue-and-gold mosaics and gleaming marble
floors.

signed: copyright by edward simmons 1899

Height, 10 ft. 6 in.; width, 9 ft. 105^ in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

inscription

justice stands flanked by peace at her left . PLENTY AT

her right.

peace recoils from brute force withheld by fear . plenty

assists the needy .

LABOR BEHIND HER HAILS JUSTICE . MERCY (A CHILD) IN
THE FOREGROUND .

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SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

ARTIST

GEORGE WILLOUGHBY MAYNARD, N.A.

1843-

The two subjects on either side of the three large panels repre-
sent the Seals of the City and State of New York. That of the
City, on the left, shows in the shield the wings of a windmill, two
beavers and two casks, with the inscription, Manhattan. This
shield is set upon a decorative escutcheon, against which two seated
figures lean. The figure on the left is dressed in the costume of a
sailor, holding in his right hand a sounding-line, in his left, a mast
with cross-trees. On the right is the figure of an Indian, nude to
the waist, bearing in one hand bow and arrows, in the other, a
string of wampum. On either side is a flagstaff with floating
pennant. The one to the left bears a tablet with the inscription
MDCLXxxvi, the year in which the Dongan charter of New York
City was granted, the other a similar tablet, with the inscription
MCM, the date of the completion of the Court House.

signed: COPYRIGHT BY GEO. W. MAYNARD — 1 899

Height, 4 ft. 3 in.; width, 14 ft. 7 in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

COURTROOM — EAST WALL

THE POWER OF THE LAW

ARTIST
EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD, N.A.

1848-

The panel to the right represents The Power of the Law. In the
center a heroic female figure in white vestments, with golden breast-
and shoulder-plates, standing before a seat, is in the act of drawing a
sword from its sheath. Two female figures in transparent draperies,
hovering in the air, hold a crown over her head. Before her a kneel-
ing female figure in modern gray garb, holds a document in her up-
raised left hand. The first figure on the left is a Roman magis-
trate, in richly embroidered green toga, who holds a scroll. To the

SETH LOW

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SFE PAGE 62

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SEAL OF THE C.ITi

ECORATIONS

v' YORK

GEORGE WILLOUGHBY MAYNARD, N.A.

5 subjects
O...C u,,c Seals of th
City, on the left, sh

hea^er^ and two r

sailor, hoiamg m Iv
with cross-trees. C-
the waist, bearing
string of wampum,
pennant. The one i
MDCLXXXVi, the yea
Cit\ - — ^-i 1

1843-

on either side of the three large panels repre

' ' " •' ' --ne of New York. That of th
d the wings of a windmill, tw
'nscription, Manhattan. Th-
heon, against which two seate
is dressed in the costume of
unding-line, in his left, a ma?
te figure of an Indian, nude 1
w and arrows, in the other,
de is a flagstaff with floatin
o s a tablet with the inscri

r ir Dongan charter of New

liar tablet, with the inscii
'he Court House.

signed: COP':

Height, 4 ft. 3 in.; wid:
Painted for the City in 1899.

W. MAYNARD — 1 899

COL.. EAST WALL

THE POWER OF THE LAW

EDWIN HOV/l.AND BLASHFIELD, N.A.

The panel to the v
center a heroic femal
and shoulder-plates
sword from its sheai
hovering in the air, h' ■

1848-

Fhe Power of the Law. In the

e vestments, with golden breast-

etore a seat, is in the act of drawing a

m.-Hle figures in transparent draperies.

n over her head. Before her a kneel-

ing female figure in modem gm^'^^i), holds a document in' her up-
raised left hand. The TirsrniL'Tfi%45n the left is a Roman magi^
trate, in richly embroidered k;!<tftn toga, who holds a scroll. To th

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left is seen the head and shoulders of a man in wig and scarlet
robe. Further to the left is a male figure in a black robe, holding
a book inscribed civil law. To the right of the central figure
stands a bearded figure in a richly embroidered robe. He holds a
book in his right hand. Next on the right is a figure in a rich
purple-and-gold stole, with a bishop's mitre, holding a crozier in
his left hand. To the extreme right is a figure in a black robe,
clasping a book with the inscription, common law. In the lower
corners of the panel, two fair-haired children support shields con-
taining the seals of the Court of Appeals. The one to the left is
} inscribed, uphold the right; the other, prevent the wrong.
The background is a blue field with heraldic devices, with a golden
mosaic in the center.

signed: copyright 1899 by edwin howland blashfield

Height, 10 ft. 6 in.; width, 9 ft. 10-^ in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

inscription

THE law draws HER SWORD IN BEHALF OF APPEAL; ON EITHER

SIDE SHE IS SVPPORTED BY MAGISTRATES AND FIGVRES TYPIFYING
ROMAN LAW, CANON LAW, AND COMMON (ANGLO-SAXON) LAW.

COURTROOM — EAST WALL

WISDOM

ARTIST

HENRY OLIVER WALKER, N.A.

1843-

In the center of the panel a female figure, clad in a white robe
and a green mantle, and with her arms outstretched, descends
the stairway of a throne between two mighty columns. To the
right, a nude and winged child descends before her. In the fore-
ground, to the left, sits a youthful male figure, partially draped in
a purple cloak, his hands clasped and his eyes cast upon the ground.
To the left a winged male figure, partially draped in a blue cloak,
gently touches him with his left hand and with his right points
upward. Between this and the central figure are seen in profile,
in red robes, two female figures. In the foreground, to the right,
sits a female figure in a red robe, with her face turned upward to
the left, and holding an open scroll across her lap. Above her,

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seen in profile, is the figure of a bearded old man leaning upon a
staff. Beside him is a female figure with folded hands, and to the
extreme right are the head of a boy and the figure of a girl in a
green cloak.

signed: COPYRIGHT 1 899 BY HENRY OLIVER WALKER

Height, 10 ft. 6 in.; width, 9 ft. 105^ in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

INSCRIPTION

WISDOM

ATTENDED BY LEARNING EXPERIENCE HUMILITY AND LOVE

AND BY FAITH PATIENCE DOUBT AND INSPIRATION

DOTH NOT WISDOM CRY

AND UNDERSTANDING PUT FORTH HER VOICE

BY ME PRINCES RULE AND NOBLES

EVEN ALL THE JUDGES OF THE EARTH

COURTROOM — EAST WALL

SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

ARTIST

GEORGE WILLOUGHBY MAYNARD, N.A.

1843-

To the right of the three large panels is the Seal of the State of
New York. It shows in the shield a sun rising over three mountains
and in the foreground the sea with two vessels. Beneath is the
motto EXCELSIOR. The shield is placed upon an escutcheon deco-
rated with garlands. On each side is a seated female figure. The
one on the left holding aloft a Phrygian cap upon a staff; the one on
the right is blindfolded and bears the sword and scales. As in the
previous panel, there are two fiagstaflfs; one with the inscription
MDCCLXxvii, the year of the adoption of the constitution of New
York State, the other mcm.

signed: COPYRIGHT BY GEO. W. MAYNARD — 1 899

Height, 4 ft. 3 in.; width, 14 ft. 7 in.
Painted for the City in 1899.

mmm

DANIEI. 1). WHITNHY

THOMAS JENSEN

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 64

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seen in profile, is the figure of a bearded old man leaning upon .
stafi". Beside him is a female figure with folded hands, and to th
extreme right are the head of a boy and the figure of a girl in
green cloak.

signed: copyright 1899 by henry 01 ivfr walker

Height, 10 ft. 6 in.; width, 9 ft. lo^i* in.
Painted for the City ir

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WISDOM

ATTENDED BY LEARNING EXPERIENCE HUMILITY AND LOVE

AND BY FAITH PATIENCE DOUBT AND INSPIRATION

DOTH NOT WISDOM CRY

AND UNDERSTANDING PUT FORTH HER VOICE

BY ME PRINCES RULE AND NOBLES

EVEN ALL THE JUDGES OF THE EARTH

COURTROOM — EAST WALL

SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

ARTIST

GEORGE WILLOUGHBY MAYNARD, N.A.

1843-

To the right of the three large panels is the Seal of the S:
New York. It shows in the shield a sun rising over three mor
and in the foreground the sea with two vessels. Beneath
motto EXCELSIOR. The shield is placed upon an escutcheoi'
rated with garlands. On each side is a seated female figure
one on the left holding aloft a Phrygian cap upon a stafi"; the
the right is blindfolded and bears the sword and scales. As
previous panel, there are two flagstaffs; one with the insc
MDCCLXxvii, the year of the adoption of the constitution (
York State, the other mcm.

signed: COPYRIGHT BY GEO. W. MAYNARD — 1899

Height,4ft.3in.;^^IMT!H1^7•9^.^'^^^^^°
Painted for the City in 1899.

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THE REIGN OF LAW

ARTIST

KENYON COX, N.A.

1856-

The panel to the extreme left on the west wall represents Com-
mon Law. (14 ft. 7 in. long, by 4 ft. 3 m. high.) in the center of
the picture is a seated female figure dressed in white with a blue
mantle. She holds a sealed document in her right hand, and her
left hand rests on her knee. On each side of her is a nude boy, bear-
ing a fascis. To the left is a half-reclining female figure in white
with a green mantle and holding in her hand an endless chain.
At the right end of the panel, robed in yellow and red, reclines a
female figure holding scales, in the center of the panel, on the ex-
treme right of the west wall (14 ft. 3 in. long by 4 ft. 3 in. high), is
a female figure, who points with her right hand to a book of statutes
resting on her lap. She is attended on the left by a nude boy bear-
ing the ballot box, on the right by another leaning upon a sheathed
sword. To the left of the bearer of the ballot box sits a female
figure clothed in red. Her left arm reposes upon an opened bird
cage. Her right hand holds a staff surmounted by a red Phrygian cap.
To the right of the central group is an armed female figure half re-
clining, and enveloped in a purple cloak. She holds in her left hand
an oak bough. The panel to the left of the judges' dais (9 ft. lof in.
long, by 4 ft. 3 in. high) is a half-reclining yellow-robed female
figure with a wreath of wheat ears about her head. Her left arm
rests upon a hamper full of bread, while with her right she places
a loaf of bread into the hand of a seated male, nude, of powerful
proportions, whose left hand rests upon a hammer. To the right of the
dais (9 ft. 10 J in. long, by 4 ft. 3 in. high), a reclining female figure
in red-and-blue vestments holds in her right hand an olive branch,
and with her left hand points to two doves in the upper left-hand
corner. To the right is a seated nude male figure, wearing the
winged helmet and sandals. His left hand grasps an oar, his right
a bag of treasure.

signed: COPYRIGHT 1 898 BY KENYON COX

Painted for the City in 1898.

INSCRIPTION

LAW REIGNS
JUS LEX

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THE JUDICIAL AND OTHER VIRTUES

ARTIST

JOSEPH LAUBER

1855-

Beginning at the left corner of the south wall, is the figure of a
woman in a red robe and golden breastplate, who sits enthroned,
holding in her right hand a scepter and in her left a tablet, resting
upon the arm of the throne, with the following inscription:

DILIGITE JUSTITIAM QUI JUDICATIS TERRAM

The next is a semi-kneeling figure in a blue robe, holding in her right
hand a mirror. The next is the seated figure of an aged and power-
ful man, with long white beard, enveloped in a red mantle. On
his knee rests a scroll; his left hand holds a skull and his right a
sprig of apple blossom; then comes a nude boy, represented as
David, his right hand grasping the sling^ and then a similar figure
standing erect with sword and shield. The next figure is a seated
old man in a red robe with white beard and hair. His body is nude
to the waist, and his fingers are active in disputation. At his side
is a vessel containing scrolls. Then follows a semi-kneeling female
figure robed in yellow and bearing in her left hand a torch and in
her right a tablet with the inscription:

FAX MENTIS INCENDIUM GLORIyt

At the right end of the wall is the figure of a woman robed in white,
yellow and purple, and seated upon a marble throne. Her left
hand holds a compass, her right is extended in gesture.

In the left corner of the north wall is a seated female figure with
a red mantle covering her head, in her hands a bridle and bit. The
next figure to the right is depicted as a young Roman. He rests
upon one knee, his right hand supporting a tablet inscribed lex,
his left hand holds a sword. Then follows a green-robed female fig-
ure on one knee, holding in her hands a transparent sphere, through
which she gazes. The next is a nude boy, standing in easy posture.
He holds in his left hand a scroll, while with his right he makes a
gesture, in the act of pleading. Following this is a similar figure in a
firm posture, represented as drawing a veil across his mouth. The
next is a seated female in green robe bending over a book; at her
feet are several tomes. Then comes a kneeling nude youth, who
holds in his right hand two swords together by the blades, in his
left the fascis. The last figure in the right-hand corner is a youth-
ful nude figure seated upon a marble throne. His right hand rests

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Beginning at the left is the figure of a ■

i-iman in a reJ robe n. ,io sits enthroned 1

sits enthroned
left a tablet, restin

!r inscription:

The next is a semi-kneel; ding in her righ

h?nd a mirror. The nex :io;?d and power-

with long white :.c.^:J, cn..^yped ■ lantle. Or:

rests a scroll; his left hand holds a his right ?

.-.prig Of ' ' ' .fs a nud; Jed a.

David, h; sling, an ' igur-

standing cjcul wmi .^ ■.•... ■ ' '■'--

old man in a red robe wi

to the waist, and his fin^. . ,,...... ,,.

is a vessel containing scrolls. 1 hen follows '.

figure robed in yellow and bearing in her lefr
a tablet with the inscription:

FAX MENTIS INCENDIUM GLORI/E

,At the right end of the wall is the figure of a wom-n robed in
and seated upon a
s, he righ*^ i« exter

■ vlt corne; • .<)] is a seaLuJ tcmale ii^ur-

Hie coven: cr hands a bridle and bit

ure hands a i

whs: a nude bo;, _

He holds in his left ;oll, while with

gesture, in the act ol Following thi>

firm posture, reprey r a veil across his mouth.

next is a seated fei, i)e bending over a book; :

everal tomci. ihcn ccmes a : ' ;jde youth
lis right hand two swords tog e blades,

if I The last figure in the rigni-nana corner is a y

ful ' seated upon a marble throne. His right hand

•«'

v/'*

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upon an unsheathed sword, his left upon two volumes, the upper-
most being inscribed lex suprema, the lower lex civitatis.

signed: jos. lauber copyright 1899

Height, 3 ft. 3 J in.; width of each of four corner figures, 3 ft. 6^ in.
Width of each of the other figures on south wail, 2 ft. i^ in.; on
north wall, 1 ft. 3! in.

Painted for the City in 1899.

COURTROOM

STAINED GLASS
artist

D. MAITLAND ARMSTRONG, A.N. A.
1836-

The dome and the windows in the north and south walls of the
Courtroom consist of stained glass in designs of fruit, leaves and
flowers, interwoven with heraldic devices. The prevailing colors
are green and yellow.

signed: MAITLAND ARMSTRONG FECIT 1899
INSCRIPTIONS — WINDOWS

LEGVM

MINISTRI

MAGISTRATVS

LIVINGSTON

LVX

BVTLER

LEGVM

INTERPRETES

JVDICES

HAMILTON

LEX

KENT

LEGVM

NEQVE

OMNES SERVI

PERFRINGI

SVMVS

POTENTIA

MARCY

JAY

JUS

LEX

OGDEN

O'CONOR

JUS CIVILE

NEQVE

NEQVE INFLECTI

ADVLTERARI PECVNIA

GRATIA

DEBET

VAN BUREN

CLINTON

LVX

JVS

FISH

SPENCER

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COURTROOM — CONTINUED

INSCRIPTION — DOME

STORY

CHOATE

EXCELSIOR

PINKNEY

TANEY
EXCELSIOR

MARSHALL
WEBSTER
EXCELSIOR

SHAW

LEGARE

EXCELSIOR

BARRETT

VAN BRUNT

RUMSEY

DE WITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL

OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL

ARTIST

CHARLES YARDLEY TURNER, N.A.

1850-

* ENTERING THE MOHAWK VALLEY

In an extensive Autumn landscape is shown a group of eight
persons, five gentlemen and three ladies, all but one standing on
the prow of a canal boat decorated with garlands of Autumn
leaves. The figure to the right, a tall man in a dark green over-
coat, has standing by his side a lady dressed in purple. To the
left is seated a lady dressed in red, with a long white fichu and
holding over her head a red parasol. Behind and to the left of her
are grouped the other five figures, dressed in various colors of
purple, green and blue. Above them, on a stone pier, is a young
man reclining against a beam.

signed: COPYRIGHT BY C. Y. TURNER — 1905. F. C. STAHR —
ASSISTANT

Height, 12 ft. II in.; width, 15 ft. 6^ in.
Painted for the City in 1905.

CHARLES A. SCHIEREN

RICHARD CREIFELDS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 69

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COURTROOM — CONTINUED

INSCRIPTION DOMh

MARSHALL

WEBSTER

EXCELSIOR

STORY

SHAW

CHOATE

LEGARE

EXCELSIOR

PINKNEY

BARRETT

TANEY

VAN BRUNT

EXCELSIOR

RUMSEY

DE V

H SCHOOL
r THE ERIE CANAL

RNER, N.A.

THE MOHAWK VALLEY

In an ex
persons, fiv i

the prow (
leaves. Th
coat, has s'
left is seatt
holding ove, ..^
are grouped the
purple, green an .
man reclining against a beam

landscape is shown a group of e-

three ladies, all but one standing

■rated with garlands of Auti

a tall man in a dark green

iady dressed in purple. To;

-ed, with a long white fichu

ol. Behind and to the left ofl

res, dressed in various colorj

io-ii. on a stone pier, is a yc

signed: CO'

. Y. ...K-
ASSISTANT

CO. — 1905. F. C. STAf^

Height, 12 li. 1 1 li..; ^Mdth, 15 ft. 6^ in.
Painted for the City in 1005.

H3^3IHD2 .A 23J5IAH3

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*THE MARRIAGE OF THE WATERS

This is a group consisting of about twenty figures of gentlemen
standing on the prow of a canal boat, the side of which is decor-
ated with an American flag. To the left is a gentleman holding
high a bucket, from which he is pouring water over the side of the
boat. Just to the right stands a keg labeled "Water of Lake
Erie," and next to this a table covered with an ample red cloth on
which stand several bottles. The rest of the gentlemen, several
of whom are in the uniforms of various nations, stand grouped be-
hind the table on a series of steps, and above their heads floats a
banner on which the seal of the City of New York is conspicuous.
In the background are many vessels profusely decorated with the
flags of all nations.

signed: copyright by C. Y. turner — 1905. F. C. STAHR. ASST.

Height, 12 ft. II in.; width, 15 ft. 6h in.
Painted for the City in 1906.

COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

*THE GRADUATE

ARTIST

EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD, N.A.

1848-

In the center, clothed in pale blue draperies, a colossal female
figure is seated on a white marble throne and holds the earth in
her hands. A fire burns on a low altar at her feet. On the marble
steps leading to the throne stands a young man wearing a college
gown. He holds a lighted torch in his right hand and in his left
an academic cap. To the right stands the figure of a woman dressed
in a richly-embroidered blue gown and a red Phrygian cap. Her
left hand, holding a diploma, is extended towards the young man,
while with her right she points upward. Further down the steps,
to the right, stands a female figure robed in red and holding in her
right hand a sword and in her left a scourge, resting on her shoulder.
Seated in a semicircle on either side of the central figure are ten
female figures dressed in white and pale yellow, and two on each
side wearing red mantles. Below these, on either side, is a group
of seated male figures dressed in various colors (purple, blue and
red). Still further below, at the left, is a group of young men

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dressed in modern costumes of people in various walks of life. On
the opposite side is a group of young men, some of them wearing
college gowns and others college athletic costumes. In the upper
part of the painting, on either side, partly enveloped in clouds of
smoke arising from the altar, are two groups of children, the one
at the left holding an open volume, the one at the right a glass
retort. The background of the upper part of the painting consists
of dark purple tree trunks and foliage against a blue sky.

signed: designed and executed by
edwin howland blashfield i907-08
his assistants were alonzo e. foringer and vincenzo
aderente

Height, 22 ft.; width, 41 ft.
Painted for the City in 1908.

INSCRIPTION

DOTH*NOT*WISDOM*CRY * * * SHE*STANDETH*ON*THE*TOP*OF*HIGH
PLACES, BY*THE*WAY*IN*THE*PLACES*OF*THE*PATHS.*SHE*CRIETH*AT
*THE*GATES,*AT*THE*ENTRY*OF*THE*CITY, AT*THE*COMING* IN*AT*

THE*DOORS

WADLEIGH HIGH SCHOOL

STAINED GLASS WINDOW

One of the windows in the lobby is of stained glass, in the centre
of which is a bust portrait of Goethe with the face in profile to the
right.

INSCRI PTIONS
GOETHE

•PRESENTED-TO-

•THE-

• WADLEIGH HIGH • SCHOOL •

■ BY-

■THECLASSOF- IQOy-

ANDREW H. GREEN

B. KRAMER SCHEIRO

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 73

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dressed in modern costumes o
the opposite side is a group >
college gowns and others colli
part of the painting, on eitht
smoke arising from the altar,
at the left holding an open \
retort. The background of tin
of dark purple tree trunks and i^

signed: DESIGNE^n
EDWIN HOWLA:
HIS ASSISTANTS WERE A!

ADbri

Height, 22 ft.; width, 41 ft.
Painted for the City in 1908.

Mur<-, L oECORATIONS

various walks of life. On
vien, some of them wearin.
: costumes. In the uppei
ily enveloped in clouds of
roups of children, the one
■ one at the right a glass
rt of the painting consists
iainst a blue sky.

-XECUTED BY
: LD 1907-08
■INGER AND VINCENZO

ION

DOTH♦NOT•WISDOM*CR^ ,TANDETH*ON*THE*TOP*OF*HIGH

PLACES, BY*THE*WAY*IN*T)!! -; V l-S*OF*THE*PATHS.*SHE*CRIETH*AT
*THE*GATES,*AT*THE*ENTRY*OF*THE»ClTY, AT»THE*COMlNG*IN*AT*

THE*DOORS

WADLL..M, Miort SCHOOL

STAINED GLASS WINDOW

One of the windows in tht^ lobby is of stained glass, in the centre
of which is a bust portrait of Goethe with the face in profile to the
right.

INSCRIPTIONS
GOETHE

^^^rrSF.NTED-TG-
THE-
^H HIGH •SCHOOL •
•BY•

t^339fo^Vl¥^\^§>fm?A

OJIIHH08 JIHMAJIH .8
£Y aOAl 332 Kom 1513830 5I01

SCULPTURE

BATTERY PARK

*JOHN ERICSSON
1803-1889

INVENTED THE MONITOR IN 1862

ARTISTS

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A. SCULPTOR

1845-

AND

F. E. WALLIS, ARCHITECT

Vearing an overcoat open, showing a t med froc'-

coat beneath, a bronze figure, heroic size, sr
advanced and the knee slightly bent. Hi^
the front and he holds before him, with his k
of a "monitor," while his right, holding a r
with mechanical drawings, hangs at his side
polished granite pedestal, below the surb
bronze tablet representing respectively in
and another battleship in action; battlesh:
full sail; various mechanical devices, and T

.; fire.

signed: j. s. hartle.. ^■^^.^. .
inscripttok

• the • city • of

ERECTS • THIS • SlAiui:
MEMORY • OF ■ A • CITIZEN
• GENIUS ■ HAS ■ CONT'-'"
• TO • THE • GREATNESS
• REPUBLIC • AND •
GRESS • OF • THE

■ APRIL • 2('

i^^^MlM^

N • JULY
• BORN •

DIFD T>; • NEW ■''fORK

DiBAJWi THU03

8^ HOA«i ans MoiTTijiaaaa Hoq

HENRY HUDSON

COUNT PULASKI

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 78

SCULPTURE
BATTERY PARK

*JOHN ERICSSON

1 803- 1 889

INVENTED THE MONITOR IN

1862

ARTISTS

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A. SCULPTOR

1845-

AND

F. E. WALLIS, ARCHITECT

Wearing an overcoat open, showing a tightly buttoned frock-
coat beneath, a bronze figure, heroic size, stands with the left foot
advanced and the knee slightly bent. His face and eyes are to
the front and he holds before him, with his left hand, a small model
of a "monitor," while his right, holding a mass of papers covered
with mechanical drawings, hangs at his side. On each side of the
polished granite pedestal, below the surbase, is a rectangular
bronze tablet representing respectively in low relief: A monitor
and another battleship in action; battleship "Princeton" under
full sail; various mechanical devices, and firemen using an engine
at a fire.

signed: j. s. hartley, sculp: f. e. wallis. arch:

INSCRIPTIONS

• the •

CITY • OF • NEW • YORK •

ERECTS

• THIS • STATUE • TO ■ THE

memory

• OF • A • CITIZEN • WHOSE

• GENIUS • HAS • CONTRIBUTED ■
• TO • THE ■ GREATNESS • OF • THE •
• REPUBLIC ■ AND ■ THE ■ PRO
GRESS • OF ■ THE • WORLD ■

• APRIL ■ 26 ■ 1893 •

ON • JULY • 31 • 1803 • JOHN • ERICSSON • WAS

■ BORN ■ IN • LANGSBANSHYTTAN • SWEDEN ■
• DIED • IN • NEW • YORK ■ MARCH • 8 • 1889 •

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BOWLING GREEN

ABRAHAM DE PEYSTER

1658-1728

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 169I-95
ACTING-GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, I 70 I

ARTIST

GEORGE EDWIN BISSELL

1839-

Dressed in an ample cloak over an eighteenth century costume
is a seated figure in bronze, heroic size, on a simple granite pedestal.
His face, framed by a wig with long curls, is turned to the right
with the eyes looking straight ahead. His right hand rests on his
thigh and his left arm, extending across his breast, is supported on
the pommel of his sword, with the hand clasping a partly unrolled
document.

signed: GEO. E. BISSELL SCULPTOR 1896.
INSCRIPTIONS

Abraham de Peyster

1685 Alderman, 1691-95 Mayor, 1701 Comptroller,

and 1708 Receiver General of the Port, of New York;

1698 Member of Earl Bellomont's Council;

1698 Associate Judge of the Supreme Court;

1 700 Colonel commanding Regiment of Militia or City Trained Bands,

1701 Chief Justice; 1701 President of the King's Council and thus

Acting Governor of the Province of New York;

1706-172 1 Treasurer of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey.

Born 8th July, 1657 - Died 2d Aug. 1728.

Johannes, Col. Abraham de Peyster's father,

was Burgomaster 1673, Alderman i666-'9, i673-'6,

and Deputy Mayor, N. Y. 1677;

Johannes Jr., his son. Alderman i70o-'i-'io. Mayor 1698.

Erected by

John Watts de Peyster,

7th generation, in direct descent,

resident of and 6th born in,

I St Ward, City of New York.

106

JAMES KENT

BY
REMBRANDT PEALE, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 7?

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BOWLING GREEN
ABRAHAM DF. PEYSTER

..;-■; • --J

MAYOR O'-" %, 1691-95

W YORK, 1 70 1

Dressed in an ample r'o^k over an eighteenth century costt'

is a seated figure in brc on a simple granite pedes

His facp. framed hv 3 curls, is turned to the r..

wi ' ' ' His right hand rests on

th s his breast, is supported

the LH_)]miici ui 1111 J a; - iiand clasping a partly unrolk
document.

signed: ceo. Z. -iiSELL SCULPTOR 1896.

!e Peyster
i(^Q- A Horn. -1 1 or, 1701 Comptroller,

an e Port, of New Yori;;

'lont's Council;
Court;
1700C01 :ty Trained Bands,

1701 Chiet Justice . ol the King's Council and thu>

Acting C Province of New York;

171' "" f New York and New Jersey.

1 2d Aug. 1728.
Peyster's father,
an i666-'9, i6jy'6,
.^.^j . .., N. Y. 1677;

Johannes Jr., his : nan 1700-'! -'10, Mayor 1698.

"rf.ied by

de Peyster,
71 n direct descent,

/. Ti4a>l i23MA^th bom in,

isf ■ 3! lY^j' of New York.

.A.n .3JAH1 Tai4A::aaM35i

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PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

1 706- 1 790

PRINTER, PHILOSOPHER, STATESMAN, DIPLOMATIST, AUTHOR

ARTIST
E. PLASSMANN

Dressed in Colonial costume, a bronze figure, heroic size, of a
gentleman with long hair, stands with left foot advanced and the
knee bent, on a simple granite pedestal. His left hand, holding a
copy of "Pennsylvania Gazette," hangs at his side, and his right
is extended palm downward on a level with his hip, in gesture.

signed: E. PLASSMANN SCULP'. N. Y.

Given to the City in 1872.

CITY HALL PARK

NATHAN HALE
1 75 5- 1 776

AN AMERICAN PATRIOT CAPTAIN IN THE COLONIAL ARMY, 1 776.
EXECUTED AS A SPY BY BRITISH IN 1 776

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MAC MONNIES, N.A.

1865-

Dressed in a Colonial costume, is a bronze figure, heroic size, of
a young man standing on a round granite pedestal. His head is
thrown slightly backward in defiance, and his noble and refined,
youthful face, wearing a look of resignation, is turned to the left,
and the eyes slightly lowered, look straight ahead. His arms are

107

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CITY HALL PARK— CONTINUED

bound behind him with a cord at the elbows, and the hands hang
helplessly at his sides, while his feet are bound with a similar cord.

signed: FREDERICK MAC MONNIES PARIS 1890.

Given to the City in 1893.

INSCRIPTIONS

NATHAN HALE

A CAPTAIN

IN THE REGULAR

ARMY

OF THE

UNITED STATES

WHO GAVE HIS LIFE

FOR HIS COUNTRY

IN THE CITY OF

NEW YORK

SEPT 22ND

1776.

I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY

ERECTED BY THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK

EXECI MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNUS
1776 1883

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A GRANITE basin about 30 ft. square. In the center rises a
granite column, around which is a granite basin about 10 ft. in
diameter, above this a granite umbrella, over which the water
flows. The top is surmounted by a bronze fixture. The entire
structure is about 15 ft. high.

Erected by the City in 1872.

108

ROBERT KELLY

DANIEL HUNTINGTON

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 79

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CITY HALL PARK— CONTINUED

bound behind him with a cord at the elbows, and the hands han
helplessly at his sides, while his feet are bound with a similar core

signed: FREDERICK •' ♦ >...c PARIS 1890.

Given to the City in 1893.

INSCRIPTIONS

NATHAN HALt

A CAPTAIN

IN THE REGULAR

ARMY

OF THE

UNITEil STATES

WHO GAVE HIS LIFE

FOR HIS COUNTRY

JN THE CITY OF

NEW YORK

SEP'' i2ND

1776.

I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY

ERECTED BY THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK

EXECI MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNUS
1776 1883

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A GRANITE basin ab square. In the center rises .

granite column, around a granite basin about lo ft. >■

diameter, above this a gioi<i;c umbrella, over which the watf
flows. The top is surmounted by a bronze fixture. The entir
structure is about i^ {Y.M^^yi T5t3a05I

Erected by the City in 187; va

WOTOWITMLiy^ JHIHAO
Q^ HOA-i 333 HOirqiJlDSHa HOT

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CITY HALL PARK — CONTINUED
♦PROVOST PRISON TABLET

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

NEAR THIS SITE STOOD

THE PROVOST PRISON

WHERE PATRIOTS DIED FOR

THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

I 776- 1 783

ERECTED BY

THE MARY WASHINGTON

COLONIAL CHAPTER

DAUGHTERS OF THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

APRIL 15 A D I90I

ON S.W. CORNER OF CITY HALL

A BRONZE TABLET

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION
NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE DECLARATION OF

INDEPENDENCE

WAS READ AND PUBLISHED

TO THE

AMERICAN ARMY

JULY 9th 1776.

ERECTED BY THE

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

NOV 25 1892

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CITY HALL

ROTUNDA

THOMAS JEFFERSON

1 743- 1 826

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 180I-09

PIERRE JEAN DAVID

(DAVID d' ANGERS)

1 789- 1 856

This is a copy in plaster of a life-sized bronze statue in the
Capitol at Washington. He stands with his left foot advanced,
his right arm across his chest, and his left hand holding beside him
a large manuscript, on which is inscribed the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.

signed: p. j. DAVID d'angers 1833

INSCRI PTION

presented TO THE CORPORATION

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

BY COMMODORE URIAH P. LEVY,

OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

FEBRUARY 61" 1834

HORACE GREELEY

181 1-1872

FOUNDER OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 1 84 1

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A WHITE plaster bust, life size.

i'S

JUSTICE

BY
EDWARD SIMMONS
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CITY HALL— CONTINUED
governor's room

HENRY CLAY

1777-1852

A UNITED STATES SENATOR

ARTIST
M. PRUDEN

An undraped white marble bust, life size, stands on a fluted
marble pedestal. His face is turned to the left and his eyes look
straight ahead.

signed: henry clay, 1849. m. pruden. 'sc.

Purchased by the City in 1852.

DE WITT CLINTON

1769-1828

governor of new YORK, 1817-23; 1825-28

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A WHITE marble bust, life size, draped with a richly embroidered
toga, stands on a rectangular granite pedestal. His face is turned
to the right, with the eyes looking straight ahead.

INSCRIPTION
DE WITT CLINTON

WILLIAM F. HAVEMEYER

1 804- 1 874

mayor of new YORK, 1 845-46; 1 848-49

ARTIST
JULIA GRIFFIN

A WHITE plaster bust, life size.

SIGNED: JULIA GRIFFIN, MARCH, 1874
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CITY HALL — CONTINUED

governor's room

VAN WYCK

artist

UNKNOWN

A WHITE plaster bust, life size.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

'732-1799

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1789-97

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A WHITE plaster bust, life size.

* GEORGE WASHINGTON
1732-1799

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

PIERRE JEAN DAVID (dAVID d'aNGERS)

1789-1856

COPIED BY LOUIS NOEL

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, stands on a breche violet marble
pedestal on the front of which is a bronze scroll bearing the inscrip-
tion. The face is to the front and the eyes look straight ahead.
This is a copy of a bust in the museum in Angers, France.

signed: DAVID d'angers 1828

INSCRIPTION

GEORGE WASHINGTON

DAVID d'angers

PRESENTED

BY THE

HON. JEFFERSON M. LEVY

TO THE

CITY OF NEW YORK

MDCCCCV

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VAN WYCK

":t

/ life size.

GFOROE WA«;H?NGT0N

\TES, 17815-97

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A>\'F'!' life size.

5 O vj£,..^i>u., ^-v.noniNGTON

^ s 1732-1799

[^ ^ 2 -IDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1789-97

3 £^ ARTIST

5 ^ PIERRE JEAN DAVID (DAVID d'aNGERS)

I S 1 789- 1856

? ij3 COPIED BY LOUIS NOEL

!v — :

~ NZE bust, heroic size, stands on a breche violet r

n the front of which is a bronze scroll bearing the ,
tion. i he face is to the front and the eyes look straight anead.
This is a copy of a bust in the museum in Angers, France.

SIGNED; DAVID D'aNGERS 1828
INSCRIPTION

■r.rnar.p WASHINGTON
BY
ID d'aNGERS
PRESENTED

BY THE

-PERSON M. LEVY

TO THE

CITY OF NEW YORK

MDCCCCV

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COUNCIL CHAMBER

JOHN JAY

1 745- 1 829

CHIEF JUSTICE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, 1 789-95

ARTIST

JOHN FRAZEE, N.A.

179O-1852

A WHITE marble bust, life size, draped with a toga, stands on a
round marble pedestal. His face is to the front and the eyes look
straight ahead.

SIGNED: FRAZEE

Given to the City in 1835.

JOHN MARSHALL

1755-1835

CHIEF JUSTICE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, 180I-35

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A WHITE marble bust, life size, partly draped with a toga, stands
on a round marble pedestal. His face and e\'es are to the front.

COUNTY COURT HOUSE

PART XVIII

* GEORGE PEIRCE ANDREWS

1 83 5- 1 902

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1885--I902

ARTIST

GEORGE T. BREWSTER

1862-

Dressed in judicial robes is a mural bronze bust, slightly larger
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than life size, resting on a representation of a judge's desk, on which
lie the hands holding a paper.

signed: GEO: T. brewster: sc. 1903.

Given to the City in 1903.

INSCRIPTION

GEORGE - PEIRCE - ANDREWS
BORN - SEPT - 29 - 1835 - DIED - MAY
24 - 1902 - JUSTICE - OF - SUPREME
COURT - 1885 - 1902 - CORPORATION
COUNSEL - 1880 - 1884 - ASSISTANT
U - S - DISTRICT - ATTORNEY - 1861
_ 1866.

PART XIV

FREDERICK SMYTH
1 834- 1 900

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1896-I9OO

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In the upper part of a large bronze tablet, bearing the inscription,
is the head of a man in middle relief, with his face turned to the left.

INSCRI PTIONS

IN . MEMORY . OF
FREDERICK . SMYTH
BORN • JVLY • 15 • 1834 ■ DIED • AVGVST • 18 ■ I900
jVSTICE • OF • THE ■ SVPREME • COVRT

1 896 1 900

RECORDER • OF ■ THE • CITY • OF ■ NEW • YORK
1879 1894

"the • BENCH • HAS • LOST • ONE ■ OF • ITS ■ MOST

ABLE • VPRIGHT • AND • INDVSTRIOVS ■ MEMBERS

THE • LAW • AND • ITS ■ ADMINISTRATION ■ AN

VNTIRING AND • WISE • EXPONENT ■ AND ■ GVIDE

AND • THE • BAR ■ A ■ KIND • ATTENTIVE ■ AND

CONSIDERATE ■ FRIEND."

RESOLVTIONS • OF ■ BENCH AND ■ BAR ■ OCT • 19OO.

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ize, resting on a representation of a judge's desk, on which
aper.

r.o: r. BREWSTER: sc. 1903.

Given to the City in 1903.

INSCRIPTION

GEORGE - PEIRCE - ANDREWS
BORN -SEPT - 29- 1835 - DIED - MAY
24 - 1902 - JUSTICE - OF - SUPREME
COURT - l88<; - 1902 - CORPORATION
COUNSEL - " 884 - ASSISTANT

U - S - 11 vTTORNEY - 1861

1866.

FREDERICK SMYTH
1834-1900

S JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1896-19OO

Q H ARTIST

i5 ■< _j UNKNOWN

3 Cj the upper part of a large bronze tablet, bearing the inscriptic
S isIRe head of a man in middle relief, with his face turned to the lei

^ INSCRIPTIONS

IN . MEMORY . OF

FREDERICK . SMYTH

Bi.iKN • JVLY ■ 15 ■ 1834 ■ DIED ■ AVGVST ■ 18 ■ M - u

JVSTICE • OF ■ THE ■ SVPREME • COVRT

1896 — 1900

RECORDER ■ OF • THE • CITY ■ OF ■ NEW • YORK

1 879 — 1 894

"the • BENCH • HAS LOST - ONE • OP • ITS ■ MOST

ABLE • VPRIGHT • AND • INDVSTRIOVS • MEMBERS

THE • LAW • AND • ITS • ADMINISTRATION ■ AN

VNTIRING AND WISE • EXPONENT ■ AND • GVIDE

AND • THE ■ BAR A ■ KIND ■ ATTENTIVE • AND

CONSIDERATE • FRIEND."

RESOLVTlONS ■ OF • BENCH • AND • BAR ■ OCT ■ 1901
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PART XV

THOMAS ADDIS EMMET

1 764- 1 827

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF STATE, l8l2

ARTIST
OLLAVIANO GIOVANNAZZI

This is a life-sized white marble bust, with the face and eyes to
the front.

signed: OLLAVIANO GIOVANNAZZI FEC. LA 1828

Given to the Court in 1828.

inscription

thomae • addis • emmet

VIRO

DOCTRINA • IVRIS • SCIENTIA • ELOQVENTIA

PRAESTANTISSIMO

INTER • HAEC • SVBSELLIA • ET • OFFICII • MVNERA

SVBITA • MORTE • CORREPTO

SOCII • FORENSES • POSVERVNT

PART XV

JOHN TREAT IRVING

1778-1838

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A BUST relief in white marble encircled by a wreath.
Given to the Court.

INSCRIPTION

VIRO ■ HONORATO

lOANNI • T • IRVING

QVEM • IVDICIS • OFFICIO • MVLTOS ■ PER ■ ANNOS • FVNGENTEM

ET ■ LEGVM ■ DOCTRINA ■ ET • MORVM • INTEGRITAS ■ FELICISSIME .

CONDECORABANT

IVRISCONSVLTI NEO • EBORACENSES ■ QVIBUS • ET • AMICI ■

ET • MAGISTRI

TAM • TRISTE • RELIQVIT • DESIDERIVM

H • M • PONENDVM • CVRAVERVNT

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PART XV

JOHN SLOSS HOBART TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

John Sloss Hobart

His birth at Fairfield in Connecticut;
his Father the Pastor of the Church there.
A Judge of the Supreme Court of this State
from 1777 to 1798, when He "attained the Age
of Sixty Years." — afterwards, in the same
year, appointed Judge of the District Court
of the LI. S. within this District; and continued
in the Trust to his Death 1805

As a Man - firm

As a Citizen - zealous

As a Judge - distinguishing

As a Christian - sincere
This Tablet is placed to his memory

by One, to whom
"As a friend - as close as a Brother."

PART XVIII

* HENRY RUTGERS BEEKMAN TABLET

ARTIST
WILLIAM F. BEEKIVIAN

INSCRIPTION

INTEGER VITAE SCELERISQUE PURUS.

IN IVIEMORY

HENRY RUTGERS BEEKMAN

BORN DEC. 8th 1845

DIED DEC. 17th 1900.

PRESIDENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS

1885 TO 1887

PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN

1887 TO 1888
COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION

1888 TO 1889

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

1894 TO 1895
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

1895 TO 1900.

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JOHN SLOSS HOBART TABLET

ARTIST

UNK-JOWN

John irt

His birth at Fair!' cut;

his Father the Pa rch there.

A Judge of the S . f this State

from 1777 to ijq: tained the Age

of Sixty Years."- the same

year, appointed 1 1 irict Court

of the U. S. withi' and continued

in the Trast to hi.s ^., o^j

As a Man - firm

As a Citizen - zealous

As a Judge - distinguishing

As a Christian - sincere
This Tablet is placed to his memory

by One, to whom
" As a friend - as close as a Brother."

PART xvin

* HENRY RUTGERS BEEKMAN TABLET

ARTIST
WILLIAM F. BEEKMAN

INSCRIPTION
INTEGER VITAE SCELERISQUE PURUS.

IN MEMORY

HENRY RUTGERS BEEKMAN

BORN DEC. 8th 1845

DIED DEC. 17th 1900.

PRESIDENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS

1885 TO 1887

PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN

1887 TO 1888
COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION

1888 TO 1889

JUDGE OK THE SUPERIOR COURT

1894 TO 1895
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

1895 TO 1900.

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PART XVIII

HAMILTON W. ROBINSON TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN • MEMORY • OF

HAMILTON W. ROBINSON

BORN • NOV • 25 • 1814 : DIED • APRIL ■ 7 • 1879

JUDGE • OF • THE • COURT • OF • COMMON • PLEAS • FOR

THE ■ CITY • AND ■ COUNTY • OF • NEW ■ YORK • 1870 • 1879

"an • HONOR • TO ■ THE • JUDICIARY • AND • TO • OUR • PROFESSION"

HIS ■ URBANITY ■ AND • SINCERITY ■ ENDEARED ■ HIM • TO • US ■ AND

[his • PROBITY

his ■ learning • and • his • faithfulness • to • duty

[commanded
universal • respect • we • cherish • pleasant • recollections of
his • well ■ spent • life • and ■ revere ■ his • memory • as
an • able ■ and ■ upright ■ judge

resolutions • of • bench • and • bar:

APRIL ■ 24 ■ 1879.

HALL OF RECORDS

CHAMBERS STREET FAfADE

*STATUES

ABOUT THE LARGE CENTRAL WINDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

CHILDHOOD

Seated on either side of the peak of the window is a nude
figure of an infant, heroic size, with one hand resting on a shield,
the Other grasping its ankle.

Purchased by the City in 1902.

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* SPRING

A CARYATID in granite, heroic size. Her face is wreathed in
large blossoms. Her two hands grasp the drapery on her head.
Purchased by the City in 1902.

* SUMMER

A MALE caryatid in granite, heroic size. He holds at his right
side an inverted cornucopia, empty.
Purchased by the City in 1903.

* AUTUMN

A CARYATID in granite, heroic size. She has grape-leaves and
bunches of grapes entwined in her hair, and holds in front of her an
inverted cornucopia.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* WINTER

A MALE caryatid in granite, heroic size. With wind-whipped
beard, he is holding his cloak tightly around him.
Purchased by the City in 1903.

* PHILOSOPHY

A HALF-RECLINING figure of 3. bald-headed man, in granite,
heroic size. His left side and arm rest against a globe. His right
arm extended, holds a skull on his knee, at which he is intently
gazing.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* POETRY

A HALF-RECLINING figure of a young man, heroic size, in granite.
His head is bound with a wreath; in his left hand a medallion of
Dante's head; in his right hand a quill pen.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* MATERNITY

A SEATED female figure, heroic size, in granite, holding a baby on
her lap.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

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JUSTICE OF THE LAW

BY
EDWARD SIMMONS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 93

AT F WORKS OF A fiT— SCU LPTURE

HALL OF RECORD^- ;UED

A CARVAT e is wreathed i

large bit v on her head.

Purch

* SUMMER

ranite, heroic size. He holds at his rig

side - . :.. .._.jpia, empty.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

iAi;, i!)ie has grape-leaves ii
I air, and holds in front of her

size. With wind-whipped
jund him.

c City in

* PHILOSOPHY

iiMi/i-headed man, in granite,
inst a globe. His right
at which he is intently

le Citv in ;.

A HALF-RECLINING figure of 3 voung
His head is bound with ^ • '■:; in In- i^n nanu a lucuaiimu > f
Dante's head; in his rij. quill pen.

Purchased by the Cit

* MATERNITY

A SEATED female figure, heroic size, in granite, holding a 1
her lap. WAJ 3HT lO 33IT2UL

Purchased by the City in i903Ya

ewoMMiiasajiAwaa

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* HERITAGE

A SEATED group in granite, heroic size. A male figure holds on
his lap a child.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

CHAMBERS STREET FAfADE

STATUES

ON THE CHIEF CORNICE, CATALOGUED IN ORDER
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

ARTIST
PHILIP MARTINY, A.N.A.

1858-

* DAVID PIETERSEN DE VRIES

LIVED IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
PATROON OF A COLONY ON STATEN ISLAND ABOUT 1640

A GRANITE Statue, heroic size. He stands holding his hat against
his hip with his right hand, and in his left, his gloves.
Purchased by the City in 1904.

* CALEB HEATHCOTE

1665-172 1

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, I7M-14

A GRANITE statue, heroic size. Dressed in clerical garb, he holds
before him, with both hands, a document.
Purchased by the City in 1904.

*DE WITT CLINTON

1 769- 1 828

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1817-23; 1 828
MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1803-O7; 1809-IO; 1811-I5

A GRANITE Statue, heroic size. A heavy overcoat hangs from
his shoulders, and in each hand is a roll of manuscript.
j Purchased by the City in 1905.

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*ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT
1822-1903

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 887-88

A GRANITE figure, heroic size, of a man standing with feet apart
and his right hand resting on a mass of drapery lying on a column
at his side, while in his left hand, held before his waist, is a roll.

Purchased by the City in 1906.

* PHILIP HONE

1781-1851

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1825-26

A GRANITE statue, heroic size. In his right hand a pen; in his
left, a scroll.

Purchased by the City in 1906.

* PETER STUYVESANT

1 592-1672

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NEW NETHERLANDS, 1647-64

A GRANITE Statue, heroic size. He stands squarely on his
wooden leg, with his hat in his left hand and a walking-stick in his
right.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

*CADWALLADER DAVID COLDEN

1 769- 1 834

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1818-21

A GRANITE statue, in Colonial dress, heroic size, with a roll in the
right hand.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* JAMES DUANE

'733-1797

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 784-89

A GRANITE statue, heroic size. A cloak hangs over his left arm,
and in his left hand is a cane.
Purchased by the City in 1906.

THE POWER OF THE LAW

EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 94

CA SCULPTURE

RECORI ^TINUED

*ABRAM STEVEN r

1 822- 1 90 i

MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 1 887-88

A GR oic size, of a man standing with feet ap

^ ' ^■' •■" " " "liiss of drapery lying on a coli

field before his waist, is a rol|

■^ rrn i.i
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<X OF NEW YORK, 1 825-26

^, ..eroic -i'f '" Hi<; nght hand a pen

:e Citv in

E.NCRAL IHERLANDS, I 647- 6 J

lif.r,

" "Stands squarely o,.
J a walking-stick in

*CADa \i iADER DAVID GOLDEN
1769-1834

MAYOK (yp NEW YORK, 1818-2I

size, with a rci

* JAMES

MAYOR OF NEV,

Purchased by the City in io<M

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CHAMBERS STREET ENTRANCE

TWO GROUPS

ARTIST
PHILIP MARTINY A.N.A.
1858-

*NEW YORK IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

A GROUP of three figures, heroic size, in granite, stands on a
pedestal of the same material. Wearing a helmet, and dressed in
a loosely fitting robe falling in ample folds about her feet, the
figure of a woman stands with her head turned a little to the right
and her eyes nearly closed. Her left hand holds a torch, and her
right supports a globe on the arm of a massive chair, with its con-
cave back reaching to her shoulders. At her right, a figure in
Colonial uniform stands with the right leg thrown forward, the right
hand against the hip and the left grasping the barrel of a musket
standing at his side. At her left stands a female figure in three-
quarters view to the right. She is dressed in a simple costume,
with a kerchief about her shoulders, and her left hand, clasping a
sickle and a fold of her apron, hangs at her side, while in the hollow
of her right arm she holds a large bunch of long-stemmed flowers.

Purchased by the City in 1907.

*NEW YORK IN ITS INFANCY

A GROUP of three figures in granite, heroic size, stands on a granite
pedestal. Dressed in a simple robe hanging in ample folds, a fe-
male figure stands in front of a massive chair, with its concave back
reaching above her shoulders. She wears a crown, her face and
eyes are to the front, her right hand holds a document, and her left
rests on two books standing on the arm of the chair. At her right
stands an Indian wearing only a feather head-dress, a necklace and
a narrow leather apron. His right hand rests on the handle of an
oar thrust into the prow of a canoe, and his left, holding arrows,
hangs at his side. At her left stands a figure dressed in Colonial
costume, with his clenched right hand against his side and his left
clasping the collar of his cloak.

Purchased by the City in 1907.

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CENTRE STREET FAf;ADE

STATUES

ABOUT THE LARGE CENTRAL WINDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTIST
HENRY KIRKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

* RECORDER

A HALF-RECLINING figurc of 3. bearded man, heroic size, in
granite. Under his left arm he holds a book, with his right he is
writing in an open volume across his knee.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* KEEPER OF THE ROLLS

A SEATED figure in granite, heroic size, of a young man examining
a half-opened roll lying across his knees.
Purchased by the City in 1903.

STATUES

ON THE CHIEF CORNICE, CATALOGUED IN ORDER
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

ARTIST

PHILIP MARTINY, A.N. A.

1858-

* CHEMISTRY

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. With her left hand she
holds a book against her bosom; in her right, a wreath. At her
feet stands an antique retort on a pile of books, and beside them a
mortar and pestle.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* MEDICINE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. At her left, a snake is
coiled about a small column; at her feet, a skull rests on a pile of
books.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

WISDOM

HENRY OLIVER WALKER, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 95

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CENTRP STREET FA(;:ADE

UES

ABOUT THE l^NTRAL WINDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

* RECORDER

A HA f^ure vf n bearded man, heroic size,
granite. • book, with his right he

writin? ee.

* KEEPEi 'I ROLLS

-. ^■-•■-- '- - ■• f -^ young man exauiui!

ON aLOGUED in ORDl

IKiJV, I : : !■> RIGHT

ARTIST

PHILIP MARTINY, A.N.A.

1858-

* CHEMISTRY

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. With her left hand she
holds a book against her bosom; in her -•-'-* - wreath. At h ■
feet stands an antique retort on a pile id beside then^

mortar and pestle.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

♦MEDICINE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. At her left, a S'
coiled about a small column; at her feet, a skull rests on a

books. Moaeiw

Purchased by the City ' ^ ' ya

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* INDUSTRY

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. She holds in her right
hand a sheet of metal; behind her stands an anvil.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

♦COMMERCE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. In her right hand the
caduceus; on her head the winged hat; at her feet, fruits; beside
her, a bale of goods.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* NAVIGATION

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. In her left hand a model
of a primitive ship; at her right side stands an anchor.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

* INDUSTRIAL ART

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. On her left arm she
holds a vase, while at her feet stands another; in her right hand are
flowers.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* MUSIC

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. With her left hand she
holds a sheet of music to her bosom; in her right, a lyre. At her
feet stands a model of primitive organ pipes.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* ARCHITECTURE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. With both hands she
holds in front of her a mass of clay; at her feet stands a partial
view of the facade of the Parthenon.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

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CENTRE STREET ENTRANCE

TWO STATUES

ARTIST

PHILIP MARTINY, A.N.A.

1858-

*JUSTICE

Dressed in voluminous drapery, a female figure, heroic size, in
granite, is seated in an armchair of the same material. Her head
is inclined to the right, with the eyes looking straight ahead. She
holds a roll in her right hand, and her left rests on the rim of a
shield standing on its edge at her side, and behind this stands a
sword.

Purchased by the City in 1906.

*AUTHORITY

A FEMALE figure, heroic size, in granite, is seated in an armchair
of the same material. At her left elbow and right shoulder oak
leaves are entwined with her ample draperies; her head is inclined
to the left with the eyes looking straight ahead. In her left hand
is a roll and her right rests on the end of a granite fascis standing
at her side.

Purchased by the City in 1906.

READE STREET ELEVATION

STATUES

ABOUT THE LARGE CENTRAL WINDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

* STUDY

A HALF-RECLINING youth, in granite, heroic size. His left elbow
rests on a pile of books; his head leans on his hand; in his right hand
is an open book.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

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CENTRE ST?':rT r •: ■ ■, iNCE

TW'f

PHILIP

Dressed in

c,r;inite, is seai

IS inclined to r

holds a roll in

shield standing on us eagc
^ sword.
= Purchased by the '^"^^ -"

*JUSTiCl-.

!S drapery, a female figure, heroic size, ir

rmchair of the same material. Her headj

oking straight ahead. Sfc

left rests on the rim ofj

ner ; c-, and behind this stands j

u ■< s A fem/-
s " Oof the s:

2 ujleavc- -

City in 1006.

jPJT'-

:, !s seated in an armchair
V and right shoulder oak
eries; her head is incline.-^
■ ahead. In her left har,
f' -^ granite fascis staii'ii'

ABOUT THE LARGE CI

l^LEVATION

INDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTI-: i

HENKY MKKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

* STUDY

A HALF-RECLININ ~

rests on a pile of bO'
is an open book.

Purchased by the City in 1903

granite, heroic size. His left
d leans on his hand; in his right

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* INSTRUCTION

A HALF-RECLINING figure of a young man in granite, heroic size.
His right elbow rests on a pile of books. His left hand holds a book
open on his knees.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* HISTORY

A HALF-RECLINING male figure in granite, heroic size. His left
elbow rests on his knee, with his chin on his hand, in which he holds
a bunch of keys. He reclines on his left elbow, resting on a locked
chest.

Purchased by the City in 1902.

*LAW

A SEATED male figure in granite, heroic size. He is holding an
open book on his knees.

Purchased by the City in 1902.

STATUES

ON THE CHIEF CORNICE, CATALOGUED IN ORDER
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

ARTIST
PHILIP MARTINY, A.N. A.

* JUSTICE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. Against her right side
she holds a sword and a pair of scales. At her feet stands the
headman's ax and block.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* ELECTRICITY

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. In her right hand she
holds a palm branch; in her left, a spindle-like object.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

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♦PRINTING

A FIGURE of a young man in granite, heroic size. He is clad in
the dress of printers who used hand-presses and he stands with such
a press behind him.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* FORCE

A NUDE figure of a man in granite, heroic size. He holds a club
across his left shoulder. Between his feet is the head of a dead
lion, whose skin is more or less entangled with the legs of the statue.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* TRADITION

A FIGURE of an old man in granite, heroic size. He holds a
crook against his right side and an open scroll in front of him.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

* IRON AGE

A FIGURE of a young man in granite, heroic size. He stands in
front of a mechanical device. Over his right shoulder hang ropes
and in his left hand he holds a pair of pincers.

Purchased by the City in 1905.

* PAINTING

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. In her left hand is a
mirror; in her right, brushes and palette; behind her, an easel.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

* SCULPTURE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. Her right hand rests on
a torso of a man; her left hand holds a mallet and chisels.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

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HALL OF RECOR
* PRIN

-SCULPTURE

vTINUED

A FIGURE of a young man in gnmue. heroic size. He is clad
the dress of printers who used han-' --s and he stands with sue
a press behind him.

Purchu&d by the City in 190=

A NUDE figure of a man in
across hi^left shoulder. Be
lionujwho^ skin is more or less tn

PSrcha§;d by the City in rgoc.

5 ^

eroic size. He holds a ch;

feet is the head of a de,

aagled with the legs of the statu

id
UJ
2 .AlFiGURE of an old

00 croj^ against his right
> Purchased by the Cit ^

<- ■< Q

as r:

1 S

-0 >.

in;tt.', heroic size. He holds
open scroll in front of him.

- >

/G^iGURE of a younj."
froig of a mechanical
andan hiaSleft hand he

Purcha§;d bv the Csi

UJ
X
H

A FEMALE figure

mirror; in her righi
Purcha^pd by the

inite, heroic size. He stands
er his right shoulder hang r'^
of pincers.

: iXG

)ic size. In her left hand
lette; behind her, an easel

* SCULPTURE

A FEMALE figure in granite, heroic size. Her right hand rt
a torso of a man; her left hand holds a mallet and chisels.
Purchased by the City in 1905.

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WEST ELEVATION

STATUES

ABOUT THE LARGE CENTRAL WINDOW IN THE ATTIC ROOF

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BUSH-BROWN

1857-

* INDUSTRY

A SEATED figure in granite, heroic size, of a young man wearing a
leather apron. His left forearm rests upon an anvil; his right hand
on his knee.

Purchased by the City in 1903.

* COMMERCE

A SEATED female figure in granite, heroic size. She holds in her
hands a rudder, with her right elbow resting on a pulley.
Purchased by the City in 1903.

CHAMBERS STREET VESTIBULE

TWO GROUPS

ARTIST

ALBERT WEINERT

1863-

* CONSOLIDATION OF GREATER NEW YORK

A GROUP, life size, in white marble. In the center stands a youth;
on his left, a seated female figure handing him a key; on his right,
a female figure with an open scroll across her lap, with her left arm
resting on the City Hall in low relief

Purchased by the City in 1906.

INSCRIPTION

CONSOLIDATION
I OF

GREATER NEW YORK
1898.

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* RECORDING THE PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND

A GROUP in white marble, life size. In the center a youth
reaching a bag of gold to a female figure seated at his right, who
holds in her hands a tablet and stylus; on the youth's left is a
seated Indian.

Purchased by the City in 1906.

INSCRIPTION

RECORDING THE PURCHASE

OF MANHATTAN ISLAND

1626

CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING

* REBECCA SALOME FOSTER
1 848- 1 902

ARTIST
KARL BITTER, N.A., SCULPTOR

1 868-

CHARLES ROLLINSON LAMB, ARCHITECT

A MARBLE relief in gilt Renaissance frame. A winged female
figure in mezzo-relief, consoles a mourner (in high relief), with bent
head, and hand supporting his chin. Her right hand rests upon
his neck, her left on his shoulder. Above is a medallion with a
portrait of the deceased, in middle relief.

SIGNED: KARL ■ BITTER • INV • ET • FEC • MCMIII

Given to the City in 1903.

INSCRIPTION

REBECCA SALOME FOSTER

OCT ■ 24 ■ 1848 - FEB • 22 • 1902

ON HER LIPS WAS THE LAW OF KINDNESS

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HALL '>S -CONTINUED

' \NHATTAN ISLAM

1 the center a you
ated at his right, w'
■ the youth's left is

RECORDING THE PURCHASE

Qf V,AMLJATTAN ISLAND

\L COURTS

H * REBECCA SALOME FOSTER

jj 1848-1002

o ''^"^

S kar; ;.a., sculptor

S ,868-

_Q CHARLES ROLLJNSON LAMB, ARCHITECT

o . . .

relief in gilt Renaissance frame. A winged fema

''■ -^K,r - ., /;_, Y[[gYi relief), with be-

tight hand rests up.

portrait of the deceased . relief.

■: KARL • BIMEK • INV • ET • FEC • MCMIII

•e City in ioo"i.

.scription
rebecca salome foster

OCT ■ 24 • 1848 - FEB ■ 22 • 1902
ON HER LIPS WAS THE LAW OF KINDNESS

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SEWARD PARK
JACOB H. SCHIFF FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

ARNOLD W. BRUNNER, ARCHITECT

1857-

Ornamental fountain. Large basin 15 ft. x 3 ft., from center
of which rises a column supporting two bronze basins, one above
the other. Semicircular seats on two sides about 25 ft. long. All
of dark gray granite except the two basins.

INSCRIPTIONS

PRESENTED

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

1895

"and THERE
SHALL COME
WATER OUT OF
IT, THAT THE
PEOPLE MAY
DRINK."

EXODUS - XVII - 6

COOPER SQUARE

PETER COOPER
1791-1883

AN AMERICAN INVENTOR, MANUFACTURER AND PHILANTHROPIST

ARTIST

AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, N.A.

I 848- 1 907

Seated in a massive bronze chair standing on a white marble
pedestal, is a bearded figure in bronze, heroic size. His face is
turned a little to the left, and his kindly eyes look straight ahead.
His left hand grasps a heavy cane standing out a little from the

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chair, and his clenched right hand rests in his lap. The statue
stands beneath a massive marble canopy supported by Ionic
granite columns.

signed: avgvstvs • saint - gavdens fecit ■ m • d ■ c ■ c • c • xciv:

INSCRIPTIONS

peter • COOPER •

BORN •

FEBRVARY ■ XII • A • D ■

M D ■ C • C • XCI ■

DIED •

APRIL • III A • D

M D • C • C • CLXXXIII •

ERECTED • BY • THE •

CITIZENS ■ OF • NEW • YORK ■ IN •

GRATEFVL • REMEMBRANCE

PETER • COOPER •

FOVNDER • OF • THE •

COOPER • VNION

FOR • THE • ADVANCEMENT ■

OF ■ SCIENCE • AND • ART •

ANNO • DOMINI •

M • D C C C XCVII ■

NEWCOMB FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A SHAFT 8 feet high, 6 feet wide and i foot thick, composed of
blocks of rough-cut granite. On one side a granite basin, nearly
round, about 6 feet in diameter, for horses; on the opposite side, a
small iron basin for the surplus water flowing from the mouth of a
contorted dolphin. The shaft is surmounted by an iron ornament
about 4 feet high.

inscription

The Gift of

Marie Guise Newcomb
to

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY

FOR THE PREVENTION OF

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

1894

130

JOHN ERICSSON

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE IO5

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chair, and his clenched right hand rests in his lap. The statue
stands beneath a massive marble canopy supported by lonir
granite columns.

SAINT - GAVDENS ■ FECIT M ■ D ■ C ■ C • C ■ XCIV :
INSCRIPTIONS

PETER

■ COOPER •

BORN •

FEBRVARY

• XII ■ A ■ D •

M • D •

C C • XCI •

DIED •

APRIL

UI A ■ D

M D • C

C CLXXXHI •

ERECTED

BV • THE •

CITIZENS • OF •

NEW • YORK ■ IN

GRATEFVL

REMEMBRANCE

PETER

COOPER ■

FOVNDER

OF THE •

VNION •

FOR

'VANCEMENT ■

AND • ART •

iMINI •

xcvii

NLWCuAib hUUNTAIN

A SHAFT 8 feet h'~' '
blocks of rough-cu
round, about 6 feet ..
small iron basin for the
contorted dolphin. The
about 4 feet high.

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

':• and I foot thick, composed of
ne side a granite basin, nearly
:■ horses; on the opposite side, a
: er flowing from tne mouth of a

urmounted by an iron ornament

INSCRIPTION

i ■<fc' Gift of
lUisE Newcomb
to

^lETY

ViW-^^^^^^k-iv^UfMii OF

CRU L i, ! j-YSo \ \ ! M A LS
.AM ,Y3JT5IAH O^OOa WAHTAKO[
?OI 30A1 332 MOITTISOeaa S103

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ASTOR PLACE

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX
1 824- 1 889

MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1 857-65; 1 869-73; 1 875-85; 1 888-89

ARTIST

LOUISE LAWSON

186-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, is standing erect on a granite pedes-
tal. He is dressed in a tigiitly fitting frock coat, with his face
turned slightly to the left, and his eyes looking straight ahead.
His right arm is raised above the shoulder with the index finger
pointing upward, while his clenched left hand hangs at his side.

signed: LOUISE LAWSON SCULPTOR
INSCRIPTIONS

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX

THE LETTER CARRIER'S FRIEND.

ERECTED IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY

OF HIS

SERVICES IN CONGRESS

BY THE

LETTER CARRIERS OF NEW YORK, HIS HOME,

AND OF THE

UNITED STATES, HIS COUNTRY

JULY 4th, 189I

COMMITTEE

GEORGE H. NEWSOM, CHAIRMAN

THOMAS MURPHY, TREASURER JAMES GREER, SECRETARY

JAMES McVEY BERNARD S. KENNEDY

MICHAEL J. HARNEY CHARLES P. KELLY

THE LETTER CARRIERS

OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES

ERECTED THIS MONUMENT TO

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX

[Here follows a list of about two hundred cities.]
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HUDSON PARK
FIREMEN'S MONUMENT

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A SIMPLE granite sarcophagus is placed on a rectangular granite
pedestal. Its top is adorned with firemen's helmets and a lamp
carved in high relief.

INSCRIPTIONS

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED

BY THE MEMBERS OF

EAGLE FIRE ENGINE COMPANY

NO. 13

IN CONNEXION WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE

DECEASED

TO COMMEMORATE THE SAD EVENT

CONNECTED WITH THEIR DEATH

AND THE LOSS

WHICH THEY DEPLORE

HERE ARE INTERRED

the bodies of

EUGENE UNDERHILL

aged 20 years 7 months and 9 days
and

FREDERICK A. WARD

aged 22 years i month and 16 days

Who lost their lives by the falling of a Building

while engaged

in the discharge of their duty as Firemen

on the first day of July

mdcccxxxiv

THIS GROUND WAS USED AS A CEMETERY

BY TRINITY PARISH

DURING THE YEARS 1 834- 1 898.

IT WAS MADE A PUBLIC PARK

BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK

IN THE YEAR 1 897-8.

THIS MONUMENT STOOD IN THE CEMETERY

AND WAS REMOVED TO THIS SPOT

IN THE YEAR 1 898.

132

ABRAHAM DE PEYSTER

GEORGE EDWIN BISSELL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE Io6

granite sa; n a rectangular gra.

pt s lop is : s helmets and a la

c; h relief.

THIS MON. . ■-r IS PRECTED
BV

i-;agle F.'

NO. i j

IN Cr>NNEXrON WITH THE FRIENDS C

SAD EVENT

aged 20 years 7 months and 9 days

WARD

as^ed 2- ; and 16 days

their Iivl ailing of a Building

,ed
m the discharge oi :i:eir duty as Firemen
on the first day of July
mdcccxxxiv

THIS GROl 'SED AS A CEMETERY

■ Y PARISH

DURING nil. YEARS 1834-1898.

IT WAS MADE A PUBLIC PARK

BY "^ ' '^"' OF NEW YORK

\R 1897-8.

THIS MONl CD IN THE CEMETERY

Ya
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HUDSON PARK — CONTINUED

IN MEMORIAM

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

DEVOTES TO THE SERVICE AND COMFORT OF THE LIVING

THIS GROUND

FORMERLY USED BY TRINITY PARISH

AS A BURIAL PLACE FOR THE DEAD,

WHOSE NAMES, ALTHOUGH NOT INSCRIBED,

ARE HEREBY REVERENTLY COMMEMORATED.

A. D. MDCCCXCVIII

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

At the base of the pavilion are three lions' heads; out of their
mouths water flows over sculptural figures of dolphins, shells, etc.,
into a large irregular basin connected with the oblong basin of the
sunken garden.

TOMPKINS SQUARE
FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A GRANITE pavilion 6 feet square by 12 feet high, surmounted by
a bronze female figure representing a water bearer. On the front
side of the low pedestal supporting this figure is inscribed M. S. ;
on the rear, 1891 ; on each side, L. Below the roof of molding are
cut in the granite, one word on each side:

FAITH HOPE CHARITY TEMPERANCE

In the center of the pavilion is the stump of a granite column, out
of which the water flows.

* MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
BRUNO LOUIS ZIMM

.875-

A PYRAMIDAL shaft of pink Knoxville marble, 8 feet high. On
the front is an ornamental basin and above this a lion's head, from

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which the water flows, and a low relief representing two children
watching a distant steamboat.

signed: b • l • ZIMM •

Given to the City in 1906.

inscription

• they were ■
• earth's ■

• PVREST ■

• CHILDREN ■

• YOVNG AND •
■ FAIR •

ERECTED

IN MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO LOST

THEIR LIVES

IN THE DISASTER TO

THE STEAMER

GENERAL SLOCVM

JVNE XV

MCMIV

DEDICATED

THE SYMPATHETIC SOCIETY

OF GERMAN LADIES

IN THE YEAR OF OVR LORD

MCMVI

WASHINGTON SQUARE

ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY

1832-1882

AN AMERICAN INVENTOR AND ENGINEER

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, stands on an ornamental white marble
pedestal consisting of a central pillar joined to two smaller pillars

'34

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

E. PLASSMAN
FOR DRSCRIPTION SEE PAGE IO7

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TOMPKINS SQL riNUED

which the water flows, and a low relief --(^■''■esenting two children
watching a distant steamboat.

signed:

Given to the City in 1906.

ERECIfcD

IN MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO LOST

THEIR LIVES

IN THE DISASTER TO

THE STEAMER

GENERAL SLOCVM

JVNE XV

MCMIV

DEDICATED

SYMPATHETIC SOCIETY

OF GERMAN LADIES

IN THE YEAR OF OVR LORD

MCMVI

WASHINGTON SQUARE

ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY
1832-1882

AN AMERICAN INVENTOR AND ENGINEER

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

A BRONZE bust, H«MQiC>IWl!5??art4*M!A^.t»ia'a'amentaI white marbi'
pedestal consisting of a centralYgillar joined to two smaller pillar:-

MAwiaeAjifl .3

^01 aoA«i 33a noiTiisiDeaa jioh

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by simple screens. He is dressed in a heavy overcoat and his face
is turned sHghtly to the left, with the eyes looking straight ahead.

signed: j. q. a. ward, sculptor, n. y. 1889

Given to the City in 1S89.

inscriptions

BORN IN LAKEVILLE,

CONN. JULY 20th, 1832.

DIED IN BROOKLYN, N. Y.,

JANUARY 29th, 1882.

IN HONOR OF
ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY

FOREMOST AMONG THOSE

WHOSE GENIUS AND ENERGY

ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA

AND IMPROVED

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

THE MANUFACTURE OF

BESSEMER STEEL

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED

BY ENGINEERS

OF TWO HEMISPHERES.

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

1 807- 1 882

AN ITALIAN PATRIOT

ARTIST
G. TURINI

Dressed in the Garibaldian uniform, a bronze figure, heroic size,
stands with the left foot well advanced, on a simple granite pedestal.
His head, with long, thick hair exposed below his round cap, is in-
clined to the right, and his full-bearded face is turned to the left,
with the serious eyes looking straight ahead. His left hand grasps
his scabbard, and his right arm, from beneath the skirt of his outer
garment, thrown up over the shoulder, reaches across his chest,
the hand grasping the hilt of his partly drawn sword.

signed: G. TURINI SCULPTOR

Given to the City in 1888.

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INSCRIPTIONS

GARIBALDI
1807 - 1882

IL II GIUGNO

MDCCCLXXXVIII

GLI ITALIANI

DEGLI STATI UNITI

d' AMERICA

ERESSERO

WASHINGTON ARCH

ARTIST

STANFORD WHITE, ARCHITECT

1853-I906

This is a granite structure 77 feet high, 62 feet wide, with an
arch 47 feet high and a span of 30 feet. Above the piers the struc-
ture is richly ornamented with carving.

INSCRIPTIONS

TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

LET US RAISE A STANDARD TO WHICH THE WISE
AND THE HONEST CAN REPAIR THE EVENT
IS IN THE HAND OF GOD * WASHINGTON

MDCCCLXXXIX

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin about 50 feet in diameter, enclosed by a missive
jranite coping about 2 feet high.

136

NATHAN HALE

FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 07

ART— SCULPTURE

GTON SQUARE — CONTINUED

TNSrf iPTlONS

1 •'; ■ 1662

IL H GIUGNO

MDCCCLXXXVin

GLi ITALIANI

DEGLl ST ATI UNITI

d' AMERICA

HlfESSERO

WASHINGTON ARCH

ARTIST

STANFORD WHITE, ARCHITECT

1853-1906

This is a granite structure 77 feet high, 62 feet wide, with an
arch 47 feet high and a span of 30 feet. Above the piers the struc-
ture is richly ornamented with carving.

INSCRIPTIONS

TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

LET US RAISE A STANDARD TO WHICH THE WISE
AND THE HONEST CAN REPAIR THE EVENT
IS IN THE HAND OF GOD * WASHINGTON

MDCCCLXXXIX

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin J MUi. crt in diameter, enclosed by am.
granite coping about a^eW'H .^Ht^HTAK

.AM ,2aiWHOM3AM MAIJJIW >IDIJI3a3jn
"joi 30A1 33S noiTRiflDaaa aoi

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UNION SQUARE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1 809- 1 865

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1861-65

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BROWN, N.A.

1814-1886

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, with whiskers on the lower part of
his face and with the face and eyes to the front, stands with the
left foot advanced on a granite pedestal. His cloak, drawn round
over the right shoulder, is gathered in ample folds against his
breast with his right hand, while his left hand, holding a roll, hangs
at his side.

Given to the City in 1868.

INSCRIPTION
■ WITH ■ CHARITY ■ FOR • ALL • WITH ■ MALICE • TOWARD • NONE •

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

1757-1834

MAJOR-GENERAL IN COLONIAL ARMY, I777-81

ARTIST

FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI

1834-1904

Dressed in an eighteenth-century uniform, a bronze figure,
heroic size, stands with left foot advanced on a plinth in the form
of a ship's prow. His eyes are raised and gaze into the distance.
His left arm is concealed by a toga hanging in ample folds from
his left shoulder and his left hand, with palm up, is extended down-
's?

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ward in gesture, while his right holds against his breast an un-
sheathed sword.

signed: a. bartholdi, 1873

inscriptions

"as SOON AS I HEARD OF

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,

MY HEART

WAS ENLISTED."

1776.

TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

FRANCE,

IN REMEMBRANCE OF SYMPATHY

IN TIME OF TRIAL,

1870 - 1871.

ERECTED 1876.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

1732-1799

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1789-97

ARTISTS

HENRY KIRKE BROWN, N.A.

1814-1886

AND

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

An equestrian statue in bronze, heroic size, stands on a simple
granite pedestal. Washington is dressed in Colonial uniform, and
his face is to the front, with the eyes, slightly raised, gazing into the
distance. His right arm, extended, is raised above the shoulder
with the hand, palm outward, in expressive gesture, while his left
hand, holding a chapeau and the reins, guides his charger, which
with arched neck and left foreleg raised is in the act of walking.

signed: H. K. BROWN SCULPTOR. J. Q. A. WARD. ASST. 1854

Given to the City in 1854.

INSCRIPTION

WASHINGTON
.38

"WM

NEW YORK IN ITS INFANCY

BY
PHILIP MARTINY, A.N. A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 121

CATALC" ORKS OF ART ■"CULPTURE

JED

ward in gesture, nst his breast an ur

sheathed sword.

AS S!
AMERi .

TO THE

iRK,

IN REMEM

>VMl^ATHy

1 >. , -.

lAL,

ERECTtD

1876.

J WAS[J
1732-179.,,

SlDHNl OF THE UNITED STAIES, 1 789-97

ARTISTS
HENRY KIRKE BROWN, N.A.

1814-1886

AND

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

An e in bronze, heroic size, stands on a simple

granite j hington is dressed in Colonial uniform, and

his face is to the front, with the eyes, slightly raised, gazing into th
distance. His right arm, extended, is raised above the should^
with the hand, palm outward, in expressive gesture, while his If
hand, holding a chapeau and the rems, guides his charger, whic
with arched neck and left foreleg raised is in the act of walking.

signed: H. K. brown SCL'trxoR. J. Q. A. WARD, ASST. 1854

Given to the City in 1854

.A.M. A ,YHrRiiftMM(5TiiMI1
i£i 30Aq 3aa noiTitJiDaaa jiot

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FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
KARL ADOLF DONNDORF

1835-

A GROUP in bronze, heroic size. A female figure holds a child on
her right arm; with her left hand she assists a child to hold a water
pitcher. The pedestal is a massive bronze pillar, on four sides of
which are basins to catch the water flowing from four large lions'
heads. Pedestal further ornamented with bugs, moths, lizards,
etc., in relief. It rests on a large irregular pink marble base.

signed: a. DONNDORF. FEC. STUTTGART. DEUTSCHLAND

Purchased by the City in 1881.

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin about 25 feet in diameter, the rim of which
is a massive granite coping about 1 foot high. In the center of the
basin is a fixture out of which the water shoots in a spray.

MADISON SQUARE

* CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR
1830-1886

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1881-85

ARTIST

GEORGE EDWIN BISSELL

1839-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, of a gentleman with side-whiskers,
stands erect on a granite pedestal with carved moldings. His

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face and eyes are to the front; his right hand is held at ease before
his waist, and with his left he holds a small book resting against
his thigh. Behind him stands an armchair and under his feet is
an oriental rug, which partly covers the front of the plinth.

signed: GEO. E. BISSELL SCULPTOR 1898

Given to the City in 1898.

INSCRIPTION

CHESTER • ALAN

ARTHUR

TWENTY-FIRST • PRESIDENT

THE • UNITED • STATES

OF • AMERICA.

ROSCOE CONKLING

1 829- 1 888

MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1859-63; 1865-67
UNITED STATES SENATOR, 1 867-8 1

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, is standing on a simple granite
pedestal in the attitude of making a speech. His full-bearded face
IS turned to the left, with his eyes looking straight ahead, and one
side of his unbuttoned frock coat is held back by his left hand,
with the thumb resting in the pocket of his trousers, while his right
hand is extended downward in gesture.

signed: j. q. a. ward, sculptor

Given to the City in 1893.

inscription

roscoe conkling

140

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MADISON SQUARE— Continued

face and eyes are to the front; his rierht hand is held at ease befoi

ii his left iv ' ' ' " book resting again

him Stan* and under his feet

.11. v^i.vMia: ,., '^ partly v.uv..,. ,Mv Mu.it of the plinth.

:- O. E. BISSELL SCULPTOR 1 898

Given to the City in 1898.

INSCRII

CHESTER ALAN

ARTHUR

TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT

S °^

^ THE • UNITED • STATES

_j OF • AMERICA.

b ROSCOE CONKLING

'^" 1 829- 1 888

H: MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1859-63; 1865-67

03 UNITED STATES SENATOR, 1 867-8 1

U ARTIST

f— JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

183CH-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, is standing on a simple granite
pedestal in the attitude of making a speech. His full-bearded fact-
is turned to the left, with his eyes looking straight ahead, and onr
side of his unbuttoned frock coat is held back by his left hand
with the thumb resting in the pocket of his trousers, while his righ (
hand is extended downward in gesture.

signed: J. Q. a w^rd scriprni?

Given to the City in 1893.

INSCRIPTION

ROSCOE CONKLING

140

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MADISON SQUARE — CONTINUED

DAVID GLASGOW FAR RAG UT
1801-1870

ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY, 1866-70

ARTISTS

AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, N.A.

1 848- 1 907

AND

STANFORD WHITE

1853-I906

Dressed in the uniform of an admiral, a bronze figure, heroic size,
stands erect, with the right foot advanced on a rectangular pillar
forming the center of a semicircular granite pedestal. His face
and eyes are to the front. His right hand hangs at his side and his
left holds a field glass before his waist. The front of the pillar is
ornamented with an unsheathed sword in low relief, and waves
flowing across it extend to the concave wings, which are ornamented
with female figures, in low relief, seated with their backs against the
central pillar. The inner base of each wing is a broad seat with
the arm formed of the figure of a fish springing through water.

signed:
avgvstvs ■ saint • gavdens ■ scvlptor ■ stanford • white •
architect ■ 1880

inscriptions

david ■ glasgow • farragvt

that • the • memory • of • a •

daring • and ■ sagaciovs • commander • and ■

gentle great-sovled • man ■ whose • life ■ from • child-

-hood • was • given • to • his • covntry • bvt • who ■

served • her • svpremely ■ in ■ the ■ war •

for • the • vnion • m ■ d c ■ c • c • lxi - m d-

-c • c • c • lxv • may ■ be • preserved ■ and •

• that • they ■ who • come • after •
■ will ■ owe • him • so • mvch • may-
he • was seen • by ■ friend ■ and •

• covntrymen • have • set • up ■
monvment • a ■ d ■ m • d • c-

C • C • L • xxxi: ■

141

HONORED

• AND

HIM • AND

• WHO

SEE • HIM

• AS ■

FOE

• HIS

THIS •

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MADISON SQUARE — CONTINUED

BORN • NEAR • KNOXVILLE

TENNESSEE ■ IVLY • V • MDCCCI- MID-

-SHIPMAN • MDCCCX • BATTLE OF • ESSEX •

AND • PHOEBE ■ MARCH ■ XXVHI ■ M D C • C ■ C XIV-

LIEVTENANT ■ M ■ D • C ■ C ■ C • XXV • COMMAND-

-ERMDCCC- XL! • CAPTAIN M D C CCLV-

BATTLE • OF • NEW • ORLEANS • APRIL •

-XXV • M • D ■ C ■ C • C LX • II ■ REAR • ADMIRAL ■ M-

-D • C • C C • LXII • BATTLE ■ OF • MOBILE • BAY • AVGVST •

VMDCCC- LXIV • VICE • ADMIRAL • DECEMBER ■ XX-

-III • M • D ■ C • C C • LXIV • FIRST ■ ADMIRAL ■ OF • THE ■

VNITED • STATES • OF AMERICA • IV-

-LY • XXVI • M ■ D ■ C C C LXVI ■ DIED • AT •

PORTSMOVTH • NEW ■ HAMPSHIRE •

AVGVST • XIV ■ M • D • C ■ C • C • LXX ■ :

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
1801-1872

GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1838-43

UNITED STATES SENATOR, 1849-61

SECRETARY OF STATE, 1861-69

ARTIST

RANDOLPH ROGERS

1825-1892

Seated with crossed legs in an armchair is a figure in bronze,
heroic size, with the face turned to the left and the eyes looking
straight ahead. Books and documents are piled beneath the chair.

signed: RANDOLPH ROGERS INV. ET MOD. ROMAE MDCCCLXXV

Given to the City in 1876.

INSCRIPTION

WILLIAM H. SEWARD

GOVERNOR,

U. S. SENATOR,

SECRETARY OF STATE

OF U. S.

142

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MADISON SQU

BORN - NEAR

- EE ■ IVLY

VI • D C

A.. „

- • MARi-. .

M ■ D

-ER ■ M

C - XLI

BAfrLE - OF

-XXV

M ■ D C • C

-D ■ C ■ C.

c ■ Lxn - E

V M D

C C • C ■ LX 1

-III M

D C C C

VNITED • S

- ?T U R E

Cxi

■< '^

~ 35

'ui

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
-, '838-43

hen. _ . --._ -_

straight ahead. Books a

signed: RANDOLPH RO

Given to the Citv in 1 •

;>-o t

Tts are piled beneath the

ET MOD. ROMAE MD

i\<;ri»!PTION

REWARD
U. -

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MADISON SQUARE— CONTINUED

WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH
1 794- 1 849

MAJOR-GEN ER.\L UNITED STATES ARMY, I S4'5-4^

ARTIST

JAMES GOODWIN BATTERSON, ARCHITECT

1 823- 1 90 1

This is a granite obelisk fifty feet high, divided into sections by

double bands of granite between which are inscribed the names of
battles. The front dado of the pedestal is adorned with a small
equestrian high relief, in bronze, of a general in full uniform, holding
aloft an unsheathed sword in his right hand, while, with his other
hand, he guides his horse, galloping to the left. Against the lower
section of the shaft is a massive bronze ornament consisting of
cannon, swords and other weapons interwoven. In front of this
sits a bronze eagle with wings outspread.

inscriptions
maj. gen. worth.

DUCIT AMOR PATRI.t

BY THE CORPORATION

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK

1857.

HONOR THE BRAVE

UNDER THIS MONUMENT LIES THE BODY OF

WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH.

BORN IN HUDSON, N. Y.

MARCH I, 1794.

DIED IN TEXAS,

MAY 7, 1849.

CITY OF MEXICO

MONTEREY

VERA CRUZ

S.\N ANTONIO

PEROTE

PUEBLA
CERRO GORDO

FLORIDA

CHIPPEWA
FORT GEORGE

CONTRERAS
CHURUBUSCO

WEST POINT

CHAPULTEPEC LUNDY 5 LANE MOLING DEL REY

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MADISON SQUARE— CONTINUED
FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin about 25 feet in diameter, in the center of
which the water rises in jets. It is surrounded by a low granite
rim, on which sit six large brown granite urns at regular intervals.

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A MASSIVE irregular granite pillar. The base is divided into three
irregular spaces by large granite scrolls. In two of these spaces
are granite basins for horses, the third space is for persons.

APPELLATE COURT BUILDING

AT ENTRANCE

TWO STATUES

ARTIST

FREDERICK WELLINGTON RUCKSTUHL

1853-

W IS DOM

A FIGURE in white marble, heroic size, with long, matted beard,
is seated with a tome open on his lap. His left hand grasps
its edge and his right is pointing at the page. He is clad in a
tunic, and over his head is draped a mantle which falls about
him in ample folds.

signed: F. W. RUCKSTUHL SCULP - 1 900

Purchased by the City in 1900.

inscription
every law not based on

WISDOM
IS A MENACE TO THE STATE

•44

MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

BRUNO LOUIS ZIMM

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE I 33

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,QUARr iNUED

FOUNTAiN

ARTISI

A r!„. i I AR h:).i!n ^h( ef, in the center of

ed by a low granite
at regular intervals.

A base is divided inlo three _

irreg In two of these spaces *

are granite Dasins tor norses, tnt inira space is for persons.

AT :g

A r E N I K A N C L

TWO S

AR ! IS!
FREDERICK WELLINGTON RUCKSTUHL

.853-

WiSDOM

A FIGURE in white marble, heroic size, with long, matted beard,
is seated with a tome open on his lap. His left hand grasps
its edge and his right is pointing at the page. He is clad in a
«...„:- .„,! „. „, k,-., u,... i . jraped a mantle which falls about

bIGNED; F. W. RUCKSTUHL SCULP - 19OO

Purchased bv the Citv in. !fKX>.

iCRIPTlON
EVERY LAW NOT BASED ON

MMis eibfOJ owuaa

ffl HOAT 332 HOIT<JlflD83a 5i03

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APPELLATE COURT— CONTI NU ED

FORCE

Dressed in armor, with a crested helmet and a long mantle fall-
ing backward from his shoulders and lying in ample folds across
the knees, is seated a male figure in white marble, heroic size, with
the left hand resting on the arm of the chair, and the right grasp-
ing a short sword lying across the knees.

signed: e. [sic] w. ruckstuhl sculp - 1900

Purchased by the City in 1900.

INSCRIPTION

WE MUST NOT USE

FORCE

TILL JUST LAWS ARE DEFIED

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE

ABOVE THE WINDOWS WITHIN THE PORTICO

ARTIST

MAXIMILLIAN M. SCHWARTZOTT

'855-

MORNING AND NIGHT

These are life-size half-reclining nude figures of a man and a
woman. The man is bearded and leans on his left elbow, with the
hand on an hour-glass, and to the left is a round cartouche of the
sun. The woman, with head bowed in the attitude of sleep, leans
on her right elbow and her head is partly covered by a scarf, which
extends across her knees. To the right is a round cartouche of a
crescent moon surrounded by stars.

NOON AND EVENING

These are life-size half-reclining nude figures of a youth and
maiden. The maiden is reclining in easy posture, resting on her
right elbow, and on the wall beside her is a cartouche of the sun.
The youth rests on his left elbow, and on the wall beside him is a
cartouche of a bat with wings spread.

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APPELLATE COURT — CONT INUED

CENTER OF TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE
PEDIMENT FIGURES

TRIUMPH OF LAW

ARTIST

CHARLES HENRY NIEHAUS, N.A.

1865-

1n the center of the pediment above the portico the figure of a
woman sits enthroned in a classic garb and mantle. Her hands
hold tablets resting upon the arms of the throne. The one on her
right bearing the inscription:

LEX
SCRIPTA

The other, on her left:

LEX
TRADITA

At the sides of the throne are kneeling male figures in armor, the
one on her right bearing a sword and wreath, the one on her left a
sword and shield. In the right and left corners of the pediment
are two reclining nude figures. The left-hand figure is a bearded
man of middle age, holding in his right hand a fascis, with a ram
behind him. The figure in the right-hand corner is an old man,
bald and with a long beard. His right elbow rests upon a vessel
filled with scrolls; he peruses an unrolled scroll in his left hand. Be-
hind him is an owl seated on a crescent.

FIGURES ON THE ROO F- B A L U ST R A D E CATALOGUED IN
ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

MOHAMMED

570-632

FOUNDER OF MOHAMMEDANISM

ARTIST

CHARLES ALBERT LOPEZ, A.N.A.

I 869- 1 906

The left-hand figure, Mohammed, in white marble, heroic size,
with long beard, a turban on his head, and enveloped in flowing

146

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APPELLATE COURT — CONTINUED

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE

oriental draperies, stands in easy posture, his weight resting on his
left foot. His right hand grasps a scimeter, and with his arms and
left hand he presses the Koran against his left breast.

signed: CHARLES A. LOPEZ SCULPTOR

Purchased by the City in 1899.

ZOROASTER

660 B.C. -583 B.C.
FOUNDER OF THE PERSO-IRANIAN NATIONAL RELIGION

ARTIST
EDWARD CLARK POTTER, N.A.

The next one, in white marble, heroic size, is a bearded figure
in Persian robes, with a mantle enveloping his left arm and
shoulders and wearing a helmet. His right arm is raised in gest-
ure, and his left grasps a goblet, from which a flame issues.

signed: E. C. POTTER SCULPTOR '99

Purchased by the City in 1899.

ALFRED THE GREAT
849-90 1

KING OF THE WEST SAXONS, 87I-9OI

ARTIST

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A.

1845-

This is a white marble figure, heroic size, clad in a loose Saxon
tunic and buskins, with long mantle falling over his shoulders to
the ground. He wears the crown of England. His right hand
grasps a sword, his left, a book.

signed: J. S. HARTLEY SCULPTOR 99

Purchased by the City in 1899.
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APPELLATE COURT —CONTINUED

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE

LYCURGUS

LIVED ABOUT THE NINTH CENTURY, B.C.
A SPARTAN LAWGIVER

ARTIST

GEORGE EDWIN BISSELL

1839-

This is a white marble figure, heroic size, with a cloak thrown
over his left shoulder while his right is shown clothed in armor.
His right hand holds a scroll.

signed: GEO. E. BISSELL SCULPTOR I9OO

Purchased by the City in 1900.

JUSTICE

ARTIST

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, N.A.

1850-

The central figure of a group. Justice, in white marble, heroic
size, standing erect, is enveloped in a classic robe. Her bare arms
are outstretched, and she holds in her hands two torches at the
same height as her head. On either side is a seated male figure;
the one to her right, typifying Power, is entirely nude, and sits in
an easy position with his foot crossed over his knee; the other,
typifying Study, nude to the waist, sits with both hands holding
an open book, on his knees.

Purchased by the City in 1900.

SOLON
638 B.C.-559 B.C.

AN ATHENIAN LAWGIVER

ARTIST
HERBERT ADAMS, N.A.

To the right of Justice is Solon, a standing figure, in white mar-
ble, heroic size, with cloak thrown over his left shoulder. His

148

WASHINGTON ARCH

BY
STANFORD WHITE

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE i:

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APPELLATE ...-. .. ■ - ..uNTJNUED

TWRNTY-FI FTli -.IKFFT FACADE

LIVED ABOUT THE NINTH CENTURY, B.C.
A SPARTAN LAWGIVER

ARTIST

GEORGE EDWIN BISSELL

1839-

This is a white marble figure, heroic size, with a cloak thrc
over his left shoulder while his right is shown clothed in arm
His right hand holds a scroll.

signed: r -SELL SCULPTOR 1900

Purchased by the C:. ,„„>.

JUSTICE

ARTIST

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, N.A.

1850-

The central figure of a group, Justice, in white marble, herow
size. Standing erect, is enveloped in a classic robe. Her bare am
are outstretched, and she holds in her hands two torches at ti
same height as her head. On either side is a seated male figiii
the one to her right, typifying Power, is entirely nude, and sits
an easy position with his foot crossed over his knee; the othe-
typifying Study, nude to the waist, sits with both hands holding
an open book, on his knees.

Purchased by the City in 1900.

SOLON

638 B.C.-559 B.C.
AN ATHENIAN LAWGIVER

ARTIST

HERBERT ADAMS, N.A.

1858-

To the right of Justice is Solon, a standing figure, in white rr
ble, heroic size, wiMDJaLf»aM(S!Tr9*MHg'AWhis left shoulder.

Y^48
3TIHW a>10HWAT8

d{:i 30A1 aaa woiTiijiDaaa Jioa

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APPELLATE COURT —CONTINUED

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE

right hand grasps a scroll, his left is extended in gesture in the
manner of a Greek orator.

signed: H. ADAMS sc. 99

Purchased by the City in 1899.

LOUIS IX

121 5-1270

KING OF FRANCE, I226-70

ARTIST
JOHN DONOGHUE

1853-

The second figure to the right of Justice is Louis IX of France,
commonly known as St. Louis, a white marble statue, heroic size.
He stands erect, bearing in his left hand the scepter, in his right a
charter. His robe is partially covered by the heavy royal cloak,
fastened with a clasp on his right shoulder.

signed: J. DONOGHUE SC. 99

Purchased by the City in 1899.

MANU

MYTHICAL AUTHOR OF "THE LAWS OF MANU "

ARTIST

HENRY AUGUSTUS LUKEMAN

1870-

The third figure to the right of Justice, is Manu, in white marble,
heroic size. A mantle of heavy material falls from his head, cover-
ing his body except the face. His left arm is bare and upon his
right rests a seated image of Brahma.

SIGNED: LUKEMAN. SC. '99'

Purchased by the City in 1899.

149

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APPELLATE COU RT — CON T 1 \ L" E D

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAt;ADE

FLAXILS ANICIUS JUSTINIAN

BVIANTTNE EMPEROR. ^^7-565

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BLSH-BROWN

,857-

The last figure is Justinian, in white marble. hen)ic size. He
is represented in Roman costume, with the toga throwTi over his
left shoulder and hanging over his right forearm. In his other
hand he holds a scrMI. and his left is pressed against his side.

signed: h. k. blsh-brown

Purchased by the Gty in iSoa

MADISON AVENLE FACADE

FIGCRES ON THE ROOF-B A LUST R A D E . CATALOGUED IN
ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

CONFUCIUS

;:0 B.C-47S B.C.
A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER

ARTIST
FHIUP MARTINY. A.N.A.

This is a figure in white marble, heroic size, clad in an em-
broidered Chinese robe with loose sleeves, and a crovsTi-like cap.
His left hand grasps a scroll and his right clutches his beard.

Purchased by the Gt\- in 1S99.

PEACE

ARTIST

KARL FR-\NCIS THEODORE BITTER. N.A.

186S-

In the center is the figure of a woman, heroic size, standing erect
in classic aarb with forearms raised and holding a dove in her right

ABR.AHA.M LINCOLN

HENRV KIRKE BROVk-N, N.A.
FOR DESCBJFTIOS SEE PAGE 1 37

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — SCULPTURE

APPELLATE CO ; INUED

TWENTY-FIFTH STREET FAfADE

FLAVIUS ANICIUS JUSTINIAN

483-56";

BYZANTINE EMPEROR, S 27-56^

ARTIS.

HENRY KIRKE BUbH-HKUWN

1857-

re is Justinian, in white marble, heroic size. He
11 Roman costume, with the toga thrown over his
er and hanging over his right forearm. In his other
Ids a scroll, and his left is pressed against his side.

signed: h. k. bush-brown

Purchas' ' ' ' City in 1899.

VENUE FAfADF

FIGURES ON THE R GO F - B A L U ST R A DE , CATALOGUED IN
ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

CONFUCIUS

550 B.C.-478 B.C.

A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER

ARTIST

P)!ILIP MARTINY. A.N. A.

This is a figure in wmte maroie, neroic size, clad in an em-
broidered Chinese robe with loose sleeves, and a crown-like cap.
His left hand grasps a scroll and his right clutches his beard.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

PEACE

ARTIST

KARL FRANCIS THEODORE BITTER, N.A.

1868-

1n the center is the f^^r¥^^^4oMM^^^^<^size, standing er
in classic garb with forearms raised^jftid holding a dove in her n;ji

.AM .MWOJia SHHin YflMHH

150

^fl 3DA1 332 HOIT"]lJIDa3a 5103

k-:^.^__.

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APPELLATE COURT —CONTINUED

MADISON AVENUE FACADE

hand. To the right sits a nude figure of a man of powerful phy-
sique with his right arm resting on a fasces and his left reposing on
his knee. To the left is a seated female figure, nude to the waist,
with her left hand holding a vase filled with fruit and her right
supporting a globe upon her knee.

signed: KARL BITTER SC. 99

Purchased by the City in 1899.

MOSES

HEBREW LAWGIVER

ARTIST

WILLIAM COUPER

1853-

The figure to the right of Peace, with long, flowing beard, is Moses,
in white marble, heroic size. He wears a belted robe of heavy
fabric and his powerfully developed arms are bare. His left hand
clutches his robe, his right, the tablets of the law.

signed: WM COUPER

Purchased by the City in 1899.

FOUR CARYATIDS SUPPORTING THE IONIC CAPITALS UPON
WHICH THE CORNICE OF THE ROOF RESTS, CATA-
LOGUED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

ARTIST

THOMAS SHIELDS CLARKE, A.N.A.

1860-

WINTER

: A WHITE marble statue, heroic size, with her head and arms en-
veloped in a heavy cloak. To her left is a censer, from which a
flame arises.
Purchased by the City in 1899.

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APPELLATE COURT —CONTI NUED

MADISON AVENUE FAfADE

AUTUMN

This figure, in white marble, heroic size, bears in her hands clus-
ters of grapes.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

SUMMER

This is a figure, in white marble, heroic size, holding in her hand
a sickle and ears of wheat.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

SPRING

The last figure is Spring, in white marble, heroic size. She is
nude to the waist, with her hands hanging at her sides, grasping a
long garland.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

MAIN HALL

CHARLES O'CONOR
1804-1884

AN AMERICAN LAWYER

ARTIST

JAMES WILSON ALEXANDER MACDONALD

1824-1908

This is a white marble bust, life size, in classic drapery, of a
bearded gentleman, with his face turned to the right.

152

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

BY
FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE I37

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF JLPTURE

APpFLLATE COURT- CONTINUED

MADISON AVENUE ■ ACADE

AUTUMN

This figure, in white marble, heroic size, bears in her hand:
ters of grapes.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

SUMMER

This is a iigure, in white marble, heroic size, holding in It
a sickle and ears of wheat.
Purchased by the City in 1899.

SPRING

The last figure is Spring, in white marble, heroic size. She
nude to the waist, with her hands hanging at her sides, grasping
long garland.

Purchased by the City in 1899.

MAIN hall

CHARLES O'CONOR
1 804- 1 884

AN AMERICAN LAWYER

ARTIST

JAMES WILSON ALEXANDER MACDONALD

1 824- 1 908

This is a white marble bust, life size, in classic draper
bearded gentlengij-.-y^t^^i^ jacgjtprgf^^JiiTj^l right.

Yas:
lOJOHTJlAa 3T2UOUA 31^303511

■^{1 30A1 3RP. noiTsiaaaaa slo^

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BELLEVUE HOSPITAL

MAIN BUILDING

AUSTIN FLINT TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN ■ MEMORY

AUSTIN • FLINT • M. D. LL. D.

BORN ■ OCT. 20 ■ 1812 -DIED ■ MARCH • I3 • 1 886.

ENTERING ■ THE • PROFESSION

WITH • BROAD • CULTURE ■ AND THOROUGH • EDUCATION

HE ■ REMAINED • AN • ACTIVE PHYSICIAN

TO ■ THE • LAST ■ DAY • OF ■ HIS • LIFE.

AS • A • MEDICAL ■ WRITER HE • ADDED

TO • THE ■ KNOWLEDGE • OF • THE • MEDICAL ■ PROFESSION

AND ■ TO • MEDICAL ■ SCIENCE.

AS • A ■ TEACHER • HE • WAS • LOVED AND • RESPECTED

BY • THOUSANDS • OF • PUPILS • IN ALL • PARTS OF • THE

COUNTRY.

AS • A PHYSICIAN ■ TO BELLEVUE • HOSPITAL

FOR • TWENTY-FIVE • YEARS ■ HE • CONTRIBUTED ■ LARGELY

TO • ITS • REPUTATION ■ BY ■ HIS • CHARACTER

ACQUIREMENTS • LABORS • AND ■ WISE • COUNSELS.

ERECTED- BY THE ■ COMMISSIONERS • OF • PUBLIC ■ CHARITIES •

AND CORRECTION

H. H. Porter, President. Thos. S. Brennan. Chas. E. Simmons.

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BELLEVUE HOSPI TAL — CONTI NU ED

MAIN BUILDING

ALFRED LEBBEUS LOOMIS TABLET

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN MEMORY

ALFRED LEBBEUS LOOMIS M. D. LL. D.

BORN OCT. l6, 1830 - DIED JAN. 23, 1895.

A MAN OF RARE ATTAINMENTS.
HE HAD A STRONG WILL, UNTIRING INDUSTRY

AND DIRECTNESS OF PURPOSE.
THESE TRAITS, WITH HIS WELL ORDERED AND

RESOURCEFUL MIND MADE HIM ONE OF THE

ABLEST OF HIS PROFESSION AND WON FOR HIM

ITS HIGHEST HONORS.

HE MADE MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO MEDICAL

LITERATURE, AND BY HIS UNUSUAL POWERS AS A

TEACHER AND PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE, COMPELLED

THE ADMIRATION AND CONFIDENCE OF ALL WHO CAME

IN CONTACT WITH HIM.

THIS HOSPITAL ESPECIALLY IS INDEBTED TO HIM

FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF FAITHFUL WORK.

BY REASON OF HIS SERVICE IN ITS AMPHITHEATRE

AND IN ITS WARDS HE ADDED NOT ONLY TO ITS

RENOWN AS A CENTRE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION,

BUT TO ITS GLORY AS A REFUGE FOR THE SICK.

ERECTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.

154

GEORGE WASHINGTON

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1^8

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART— SCULPTURE

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL— CONTINUED

MAIN BUILDING

ALFRED LEBBEUS LOOMIS TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN MEMORY

ALFRED LEBBEUS LOOMIS M. D. LL. D.

BORN OCT. l6, 1830 - DIED JAN. 23, 1895.

A MAN OF RARE ATTAINMENTS.
HE HAD A STRONG WILL, UNTIRING INDUSTRY

AND DIRECTNESS OF PURPOSE.
THESE TRAITS, WITH HIS WELL ORDERED AND

RESOURCEFUL MIND MADE HIM ONE OF THE

ABLEST OF HIS PROFESSION AND WON FOR HIM

ITS HIGHEST HONORS.

HE MADE MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO MEDICAL

LITERATURE, AND BY HIS UNUSUAL POWERS AS A

TEACHER AND PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE, COMPELLED

THE ADMIRATION AND CONFIDENCE OF ALL WHO CAMP

IN CONTACT WITH HIM.

THIS HOSPITAL ESPECIALLY IS INDEBTED TO HIM

FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF FAITHFUL WORK.

BY REASON OF HIS SERVICE IN ITS AMPHITHEATRE

AND IN ITS WARDS HE ADDED NOT ONLY TO ITS

RENOWN AS A CENTRE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION,

BUT TO ITS GLORY AS A REFUGE FOR THE SICK.

ERECTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND CORRE

HOrDKIH2AV/ H05I030
Ya

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8fi 30Aq aaa noiriiHaeaa aoa

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — SCULPTURE

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL — CONTI NUED

MAIN BUILDING

VALENTINE MOTT TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN MEMORIAM

VALENTINE MOTT, M. D., LL.D.

BORN AUG. 20th I785, DIED APRIL 26th 1865.

A PIONEER IN SURGERY, OF WORLD-WIDE FAME;

HIS MEMORY

IS EMBALMED IN THE OPERATIONS WHICH HE DEVISED,

IN THE FAR REACHING INFLUENCE OF HIS INSTRUCTIONS,

AND THE KINDLY RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS LIFE.

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS VALUABLE AND VOLUNTARY

SERVICES

DURING A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS

CONSULTING SURGEON OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL,

THIS TABLET

HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE

Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction

of the

City of New York

A. D. 1866.

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BELLEVUE HOSPITAL — CONTI NUED

MAIN BUILDING

LEWIS ALBERT SAYRE TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN MEMORY

LEWIS ALBERT SAYRE, M. D.

BORN FEB. 29, 1820 -DIED SEPT. 21, I9OO.

A MAN OF SYMPATHETIC NATURE,

OF FERTILE RESOURCE AND OF

INDOMITABLE ENERGY,

WHOSE ZEALOUS ATTENTION TO THE

UNFORTUNATE IN THIS INSTITUTION

FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY

ESTABLISHED FOR HIM A GREAT NAME,

FOR THE PROFESSION, INCREASED

RESPECT AND HONOR,

AND FOR BELLEVUE HOSPITAL AND THE

COMMONWEALTH, ADVANCED RENOWN

IN BENEFICENT LABOR AND

SURGICAL ATTAINMENT.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE

THE MANY VIRTUES OF DR. SAYRE AND HIS

DEVOTION TO THE POOR WITHIN THESE WALLS

BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC CHARITIES.

JOHN W, KELLER, COMMISSIONER.

.56

•m-

FOUNTAIN

KARL ADOLF DONNDORF

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 39

CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART — SCULPTURE

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL— CONTINUED

MAIN BUILDING

LBERT SAYRE TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

>; MEMORY
OF

L. ^ ._LlERT SAYRE, M. D.

BORN FEB. 29, 1820 -DIED SEPT. 21, I9OO.

A APATHETIC NATURE,

<. RESOURCE AND OF

INDGMiTABLE ENERGY,

WHOSE ZEALOUS ATTENTION TO THE

UNFORTUNATE IN THIS INSTITUTION

, OR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY

- -rD FOR HIM A GREAT NAME,
; PROFESSION, INCREASED
-■■'CT AND HONOR,

UE HOSPITAL AND THE
H, ADVANCED RENOWN
: V5ENEFICENT LABOR AND
SURGICAL ATTAINMENT.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE

THE MANY VIRTUES OF DR. SAYRE AND HIS

DEVOTION TO THE POOR WITHIN THESE WALLS

BY THE COMMISSIO: :~ BLIC CHARITIES.

JOHN W, KELuu.v; .,w;,„V.ISSIONER.

HIATHUOl

HKoawnoa hjoqa aha-a

Qfl 30A1 332 HOIT1 1*13230 SI03

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BELLEVUE HOSPITAL — CONTI NU ED

MAIN BUILDING

JAMES RUSHMORE WOOD TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN MEMORIAM

JAMES RUSHMORE WOOD, M. D. L.L. D.

BORN SEPTEMBER 14th 1816.

DIED MAY 4th 1882.

A TRUE REFORMER IN SURGERY, A TEACHER CELEBRATED FOR THE

UNION
OF CLINICAL AND DIDACTIC INSTRUCTION, AN UNSURPASSED OPERA-
TOR, A STAUNCH
FRIEND IN MISFORTUNE.
HIS MEMORY
WILL EVER LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THE POOR, TO
WHOM HE WAS ALWAYS A GENEROUS FRIEND IN THE
PROFESSION WHICH HE HAS DONE SO MUCH TO ADVANCE
AND IN THE AFFECTIONS OF THE MEDICAL STUDENTS
IN WHOM HE ALWAYS FELT THE WARMEST INTEREST.

IN KINDLY REMEMBRANCE

OF HIS FAITHFUL AND UNTIRING SERVICES

DURING THE PERIOD OF

THIRTY FIVE YEARS

AS ATTENDING SURGEON

TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.

THIS TABLET

HAS BEEN ERECTED

BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION,

CITY OF NEW YORK.

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GREELEY SQUARE

HORACE GREELEY

181 1-1872

FOUNDED THE NEW YORK "TRIBUNE," 1 84 1

ARTIST
ALEXANDER DOYLE

1857-

A FIGURE, heroic size, in bronze, is seated in an armchair of the
same material, on a granite pedestal. His face, fringed with
whiskers, is turned slightly to the left, and his thoughtful eyes look
straight ahead. His left arm rests on the arm of the chair, and
his right hand, holding a copy of a newspaper, hangs at his side.

signed: ALEX. DOYLE. SCULPTOR

Given to the City in 1890.

JERRY McAULEY FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

unknown

An iron box, 4 feet square by 10 feet high. Front ornamented
with two contorted dolphins, from whose mouths water runs into
a semicircular basin for horses. Rear ornamented with two
hands, holding a cup out of which water flows into a basin.

INSCRIPTION

ERECTED BY
THE FRIENDS OF
JERRY M^^AULEY.

I WILL GIVE

UNTO HIM

THAT IS

ATHIRST,

OF THE

FOUNTAIN

OF THE

WATER OF

LIFE FREELY.

REV. XXI. VI.

158

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HERALD SQUARE

WILLIAM EARL DODGE
1805-1883

AN AMERICAN MERCHANT AND PHILANTHROPIST

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

A FIGURE, heroic size, in bronze, stands in an easy attitude with
the right elbow resting on books lying on a fluted, bronze column,
and the left hand clasping the right. His right foot is advanced
with the knee bent, and his face is turned upward, with the eyes
looking straight ahead.

signed: j. q. a. ward sculptor 1885

inscriptions

william earl dodge

erected by

voluntary subscription

under the auspices of the

chamber of commerce

OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK

i88s.

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FOURTH AVENUE

NEAR THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET

*MARY LINDLEY MURRAY TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

IN HONOR OF

MARY LINDLEY MURRAY

WIFE OF ROBERT MURRAY

FOR SERVICES RENDERED HER COUNTRY

DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,

ENTERTAINING AT HER HOME, ON THIS SITE,

GEN. HOWE AND HIS OFFICERS, UNTIL THE

AMERICAN TROOPS UNDER GEN. PUTNAM ESCAPED.

SEPTEMBER I 5, I776 NOVEMBER 25, I903.

ERECTED BY
KNICKERBOCKER CHAPTER, NEW YORK CITY.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

160

WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH

JAMES GOODWIN BATTERSON

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 43

CATALOGL jF ART — SCULPTURE

FOURTH AVENUE

NEAR THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET

""'/ LINDLEY MURRAY TABLET

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

IN HO.MOR OF
MARY LINDLEY MURRAY
ROBERT MURRAY
) NDERED HER COUNTRY

tr. AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
AT HER HOME, ON THIS SITE,
MD HIS OFFICERS, UNTIL THE
s UNDER GEN. PUTNAM ESCAPED.

SEPTEMBER 1 5, 1776 NOVEMBER 25, 1903.

ERECTED BY
KNICKERBOCKER CHAPTER, NEW YORK CITY.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

HT510W 2WI>IH3[ MAIJJIW

noeJiHTTAa MLwaooo aawiAL

5^1 30A1 33e HOIT«imD33a JI03

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BRYANT PARK

WASHINGTON IRVING

1783-1859

AN AMERICAN HISTORIAN, ESSAYIST AND NOVELIST

ARTIST

FRIEDRICH BEER

1846-

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, with low-cut waistcoat, high collar,
and a stock, rests on a pedestal made of a wooden frame covered
with sheets of bronze.

signed: BEER 1885

Given to the City in 1885.

INSCRIPTIONS

WASHINGTON
IRVING

BORN 1783 - DIED 1859.

JAMES MARION SIMS
1813-1883

AN AMERICAN SURGEON

ARTIST
FERDINAND VON MILLER

1842-

A BRONZE Statue, heroic size, of a gentleman wearing a loosely
fitting overcoat thrown back on both sides, showing a tightly fitting
frock coat beneath, stands on a high granite pedestal, with the
right foot advanced, the right hand held to the breast, while the
left, holding a roll of manuscript, hangs naturally at his side. His
face is turned to the left and his eyes look straight ahead.

SIGNED: VON MILLER FEC. MUNCHEN 1892

Given to the City in 1892.

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BRYANT PARK— CONTINUED

INSCRIPTIONS
J. MARION SIMS M. D. LL. D.

Born in South Carolina, 1813
Died in New York City, 1883.

SURGEON AND PHILANTHROPIST

FOUNDER OF THE WOMAN's
HOSPITAL STATE OF N. Y.

HIS BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS

CARRIED THE FAME OF

AMERICAN SURGERY

THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES IN THE CAUSE OF

SCIENCE AND MANKIND

HE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONORS

IN THE GIFT OF HIS COUNTRYMEN

AND DECORATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENTS OF

FRANCE, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, BELGIUM

& ITALY.

PRESENTED
TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

HIS PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS,

LOVING PARENTS

AND

MANY ADMIRERS,

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

162

HORACE GREELEY

ALEXANDER DOYLE

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE r 58

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BRYANT PARK— CONTINUED

INSCRIPTIONS
J. MARION SIMS M. D. LL. D.

Born in South Carolina, 1813
Died in New York City, 1883.

SURGEON AND PHILANTHROPIST

FOUNDER OF THE WOMAN'S
HOSPITAL STATE OF N. Y.

HIS BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS

CARRIED THE FAME OF

AMERICAN SURGERY

THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES IN THE CAUSE OF

SCIENCE AND MANKIND

HE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONORS

IN THE GIFT OF HIS COUNTRYMEN

AND DECORATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENTS OF

FRANCE, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, BELGIUM

& ITALY.

PRESENTED

TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

HIS PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS,
LOVING PARENTS

AND
MANY ADMIRERS,

THROUGH("iT rm- WORLD.

Y3J335IO 3DA510H
va

3JYOa Jl'a^MAXHJA

?] 30A1 33S WOITI 1513230 SIOT

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CENTRAL PARK

AT FIFTY-NINTH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE ENTRANCE

* WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
1 820- 1 89 1

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, 1869-84

ARTIST

AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, N.A.

I 848- 1 907

This is an equestrian statue in bronze, gilded, heroic size, in
front of which marches a winged female figure with a palm branch
in the left hand and with the uplifted right hand pointing forward.
With his military cape fluttering in the breeze, the General sits
erect with his face and eyes to the front. His right hand, holding
a hat, hangs at his side, and with his left hand holding the reins
he guides his spirited charger in its rapid walk. The low pedestal
of polished granite is ornamented on each side with three bronze
wreaths, and its massive base is approached by three broad, low
steps.

signed: AVGVSTVS • SAINT-GAVDENS • M ■ C • M • III

Given to the City in 1903.

INSCRIPTION

TO GENERAL

WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

BORN FEB 8 1820

DIED FEB 14 1891

ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF NEW YORK

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

AT COLUMBUS CIRCLE

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

1 446- 1 506

THE DISCOVERER OF AMERICA

ARTIST
GAETANO RUSSO

A MONUMENTAL granite column standing on a rectangular
pedestal with a series of bases is surmounted by a colossal white
marble figure dressed in an ample cloak and wearing a small cap,
below which his long hair is conspicuous. His face is turned to
the right and his right hand hangs at his side, while his left rests
against his hip. A series of three bronze prows project from two
opposite sides of the column and the other two sides are orna-
mented with two bronze anchors. The front of the pedestal is
adorned with a winged figure of a youth, heroic size, in white
marble who is examining a terrestrial globe. Below this figure is
a bronze tablet six feet long by two feet wide representing the
landing of Columbus in high relief, and on the opposite side of the
pedestal a similar bronze tablet represents Columbus leaving Spain.
Above this is a screaming bronze eagle holding two shields.

signed: g. russo. invento e scolpi roma 1894

inscriptions

high up on shaft

A
CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO

WEST SIDE OF PEDESTAL

CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO

GL' ITALIANI RESIDENTI in AMERICA

IRRISO PRIMA

MINACCIATO DURANTE IL VIAGGIO

INCATENATO DOPO

SAPENDO ESSER GENEROSO QUANTO OPPRESSO

DONAVA UN MONDO AL MONDO

164

3*'
It

WASHINGTON IRVING

BY
FRIEDRICH BEER

for! DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE l6l

CATAIOOrn OF WORKS OF A Rl~- SCULPTURE

^ , ...AL PARK- CONTINUED

AT COLUMBUS CIRCLE

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
1 446- 1 506

THE DISCOVERER OK IMJRICA

ARTIST
GAETANO RUSbO

A MONUMENTAL granite column standing on a rectangi
pedestal with a series of bases is surmounted by a colossal w!
marble figure dressed in an ample cloak and wearing a small i.
below which his long hair is conspicuous. His face is turne('
the right and his right hand hangs at his side, while his left ri
against his hip. A series of three bronze prows project from
opposite sides of the column and the other two sides are or
mented with two bronze anchors. The front of the pedest?
adorned with a winged figure of a youth, heroic size, in w
marble who is examining a terrestrial globe. Below this figur
a bronze tablet six feet long by two feet wide representing
landing of Columbus in high relief, and on the opposite side of
pedestal a similar bronze tablet represents Columbus leaving Sp.
Above this is a screaming bronze eagle holding two shields.

signed: G. RUSSO. invent© E SCOLPI ROMA 1894

INSCRIPTIONS

HIGH UP ON SHAFT

CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO

WEST SIDE OF PEDESTAL

CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO

GL' ITALIANI RESIDENTI in AMERICA

IRRISO PRIMA

.MINACCIATO DURANTE IL VIAGGIO

INCATENATO DOPO

SAPENDO ESSER GENEROSO QUANTO OPPRESS©

DONAVA UN MONDO AL MONDO

D^llVm W0T0MIH2AW

Jiaaa HOiJiaaijn

idi aoAi aae noiTiijijeaaijioa

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CENTRAL PARK-CONTINUED

la gioia e la gloria

non ebbero mai piu sollenne grido

di quello che risuono in vista

della prima isola americana

terra! terra!

nel 12 ottobre 1 892
quarto centenario

DELLA SCOPERTA d'aMERICA
A IMPERITURA MEMORIA

EAST SIDE OF PEDESTAL
TO

christopher columbus
the italians resident in america

scoffed at before,
during the voyage, menaced,

after it, chained,
as generous as oppressed,
to the world he gave a world.

joy and glory

never uttered a more thrilling call

than that which resounded

from the conquered ocean

in sight of the first american island

land! land!

on the xii of october mdcccxcii

the fourth centenary

of the discovery of america

in imperishable remembrance

WEST SIDE OF BASE

Per iniziativa

del Progresso Italo Americano

II prime giornale Italiano quotidiano

negli Stati Uniti

Cav. Carlo Barsotti Editora e Propnetano

165

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

NEAR THE PLAZA ENTRANCE

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

1769-1859

A CELEBRATED GERMAN SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR

ARTIST

GUSTAV BLAESER

18 I 3-1874

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands with the face and
eyes to the front, on a simple granite pedestal.

signed: GUST. BLAESER. FEC. BERLIN 1 869

Given to the City in i86q.

INSCRIPTION
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

NEAR THE PLAZA ENTRANCE

THOMAS MOORE

1779-1852

AN IRISH POET

ARTIST
D. B. SHEAHAN

Dressed in a coat with broad collar, partly concealed by a
cloak draped about the shoulders, is a bronze bust, heroic size,
standing on a simple granite pedestal.

SIGNED: D. B. SHEAHAN SCULPT NEW YORK 1879

Given to the City in 1879.

INSCRIPTION

MOORE
166

^LOGUE OF WOK -CULPTURE

CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

N^EAR THE PLAZA ENTRANCE

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
1769-1859

A CELEBRATED GERMAN SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR

ARTISI

GUSTAV BLAESER

1813-1874

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands with the face and
eyes to the front, on a simple granite pedestal.

signed: gust, blaeser. fec. berlin 1869

Given to the City in 1869.

:^ inscription

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

CV)

-i

-1

—

L-M

NEAR THE PLAZA ENTRANCE

THOMAS MOORE
1779-1852

AN IRISH POET

ARTIST
D. B. SHEAHAN

Dressed in a coat with broad collar, partly concealed by a
cloak draped about the shoulders, is a bronze bust, heroic ^■ —
standing on a simple granite pedestal.

signed: d. b. sheahan sculpt new york 1879

Given to the City in 1879.

INSCRIPTION

MOORE
166

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

NEAR COLUMBUS CIRCLE ENTRANCE

COMMERCE

ARTIST

JULES FESQUET

1836-1882

Clad in a stola, with its ample folds across the left arm, a bronze
female figure, heroic size, stands on a simple granite pedestal. On
her head is a castellated crown encircled by ears of corn; in the
hollow of her left arm she holds a caduceus; her right hand rests on
a rudder standing at her side, and her right foot is advanced with
the knee bent.

signed: J. FESQUET. PARIS. 1864

Given to the City in 1864.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE MALL

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
1 446- 1 506

THE DISCOVERER OF AMERICA, I492

ARTIST
J. SUNOL

Dressed in a heavy fur-trimmed sleeveless coat over a tunic, a
bronze figure, heroic size, stands on a granite pedestal. His face
is lifted as if in supplication, with the eyes gazing upward. His
right hand clasps a flag furled about its staff standing at his side,
while his left is extended in a supplicatory gesture. A terrestrial
globe rests on a capstan wound with cable at his right.

signed: j. sui^OL

INSCRIPTION

COLUMBUS

PRESENTED BY CITIZENS OF NEW YORK

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE

FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE

DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD

OCTOBER 1492

167

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE MALL

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1 564-1616

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

Standing on a granite pedestal, in a thoughtful attitude, with
the head inclined forward, a small book held against the breast
with the right hand, and the left hand resting against the hip, is a
figure in bronze, heroic size. He is dressed in doublet and hose,
with a short cloak hanging from his shoulders, and his right foot
is advanced so that the weight of the body is on the left.

signed: j. q. a. ward, 1870
inscription

erected by
citizens of new york

APRIL 23 1864

THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE BIRTH OF

SHAKESPEARE.

NEAR SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE MALL

INDIAN HUNTER

ARTIST
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A. _

1830- I

With long, unkempt hair, and clad only with a skin about the
loins, a bronze figure, heroic size, stands on a simple granite pedes-
tal. He leans forward on the right leg with the knee bent, and
his left leg is extended backward, with the toes just touching the
plinth. His face is turned to the left, and his keen eyes look
straight ahead. In his left hand he holds a bow and arrow, and
his right hand grasps the neck of a dog standing alert at his side.

signed: j. q. a. ward sculptor, n. y. 1866

Given to the City in 1868.

168

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( ONTINUED

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE MALL

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

1 564-1616

Standing <

with a short
is advanced st

'1 attitude, wi
linst the brea
inst the hip, is
-)ublet and ho^
id his right fo
. __^_:. _^ _ , he left.

signed: j. q. a. ward, 1870

INSCRIPTION
ERECTED BY

CITIZENS OF NEW YORK

APRIL 23 1864

THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE BIRTH OF

SHAKESPEARE.

-Q

C
H

CV)

>■

HE MALL

INDI/.

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

With long, unkempt hair, and clad only with a skin about th
loins, a bronze figure, heroic size, stands on a simple granite pede-
tal. He leans forward on the right leg with the knee bent, an
his left leg is extended backward, with the toes just touching tlv
plinth. His face is turned to the left, and his keen eyes loo-
straight ahead. In his left hand he holds a bow and arrow, an,
his right hand grasps the neck of a dog standing alert at his siii'

SIGNED: J. Q. A. WARD SCULPTOR. N. Y. 1 866

Given to the City in 1868.

168

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

ON THE MALL

ROBERT BURNS
1 759-1 796

SCOTTISH LYRIC POET

ARTIST
SIR JOHN STEELL

This is a colossal bronze figure of the poet seated on a stump. His
head is thrown back and inclined to the left, with the eyes looking
up. About him is draped a voluminous mantle, and in his right
hand he holds a quill pen before him, while his left arm hangs over
a projecting branch of the stump. At his feet, near a plow-share,
lies a scroll on which is engraved part of the poem "To Mary in
Heaven."

inscriptions

robert burns
presented

TO THE
city of new YORK

by admirers of

Scotia's peasant bard

on the 12 1ST. anniversary

of his birth

Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray.
That lov'st to greet the early morn.

Again thou usher'st in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
O Mary! dear departed shade!
Where is thy place of blissful rest?
See'st thou thy lover lowly laid?
Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
That sacred hour can I forget.
Can 1 forget the hallowed grove
Where by the winding Ayr we met,

parting love!

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SIR WALTER SCOTT

1771-1832

FAMOUS SCOTTISH NOVELIST AND POET

ARTIST

SIR JOHN STEELL

1 804- 1 89 I

Wrapped in a voluminous mantle, with the head inclined for-
ward in thoughtful attitude, a colossal bronze figure is seated on a
rock resting on a granite pedestal. His hands clasp a book in his
lap, and in the right is a pencil. A dog in bronze lies at his feet,
with its nose pointed up toward its master.

signed: JN. STEELL R.S.A. SCULPT. EDINR. 1871

INSCRIPTION

WALTER SCOTT

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK
BY RESIDENT SCOTSMEN AND THEIR SONS

ON 1 5''i AUGUST 1871 ;

THE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF
SIR WALTER SCOTT. BARONET.

ON THE MALL

FITZ-GREENE HALLECK

1790-1867

AN AMERICAN POET

ARTIST

JAMES WILSON ALEXANDER MacDONALD

1 824- 1 908

This is a bronze figure, heroic size, seated with crossed legs, and
with a cloak over the left shoulder extending across the lap and

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■^r^mmait,

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

BY
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 68

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SIR WALTER SCOTT
1771-1832

FAMOUS SCOTTISH NOVELIST AND POET

ARTIST

SIR ;"•' ' ■ -'-^LL

\ a voluminous mantle, with the head inclined for
Jiiful attitude, a colossal bronze figure is seated on
rock resting on a granite pedestal. His hands clasp a book
lap, and in the ri?ht is a pencil. A dog in bronze lies at hi
with its nose rd its master.

SIGNED S.A. SCULPT. EDINR. 1871

INSCRIPTION

WALTER SCOTT

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK
BY RE- OTSMEN AND THEIR SONS

AUGUST 1871;
THE I ERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF

R SCOTT. BARONET.

ON THt MALL

1 ^ENE H/

' 790-1867
AN AMERICAN POET

ARTIST

JAMES WILSON ALEXANDE. LD

1824-1908

This is a bronze figure, heroic size, seated with crossed leg
with a cloak over a«/iefl2H(Mi/dd£eMAidldJWcross the h

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falling to the plinth. His right hand, holding a pencil, is dropped
at his side, while in his left he holds a tablet, and his face is turned
to the right, with the eyes gazing upward.

signed: WILSON macdonald sculptor 1876

INSCRIPTION
FITZ GREENE HALLECK

NORTH END OF THE MALL

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
1 770- 1 827

ARTIST
HENRY BAERER

1837-

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, of a man with long thick hair, stands
on a granite pedestal, the front of which is ornamented with a
bronze harp encircled with a wreath. His face is turned to the left,
and his eyes, slightly raised, look straight ahead.

signed: HENRY BAERER SCULPTOR. N. Y.

INSCRIPTIONS

BEETHOVEN

ERECTED

AND

PRESENTED

TO THE

CITY OF NEW YORK

BY THE

BEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR,

ON THEIR

25TH ANNIVERSARY

JULY 22ND 1884.

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EAGLES AND PREY

ARTIST

CHRISTIAN FRATIN

1 8 I O- 1 864

This is a bronze group consisting of two ferocious-looking eagles,
with their wings spread and their talons about to seize a dead goat
lying between them on a rock.

signed: fratin vetheuil 1850
inscription

presented by

g. w. burnham.

mdccclxiii

northwest of the mall
TIGRESS AND CUBS

ARTIST

AUGUSTE CAIN

1 822- 1 894

With head held high, a bronze tigress, heroic size, is striding
over the rocks carrying by its wing a dead peacock with its long
tail trailing beneath her feet. Two yelping cubs, with eyes fixed
on the prey, are scrambling up the rock in front of their mother.

signed: a. CAIN 1866

Given to the City in 1867.

NEAR WEST SEVENTY-SECOND STREET ENTRANCE

THE FALCONER

ARTIST
GEORGE SIMONDS

Dressed in a simple doublet and hose, a bronze figure, heroic
size, stands with the right foot advanced, on a round granite

172

INDIAN HUNTER

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 68

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AND PREY

ARTI^

CHRISTIAN I KAT1-.

181O-1864

This is a bronze group consisting of two ferocious-looking e;
^;vith their wings spread and their talons about to seize a dea('
^^en them on a rock.

signed: fratin vetheuil 1850
inscription
presented by

G. W. BURNHAM.
MDCCCLXm

■BS

AUGUSit CAIN
1 822- 1 894

With head held high, a bronze tigress, heroic size, is str
over the rocks carrying by its wing a dead peacock with its
tail trailing beneath her feet. Two yelping cubs, with eyes :
on the prey, are scrambling up the rock in front of their mothv

signed: A. CAIN 1866

. ^<v.r. fn tKo ritw ;r, , ^^~

NEAR WEST SEVENTY-SECOND STREET ENTRANCE

THE FALCONER

ARTIST
EGRGE SIMONDS

Drfsskd in a simple doublet and hose, a bronze figure, h
size, stands with the right foot advanced, on a round gr.

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pedestal. His body bends to the left, but his face is turned upward
and to the right, while his eyes are fixed on a falcon with wings
spread which he holds aloft in his gauntleted left hand. His right
hand is held before his waist.

signed: GEORGE SIMONDS ROMAE SC. MDCCCLXXI

INSCRIPTION

THE FALCONER

PRESENTED BY GEORGE KEMP, MDCCCLXXII

NEAR WEST SEVENTY-SECOND STREET ENTRANCE

DANIEL WEBSTER

1782-1852

AN AMERICAN STATESMAN

ARTIST

THOMAS BALL

1819-

A COLOSSAL bronze figure, stands on a high granite pedestal with
a small column at each corner of the dado. His face is turned
slightly to the left and his right hand is thrust into the bosom of
his dress-coat, while his left hangs at his side. At the left, an
ample cloak is thrown over a low column.

signed: THOMAS BALL INV. ET MOD.
INSCRIPTIONS

DANIEL WEBSTER

LIBERTY AND UNION,

NOW AND FOREVER,

ONE AND INSEPARABLE.

PRESENTED BY
GORDON W. BURNHAM
JULY IV. MDCCCLXXVI.

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WEST WALK, OPPOSITE SIXTY-SIXTH STREET

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

1805-1872

AN ITALIAN PATRIOT AND REVOLUTIONIST

ARTIST
G. TURINI

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands on a simple granite
pedestal. He wears a full beard and his face is turned slightly
to the right with the eyes turned still more in the same direction.

signed: G. TURIN! SCULPTOR NEW YORK 1876

INSCRIPTIONS

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

DIO E IL POPOLO

PENSIERO EDAZIONE

PRESENTED

TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

BY THE ITALIANS

IN THE U. S. OF AMERICA

1878

WEST WALK, OPPOSITE SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET

SEVENTH REGIMENT MEMORIAL

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

A SOLDIER in bronze, heroic size, is standing with his left foot
advanced and the knee bent, his face turned to the left with the
eyes looking straight ahead. The cape of his army overcoat is
thrown back over his right shoulder, and his hands clasp the barrel
of his gun, with its butt resting between his feet. Each dado of

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UFsr \VA1 K, OPPOSITE SIXTY-SIXTH STREET

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI
1805-1872

AN ITALIAN PATRIOT AND REVOLUTIONIST

ARTIST
TURINI

An undraped Dronze dusi, heroic size, stands on a simple grarm-
pedestal. He wears a full beard and his face is turned slightl\
to the right with the eyes turned still more in the same direction.

signed: G. TURINI SCULPTOR NEW YORK 1876

INSCRIPTIONS

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

DIO E IL POPOLO

PENSIERO EDAZIONE

PRESENTED

TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

BY THE ITALIANS

IN THE U. S. OF AMERICA

1878

WEST WALK, OPPOSITE SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET

SEVENTH REGIMENT MEMORIAL

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N,A.

1830-

A SOLDIER in bronze, heroic size, is standing with his left foot
advanced and the kn,ee bent, his face turned to the left with the
eyes looking straight ahead. The cape of his army overcoat is
thrown back over his right shoulder, and his hands clasp the barrel
of his gun, with its butt resting between his feet. Each dado of

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the granite pedestal is ornamented with a shield in high relief and
each side of its base with an heraldic bronze plaque.

signed: j. q. A. WARD 1869

INSCRIPTIONS

THE

SEVENTH REGIMENT

MEMORIAL

OF
1861 - 1865.

PRO
PATRIA

GLORIA

IN HONOR OF THE MEMBERS

OF THE

SEVENTH REGIMENT N. G. S. N. Y.

FIFTY EIGHT IN NUMBER

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

DEFENSE OF THE UNION

1861 - 1865

ERECTED

BY THE

SEVENTH REGIMENT

NATIONAL GUARD S. N. Y.

MDCCCLXXIII •

OFF EAST DRIVE, OPPOSITE SEVENTY-EIGHTH STREET

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

OLIN LEVI WARNER, N.A.

1 844- I 896

A LARGE granite slab, 9 feet long by 4 feet high, ornamented with
carvings of shells and other sea things. On one side a large drink-
ing basin for horses, in the form of a shell; on the other side a fix-
ture and basin for persons. On each side of this latter basin is a
figure of a boy carved in low relief.

signed: O. L. WARNER 1 89O.
■75

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ESPLANADE

BETHESDA FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

EMMA STEBBINS

1815-1882

A BRONZE and granite drinking fountain. A winged female figure
stands on a rock. From under her feet flows water out over an
umbrella-shaped fixture, beneath which stand four figures of
children around a central column. Beneath them a large basin
resting on columns receives the water, which overflows again into
a basin.

Erected by the City in 1873.

WEST OF MALL

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin for horses, about 10 feet in diameter, made of
artificial granite lined with copper, in the center rises an orna-
mental fixture, 10 feet high, made of bronze, granite and mosaic.

SEVENTIETH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE

* RICHARD MORRIS HUNT
1828-1895

AMERICAN ARCHITECT

ARTIST

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, N.A.

1850-

A SEMICIRCULAR granite entablature, ornamented with antefixae
of anthemion design, is supported on a high base by eight square
pillars and four Ionic columns. The latter stand on a projection

176

THE FALCONER

BY
GEORGE SIMONDS

rOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE \']2

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ESPLANADE

BETHESDA FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

EMMA STEBBINS

1815-1882

A BRONZE and granite drinking fountain. A winged female figure
stands on a rock. From under her feet flows water out over ar
umbrella-shaped fixture, beneath which stand four figures o
children around a central column. Beneath them a large basir
resting on columns receives the water wl-.lrh overflows again intc
a basin.

Erected bv the City in 1873.

WEST OF MALL

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin for horses, about 10 feet in diameter, made of
artificial granite lined with copper. In the center rises an orna-
mental fixture, 10 feet high, made of bronze, granite and mosaic.

SEVENTIETH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE

♦RICHARD MORRIS HUNT
1 828- 1 895

AMERICAN ARCHITECT

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, N.A.
1850-

A SEMICIRCULAR granite entablature, ornamented with ante!
of anthemion design, is supported on a high base by eight sqv
pillars and four Ionic coflmHODJ^e 3MEt stand on a projection

eOKOMIfe a05I030

£^l IIOAI 338 HOITIlJiDaSO HOI

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which serves as a back to a low seat. In the center, two pilasters
support a projection of the entablature, and, in fro'nt of the screen be-
tween them, stands a simple pedestal holding a bronze bust, heroic
size, of a man with his bearded face turned a little to the right. On a
lower pedestal, against each end of the structure, stands the figure
of a woman, heroic size, in simple, classic costume. The one at the
left, holds in her left hand, before her waist, a palette and brushes,
while her right hand, holding a hammer, hangs at her side. The
figure at the right end, holds in both hands, before her, a model
of a building.

signed: DANIEL • C ■ FRENCH • SCULPTOR • I9OO
INSCRIPTIONS

RICHARD MORRIS HVNT

OCTOBER 31, 1828

JVLY 31, 1895

IN RECOGNITION

OF HIS SERVICES TO

THE CAVSE OF ART

IN AMERICA

THIS MEMORIAL

WAS ERECTED 1 898 BY

THE ART SOCIETIES

OF NEW YORK

THE CENTVRY ASSOCIATION

THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY

THE METROPOLITAN MVSEVM

OF ART

THE ARTIST ARTIZANS

OF NEW YORK

THE ARCHITECTVRAL LEAGVE

NATIONAL SCVLPTVRE SOCIETY

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS

AMERICAN INSTITVTE

OF ARCHITECTS

AMERICAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY

SOCIETY OF BEAVX ARTS ARCHITECTS.

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NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTY-SECOND STREET
ENTRANCE

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
1791-1872

AMERICAN ARTIST AND INVENTOR OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

ARTIST
BYRON M. PICKETT

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, of a man with long hair and whiskers
stands on a granite pedestal. An ample cloak hangs from his right
shoulder covering his arm, while in the hand he holds a feather.
His left hand rests on a Morse telegraph instrument standing on a
column.

signed: B. M. PICKETT. SCULPT. 187O

Given to the City in 1871.

INSCRIPTION
MORSE

NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTY-SECOND STREET
ENTRANCE

THE PILGRIM

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

Dressed in the costume of the seventeenth century, a bronze
figure, heroic size, stands with the right foot advanced on a rough-
hewn granite pedestal. His face is to the front and his eyes look
Straight ahead. His clenched left hand hangs at his side, and his
right rests on the muzzle of a gun with its butt standing on the
plinth. On the four sides of the pedestal just below the surbase
are four low reliefs in bronze, representing respectively: "Bible and
Sword," "Commerce," "The Mayflower," and "Cross-bow and
Arrows."

signed: j. q. a. ward sculptor 1884

178

DANIEL WEBSTER

BY
THOMAS BALL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 73

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NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTY-SECOND STREET
ENTRANtCE

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
1791-1872

AMERICAN ARTIST AND INVENTOR OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

ARTIST
BYRON M. PICKETT

signed: B. M. PICKETT. SCULPT. 1870

Given to the City in 1871.

inscription

MORSE

NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTY-SECOND STREET
ENTRANCE

THE PILGRIM

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

Dress-ed in the costume of the seventeenth century, a bronze
figure, heroic size, stands with the right foot advanced on a rough-
hewn granite pedestal. His face is to the front and his eyes look
straight ahead. His clenched left hand hangs at his side, and his
right rests on the muzzle of a gun with its butt standing on the
phnth. On the four sides of the pedestal just below the surbase
are four low reliefs in bronze, representing respectively: "Bible ani'
Sword," "Commerce," "The Mayflower," and "Cross-bow and
Arrows."

SIGNE^^^^^^V^gf^^^^^PTOR 1884

Ya '7^

JJAa aAMOHT
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INSCRIPTIONS

TO COMMEMORATE

THE LANDING OF THE

PILGRIM FATHERS

PLYMOUTH ROCK

DECEMBER 21, 162O.

ERECTED BY THE

NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY

IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

1885.

EAST DRIVE, OPPOSITE SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET

STILL HUNT

ARTIST

EDWARD KEMEYS

1 843- 1 907

Crouching on a rock, as if about to spring, is a bronze figure
of a panther, heroic size. With head turned to the left, ears erect,
its keen eyes are fixed intently straight ahead.

signed: E. KEMEYS

Given to the City.

in the ramble, opposite SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER

1759-1805

GERMAN POET, DRAMATIST AND HISTORIAN

ARTIST
C. L. RICHTER

With long hair lying in curls on the undraped shoulders, a
bronze bust, heroic size, stands on a simple granite pedestal.

signed: C. L. RICHTER FECIT
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INSCRIPTION

SCHILLER

ZUR

HUNDERTJAHRIGEN GEBURTSTAGSFEIER.

DEN 9TEN NOVEMBER 1859.

DIE DEUTSCHEN IN NEW YORK.

IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

GEORGE WASHINGTON

1732-1799

FIRST PRESIDENT UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON

1741-1828

This is a bronze statue, life size, of Washington dressed in Co-
lonial costume, with his face slightly raised and turned a little to
the right. His left foot is advanced, with the knee slightly bent.
His right hand rests on his cane standing out from his body, and
his left hand lies on a cloak lying over the top of a modified fasces
nearly as high as his shoulder. Behind him stands a plow.

in the year 1784 the State of Virginia appropriated 1,000 guineas
for a statue of Washington to be made of the purest marble by
the most eminent sculptor of Europe. Jefferson and Franklin
being then in Europe were commissioned to make arrangements.
They approached Houdon, though the sum was about half his
usual price. He said that it would be the glory of his life to be
enabled to place his name humbly upon the plinth of a statue
representing that good and great man. Houdon arrived in this
country in the fall of 1785. He went direct to Mt. Vernon, where
he remained a fortnight the guest of Washington. He made
plaster casts of Washington's head and his whole person without
clothing; of his spurs, watch seals and walking-stick. These casts
were shipped to France, where, in 1788, Houdon completed the
white marble statue which stands in the State House of Virginia.
Six copies were made in bronze at the foundry of W. J. Hubard in

I
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FOUNTAIN

BY
OLIN LEVI WARNER, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 75

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SCHILLER

ZUP

-, lAGShEltK.
1859.
.,;-^ ,j,^KJij^. v' YORK.

IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

ARTIST

OINE HOUDON
,41-1828

This is -tatue, life size, of Washington dressed in

'""'■^' '"'^' '^'^^ +'""'" ■--''•riitly raised and turned a littli

J, with the knee slightly b
/ inding out from his body,

his leit h; -K lying over the top of a modified k'

nearly as , ,ider. Behind him stands a plow.

!n the year 1784 the State of Virginia appropriated 1,000 gui;
for a statue of Washington to be made of the purest marb'
the most eminent sculptor of Europe. Jefferson and Frai
being then in Europe were commissioned to make arrangeni.
They approached Houdon, though the sum was about hal
usual price. He said that it would be the glory of his life i
.., lo,^ try place his name humbly upon the plinth of a si
g that good and great man. Houdon arrived in
the fall of 1785. He went direct to Mt. Vernon, v, :
ed a fortnight the guest of Washington. He r
ts of Washington's head and his whole person witi
f his spurs, watch seals and walking-stick. These
;:ed to France, where, in 1788, Houdon complete^
Willie marble statue whidKls'^Tifr^lsKifflthe State House of Vir:
Six copies were made in bronz^jfit the foundry of W. J. Huba:

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1857. This copy was placed in the City Hall in 1859 and nego-
tiations to have the city purchase it for $12,000 were continued
for a decade. The other five copies are in the following places:

Military Institute, Lexington, Va.

Raleigh, N. C.

Columbia, S. C.

Lafayette Park, St. Louis, Mo.

Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D. C.

signed:

fait par houdon, citoyen francais i788. futied i. m.
gunthermann

Given to the City in 1884.

INSCRIPTIONS

GEORGE WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

BRONZE REPLICA OF A MARBLE STATUE BY HOUDON
IN THE STATE CAPITOL AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK
BY THE PUPILS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

NEAR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

EGYPTIAN OBELISK

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A MONOLITH of reddish-pink Syene granite from the Assouan
quarries. It is 71 feet in height, rneasures 8 feet 8 inches in thick-
ness at the base, and weighs 488,000 pounds. Its four sides are in-
scribed with Egyptian hieroglyphics, principally in honor of
Thothmes III (b.c, i 591-1565, Lepsius), who caused it to be
erected before the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis. The inscrip-
tions on one of the sides are by Rameses II (1292 to 1225 b.c).
It is mounted on a pedestal of the same granite, and is kept in
place by four bronze crabs, reproductions of the original supports

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which are now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The base is
composed of the original three steps of Egyptian limestone. On
the pincers of the four crabs are eight inscriptions. Beginning
with the southeast corner, they read as follows:

INSCRIPTIONS

L. IH. KAISAPOS

BAPBAPOS ANEOHKE

APXITEKTONOTNT02

nONTIOT

REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL

QUARRIED AT SYENE EGYPT ERECTED

AT HELIOPOLIS EGYPT BY THOTHMES III

IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY B. C.

[Above the inscription, to the right, is a cartouche of Thothmes III.]

REMOVED TO ALEXANDRIA EGYPT

AND ERECTED THERE B. C. 12,

BY THE ROMANS.

REMOVED TO THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA A. D. 1 88o AND ERECTED IN

NEW YORK CITY JANUARY 22, 1 88 1 .

PRESENTED TO THE

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

BY ISMAIL, KHEDIVE OF EGYPT.

RUTHERFORD BURCHARD HAYES PRESIDENT

WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS SECRETARY OF

STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE COST OF REMOVING

FROM EGYPT AND PLACING ON THIS

SPOT THIS OBELISQUE PEDESTAL AND BASE

WAS BORNE BY WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER

HENRY H. GORRINGE UNITED STATES NAVY

DESIGNED THE PLANS FOR AND SUPERINTENDED

THE REMOVAL AND REERECTION

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

whic'r' are now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The base is
C' ■ inal three steps of Egyptian limestone. On

t. !ur crabs are eight inscriptions. Beginning

wiin Liiir; 'rjijicysi corner, they read as follows;

INSCRIPTIONS

L. IH. KAISAPOS

BAPBAPOS ANEOHKE

APXITEKT0N0TNT02

nONTIOT

REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL

QUARRIED AT SYENE EGYPT ERECTED

AT HELIOPOLIS EGYPT BY THOTHMES III

IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY B. C.

[ n; ascription, to the right, is a cartouche of Thothmes III.]

H REMOVED TO ALEXANDRIA EGYPT

^ AND ERECTED THERE B. C. 12,

O BY THE ROMANS.

■ jj

y, REMOVED TO THE UNITED STATES

Q OF AMERICA A. D. 1880 AND ERECTED IN

[^ NEW YORK CITY JANUARY 22, 1881.

H PRESENTED TO THE

^ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

BY ISMAIL, KHEDIVE OF EGYPT.

RUTHERFORD BURCHARD HAYES PRESIDENT

WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS SECRETARY OF

STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE COST OF REMOVING

FROM EGYPT AND PLACING ON THIS

SPOT THIS OBELISQUE PEDESTAL AND BASE

WAS BORNE BY WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
\RY H. GORRINGE UNITED STATES NAVY
DESIGNED THE PLANS FOR AND SUPERINTENDED
THE REMOVAL AND REERECTION

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CENTRAL PARK — CONTINUED

NORTHWEST OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

ALEXANDER HAMILTON
1757-1804

SECRETARY OF TREASURY, I789-95
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ARMY, I799-1804

ARTIST
CARL CONRADS

Dressed in Colonial costume, a figure, heroic size, in granite,
stands with the left foot advanced on a pedestal of the same ma-
terial, on the projecting base of which he carved in high relief a
scabbard, sword and chapeau. His face is turned to the left, with
the eyes looking straight ahead. He holds his closed right hand
against his breast and his left, holding a document, rests on a low
granite shaft.

signed: C. CONRADS

INSCRIPTION

HAMILTON

PRESENTED BY
JOHN C. HAMILTON,

FIFTH AVENUE AND NINETY-SIXTH STREET ENTRANCE

ALBERT BERTEL THORVALDSEN
1 770- 1 844

A DANISH SCULPTOR

ARTIST
HIMSELF

Dressed in a short chiton, a bronze figure, life size, of a man in
the prime of life, stands with the left foot advanced, on a granite
pedestal. His head is inclined slightly forward, with the eyes
looking straight ahead. His right hand, grasping a hammer,
hangs at his side, while his left holds a chisel, with the arm resting

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on the head of a draped classic female figure, under life size. The
right side of the pedestal is ornamented with a round bronze me-
dallion of a winged female figure, in low relief, carrying two infants in
her arms, and on the left side is a similar medallion with the figure
carrying on her back an infant, holding a torch, while with her
hands she scatters flowers.

INSCRIPTIONS
THORVALDSEN

Nyso
den 5. Octob. 1839

Kjobenhavn. 1892

Erected by Danes in U. S. of America.

NORTHEAST PART OF CENTRAL PARK

McGOWN'S PASS MONUMENT

ARTIST
WM. W. BOSWORTH

An uncut granite block, 6 feet long, 2\ feet high, and 2 feet
thick, stands on a polished granite base. It is surmounted by an
old cannon. On one side stands an old mortar, on the other a bronze
tablet.

inscription

this eminence commanding

mcgown's pass '

was occupied by british troops sept i 5 1776

and evacuated nov 2 1 1 783

here beginning aug 18 1814 the citizens of new york

built fort clinton to protect the city

IN THE SECOND WAR ^°^ the_city wITH GREAT BRITAIN

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED ^^^^ history club gy THE CHILDREN OF THE
CITY HISTORY CLUB ""^ ^^'^ ^°'*'^ OF NEW YORK A.D. I 906

o s

Q
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' ENTRAL PARK-CONTINUED

on the heiH of 3 draped classic female figure, under life size. The
righi ' ' destal is ornamented with a round bronze me-

dalli male figure, in low relief, carrying two infants in

^ • anu :, me left side is a similar medallion with the figure

)n her back an infant, holding a torch, while with her
■>..,. w^ ^..v scatters flowers.

INSCRIPTIONS
THORVALDSEN

Nyso
den 5. Octob. 1839

Kjobenhavn. 1892

Erected by Danes in U. S. of America.

—1

c —

— NORTH T OF CENTRAL PARK

; O N'S PASS MONUMENT

_ ARTIST

^33 WM. W. BOSWORTH

> . ■

p\N uncut granite block, 6 feet long, 2^ feet high, and 2 feet
tack, stands on a polished granite base. It is surmounted by ai
o?3l cannon. On one side stands an old mortar, on the other a bronz

tablet.

inscription

this eminence commanding

mcgown's pass ■

was occupied by british troops sept 15 i776

and evacuated nov 2 1 1 783

:iere beginning aug 18 1814 the citizens of new york

built fort clinton to protect the city

IN THE SECOND WAR ^°^ the^city wITH GREAT BRITAIN

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED city history club bY THE CHILDREN OF .-■
CITY HISTORY CLUB °'' ^^* ^"""^ OF NEW YORK A.D. '

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CENTRAL PARK— CONTINUED

NORTHWEST CENTRAL PARK, NEAR ONE HUNDRED AND
TENTH STREET

♦BLOCKHOUSE TABLET

ARTIST
JOHN WILLIAMS

INSCRIPTION

THIS BLOCKHOUSE
WAS PART OF A LINE OF FORTIFICATIONS

EXTENDING FROM THE HUDSON TO THE

HARLEM RIVER, BUILT FOR THE DEFENCE

OF NEW YORK BY ITS PATRIOTIC CITIZENS

DURING THE WAR OF 1 8 I 2- I 8 I 5

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY

THE women's AUXILIARY TO THE AMERICAN SCENIC

AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY

A. D. 1905

AT BROADWAY AND SEVENTY-THIRD STREET

* GIUSEPPE VERDI
I8I3-I90I

AN ITALIAN OPERATIC COMPOSER

ARTIST
PASQUALE CIVILETTI

A FIGURE, heroic size, in white Carrara marble, of a man with
full beard and long hair, stands with the right foot advanced
on a polished, dark granite pedestal, consisting of an irregular
base 6^ feet high, surmounted by a column g} feet high. His face
Is turned to the right, and over his left arm he carries a heavy cloak
with the hand resting against the hip, while his right hand hangs
at his side. Standing on projections of the base, at equal distances

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from one another around the column, are four figures, life size, in
white Carrara marble, representing respectively "ATda," "FalstafT,"
"Otello," and "Farza del Destino," each in characteristic costume
and posture. Between these figures are white marble lyres resting
against the base of the column.

signed: pasquale civiletti, Palermo

Given to the City in 1906.

inscription

erected by the italian community through the efforts of

chev. c. barsotti. editor of the italian

daily newspaper il-progresso

italo-americano

OCTOBER 12, 1906

RIVERSIDE PARK

AT SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET

♦HAMILTON FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
WARREN & WETMORE, ARCHITECTS

A LARGE shell-shaped granite basin for horses, 8 feet high and
8 feet wide. Water is supplied to the large basin from a small
shell-shaped basin into which the water flows from a dolphin's head.
The back of the fountain forms a part of the wall of the Drive.
The whole is surmounted by an eagle, heroic size, with uplifted wings.

Given to the City in 1906.

INSCRIPTION

BEQUEATHED • TO • THE • CITY • OF • NEW • YORK ■ BY
■ ROBERT • RAY • HAMILTON •

186

1?^»

STILL HLNT

EDWARD KEMEYS

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 1 79

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from one another around the column, are four figures, life size, i
white Carrara marble, representing respectively "ATda," "FalstaflF,
"Otello," and "Farza del Destine," each in characteristic costun-
. „ ' „.. t,,_. i-'-^-een these figures are white marble lyres restir
ne column.

gxed: pasquale civiletti, Palermo

G^ Citv in 1906.

INSCRIPTION

erected 1 ALIAN community THROUGH THE EFFORTS Ot

CHEW C. BARSOm. EDITOR OF THE ITALIAN

DAILY NEWSPAPER IL-PROGRESSO

ITALO-AMERICANO

OCTOBER 12, 1906

RIVERSIDE PARK

AT SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET

♦HAMILTON FOUNTAIN

ARTie
WARREN & WETMORE, ARCHITECTS

A LARGE shell-shaped granite basin for horses, 8 feet high and
8 feet wide. Water is supplied to the large basin from a small
shell-shaped basin into which the water flows from a dolphin's head.
The back of the fountain forms a part of the wall of the D-^iv e.
The whole is surmounted by an eagle, heroic size, with uplifted w; ::s.

Given to the City in 1906.

INSCKIF 1 ION

JEQUEATHEDT-p^-p,IE.jCfWp01

■ROBERT- RAY HAMI

Ya
aY3M3>i d^waa

(OFNEWYORK-BY
LTON-

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

AT NINETIETH STREET

* SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT

ARTISTS ^ /> jj. </ /t

CHARLES W. STOUGHTON -JV^^'^^ ^ Ct^it^ ^:f^jif-c>~

ARTHUR A. STOUGHTON '9<^'^,

PAUL E. DUBOY

An ornamental circular canopy of white marble rests on twelve
fluted Corinthian columns of the same material, standing on a
massive circular base entered by a doorway. Its approaches are
elaborate granite and marble stairways with heavy white marble
balustrades. Near by are large cannon mounted on rough-hewn
granite boulders.

INSCRIPTIONS

AROUND TOP OF STRUCTURE IN LARGE LETTERS

TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO SAVED

THE UNION

OVER DOOR

IN MEMORIAM

TABLET ON EAST SIDE OF MONUMENT

ERECTED BY

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

MCM

BRONZE TABLET ON REAR OF STRUCTURE

soldiers' and sailors' MEMORIAL MONUMENT

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

COMMISSIONERS,

ROBERT A. VAN WYCK, MAYOR,

GEORGE C. CLAUSEN, PRESIDENT, PARK BOARD.

JOHN W. GOFF, RECORDER, BIRD S. COLER, COMPTROLLER.

JOSEPH A. GOULDEN, CHAIRMAN, MEMORIAL COMMITTEE,

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

ARCHITECTS,

CHARLES W. STOUGHTON, ARTHUR A. STOUGHTON,

PAUL E. DUBOY.

BUILDERS, CULLEN AND DWYER.

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

BRONZE TABLET SET INTO ONE OF THE BROAD STEPS
IN FRONT OF STRUCTURE

ERECTED BY

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

TO COMMEMORATE THE VALOR

OF THE

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

WHO IN THE CIVIL WAR

FOUGHT IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION.

ON A HIGH PILLAR OF THE BALUSTRADE STANDING
SOUTHEAST OF STRUCTURE

SOUTH SIDE

•NY- VOLUNTEER •

• REGIMENTS •
• ACTIVELY • ENGAGED •

• SEVENTY SECOND •

• SEVENTY THIRD •

• SEVENTY FOURTH •

• SEVENTY NINTH ■

• EIGHTY SECOND •
• EIGHTY THIRD •

WEST SIDE

FARRAGUT
• NEW ORLEANS • FAIR OAKS •

■ MALVERN HILL •

• HARPERS FERRY • ANTIETAM •

• lUKA • CORINTH ■

• FREDERICKSBURG • MURFREESBORO •

• CHARLESTON ■

• JACKSON • CHANCELLORSVILLE •

NORTH SIDE

■ SICKLES •

• WINSLOW • KELLY •

• BARLOW • THOMAN •
• CAMERON • SCOTT ■

• MURPHY • McMAHON •

• WARREN ■ MOESCH •

• HUSTON • STETSON •

• WINTHROP ■

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHI1,LER

C. L. RICHTER

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 179

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

INTO ONE OF THE BROAD STEPS
:.. : KONT OF STRUCTURE

ERECTED BY

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

TO COMMEMORATE THE VALOR

OF THE

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

WHO IN THE CIVIL V/AR

FOUGHT IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION.

ON A HIGH PILLAR OF THE BALUSTRADE STANDING
SOUTHEAST OF STRUCTURE

SOUTH SIDE

• N • Y • VOLUNTEER •

■ REGIMENTS •

• ACTIVELY • ENGAGED •

• SEVENTY SECOND ■

• SEVENTY THIRD •

■ SEVENTY FOURTH ■
*'4.r ■ SEVENTY NINTH ■

• EIGHTY SECOND •
• EIGHTY THIRD

WEST SIDE

FARRAGUT ■
• NEW ORLEANS ■ FAIR OAKS •

■ MALVERN HILL •
• HARPERS FERRY • ANTIETAM •

• lUKA ■ CORINTH •

• FREDERICKSBURG • MURFREESBORO •

• CHARLESTON ■

• JACKSON • CHANCELLORSVILLE •

NORTH SIDE

■ SICKLES •

• WINSLOW • KELLY •
■ BARLOW • THOMAN •

• CAMERON ■ SCOTT •

• MURPHY ■ MCMAHON •

^3JJ1H38 HOV l01i^G3l:H'^J||S!r^I^HD HUAHOL

• WlMfHROP •
JIHTHDI^J .D

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

EAST SIDE

• GRANT •

■ ■ FORT SUMTER • •

• BULL RUN • HATTERAS INLET •

• BALLS BLUFF ■

• PORT ROYAL • FORT HENRY •

. ROANOKE ISLAND
• HAMPTON ROADS ■ SHILOH •
• ISLAND NO lO •

ON A HIGH PILLAR OF THE BALUSTRADE STANDING
SOUTHWEST OF STRUCTURE

SOUTH SIDE

■ N • Y • VOLUNTEER •

• REGIMENTS •

• ACTIVELY ENGAGED •

• FIFTH • SEVENTH •
• FORTY SECOND •

■ FIFTY NINTH • f

■ SIXTY FIRST •

■ SIXTY NINTH •

• SEVENTY FIRST •

EAST SIDE

■ SHERMAN ■

• GETTYSBURG ■ VICKSBURG •

■ PORT HUDSON •

• CHICKAMAUGA • CHATTANOOGA ■

■ FORT PILLOW •

■ WILDERNESS • SPOTTSYLVANIA •

■ COLD HARBOR •

• KENESAW MOUNTAIN ■ ATLANTA •

NORTH SIDE

■ WORDEN •

• GUSHING • RIDER -

• SICARD • KAEPLIS •

• PHILIP • MEAGHER •

• SMITH ■ OLMSTEAD •
• WILKES • TAYLOR •

• wainwright •
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? A?.T — iCL'LPTUR;

Pvl VERS IDE PARK— CONTINUED

- FORTES -
- WIIJCrVGTOX -

AT ONE HCXDRED AND SIXTH STREET

*FR.\NZ SIGEL
1824-1902

A GERMAX-AMERICAX GENERAL

ARTIST

KARL FRAXaS THEODORE BrTTER. N.A.

1868-

Ax equestrian statue in bronze, heroic size, stands on a simple
granite pedestal at the head of a fl^t of steps. The General sits
erect, with his fiace turned to the ri^t and the eyes looking straight
ahead. His rig^t hand, holding his hat, hangs at his side, while
with his left he is rdnti^ in his charger, which, with arched neck
and flashing eyes, is straining forward against the bit.

signed: k. b. 1907

Given to the Gty in 1907.

IXSCRimON

- FRANZ SIGEL •
190

C,E()R(-,F- W ASIIIN'cVrON

JEAN ANllUNI-: HOL'IXIN

FOR 1)1 SCKiniON Sll I'AO.K 1 8l)

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

WEST SIDE

• PORTER •
• CHAMBERSBURG ■ MOBILE BAY •

• WINCHESTER

• CEDAR CREEK • FORT FISHER ■

• WILMINGTON •

• BENTONVILLE • FIVE FORKS ■

• PETERSBURG

■ RICHMOND • APPOMATTOX ■

AT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH STREET

* FRANZ SIGEL
1 824- 1 902

A GERMAN-AMERICAN GENERAL

ARTIST

KARL FRANCIS THEOD, K.,^.

1868-

i Statue in bronze, heroic size, stands on a sim"'-
gram: at the head of a flight of steps. The General

erect, ce turned to the right and the eyes looi<ing str.'

ahead. His right hand, holding his hat, hangs at his side, '
with his left he is reining in his charger, which, with arched 1
and flashing eyes, is straining forward against the bit.

SIGNED: ^ R i"07

Given to the City in 1907.

INSCRIPTION

wotdi^^^aW^^o^oho

WOaUOH HMIOTMA HA31
081 30Aq 33a noiTMiMoesa 5103

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RIVERSIDE PARK— CONTINUED

AT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND STREET

GRANT'S TOMB ^

JOHN HEMINGWAY DUNCAN
1854-

This is a rectangular granite building, 90 feet square and 150
feet high, with a massive portico supported by six fluted Doric
columns. It is surmounted by a cylindrical dome surrounded by
a gallery of Ionic columns, and the whole is topped by a cone-
shaped roof.

Given to the City in 1897. 7A^^ 4^ -Ci-rr^-/^, y^'c^ <t-<i,-v^ Cf^^^-^-^-^ Jt^ C^J-'

lNSCRIPTIONS^C,JCx4f c^ ./Lc^.-^ c^^^- ^^'^';^

VLYSSES • S • GRANT ^T'y'-

BORN • APRIL XXVII - MDCCCXXII f/SloS)
DIED • JVLY XXIII - MDCCCLXXXX (/ SfO^

LET US
HAVE PEACE

MORNINGSIDE PARK

AT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET

* BLOCKHOUSE TABLET

ARTIST
J. AND R. LAMB

INSCRIPTION

THIS TABLET MARKS THE REMAINS OF A STONE
TOWER, A PART OF A LINE OF FORTIFICATIONS
EXTENDING FROM THE HUDSON TO THE HARLEM
RIVER, BUILT FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK BY ITS PATRIOTIC CITIZENS DURING
THE WAR OF l8l2 - 1815.

ERECTED BY THE

women's auxiliary to the AMERICAN

SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY

A. D. 1904

191

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WASHINGTON-LAFAYETTE PARK

AT ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH STREET AND

MANHATTAN AVENUE

* LAFAYETTE AND WASHINGTON

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

'757-'834

MAJOR-GENERAL REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, I777-8l

GEORGE WASHINGTON

1732-1799

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI

I 834- I 904

Dressed in Colonial uniforms, two bronze figures, heroic size,
stand face to face, with right hands clasped, on a white marble
pedestal. The figure at the left, nearly in profile, leans forward,
with the weight of the body on the left foot and the left hand ex-
tended above his head, clasps two flags standing in the center be-
hind the figures. The figure at the right stands in three-quarters
view to the left, with the right foot advanced and the knee bent,
while his left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.

signed: a. BARTHOLDI, 189O

INSCRIPTION

LAFAYETTE-WASHINGTON

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

CHARLES • B ■ ROUSS •

• APRIL • NINETEENTH - NINETEEN • HUNDRED •

192

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WASH; LAFAYETTE PARK

" ONE ' AND FOURTEENTH STREET AND

sHATTAN AVENUE

* LAFAYETTE AND WASHINGTON

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

1757-1834

MAJOR-GENERAL REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, IJJjSl

GEORGE WASHINGTON
-32-1799

ITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

FREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI

1S34-I904

ijRESSEU in Colonial uniforms, two bronze figures, heroic size,
s^m face to face, with right hands clasped, on a white marble
"estal. The figure at the left, nearly in profile, leans forward,
wgh the weight of the body on the left foot and the left hand ex-
t(?rtded above his head, clasps two flags standing in the center be-
h^d the figures. The figure at the right stands in three-quarters
view to the left, with the right foot advanced and the knee bent,
while his left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.

signed: a. BARTHOLDI, 1890

INSCRIPTION

LAFAYETTE-WASHINGTON

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

CHARLES • B ■ ROUSS •

APRIL • NINETEENTH - NINETEEN • HUNDRED

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HANCOCK SQUARE

AT MANHATTAN AVENUE AND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-
THIRD STREET

WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK
1 824- 1 886

BRIGADIER-GENERAL UNITED STATES ARMY, 1861-1886

ARTIST

JAMES WILSON ALEXANDER MacDONALD

I 824- 1 908

This is a bronze portrait bust, heroic size, on a granite pedestal,
with the head and eyes turned upward, and a broad ribbon thrown
over the otherwise undraped chest.

signed: 1891. WILSON MacDONALD SCULPTOR

Given to the City in 189 1.

INSCRIPTION
HANCOCK

ON THE SPEEDWAY

AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH STREET

HOOPER FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

GEORGE MARTIN HUSS

1853-

A LARGE circular granite basin. Baci< of it rises a round granite
column 15 feet high, surmounted by a bronze fixture enclosing a
globe. Back of this, a granite catch basin or urn for drippings
from drinking place for persons.

signed: GEORGE MARTIN HUSS ARCHITECT
INSCRIPTION

PRESENTED TO

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

JOHN HOOPER

ERECTED MDCCCXCIV

'93

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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
JUMEL MANSION TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

inscription

Washington's head-quarters
this tablet is dedicated by the washington heights

chapter daughters of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON

WHO OCCUPIED THIS MANSION AS HIS HEAD-QUARTERS

FROM SEPTEMBER i6th TO OCTOBER 21^^ x-^-jd. BATTLE OF

HARLEM HEIGHTS SEPTEMBER l6th. COUNCILS OF WAR.

PRESIDENT WASHINGTON VISITED THIS MANSION

ACCOMPANIED BY HIS CABINET JULY 1 79O.

MORRIS HOUSE 1758 | JUMEL MANSION 1810 | EARLE CLIFF I900,

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

MRS. FERDINAND PINNEY EARLE REGENT

HENRIETTA MESICK BOSTWICK SARAH A. BLACKSTONE

EMILY L. BOSTWICK FAY J. ELIZABETH HOTCHKISS

HARRIET E. LANDERS ROBBINS FLORENCE BALLOU POOLE

ELIZA JUMEL CARYL E. FLORENCE EATON

ELLA WILSON KRAMER MILDRED E. LANDERS CHIPMAN

JUMEL MANSION TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION

THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED

BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK UNDER

THE ADMINISTRATION OF SETH LOW

MAYOR AND FORMALLY OPENED AS

A PUBLIC PARK DECEMBER 28 I903

COMMISSIONERS

WILLIAM R. WILLCOX PRESIDENT

JOHN E. EUSTIS

RICHARD YOUNG

GEORGE S. TERRY SECRETARY

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FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE

AT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THIRD STREET

FORT WASHINGTON MONUMENT

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A THIN white marble pedestal with a low seat is placed against a
rock upon which stands a cannon mounted on a wooden carriage.
The dado of the pedestal is dark granite with a narrow bronze
frame enclosing the inscription, on each side of which are thin
pilasters, one of them being ornamented with a bronze sword and
wreath and the other with a bronze torch and wreath.

INSCRIPTION

THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE SITE OF

FORT WASHINGTON

CONSTRUCTED BY THE CONTINENTAL TROOPS

IN THE SUMMER OF 1 776

TAKEN BY THE BRITISH AFTER A HEROIC DEFENSE

NOVEMBER 16, 1776

REPOSSESSED BY THE AMERICANS UPON THEIR

TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO THE CITY OF NEW YORK

NOVEMBER 25, I783

ERECTED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF

JAMES GORDON BENNETT

BY THE EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY OF THE

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

NOVEMBER 16, I9OI

IN THE BOROUGH OF
BROOKLYN

IN THE B

WILLIAMSBURG I

* GEORGE ^^ ^
17

PRESIDENT OF THE UNil

ARTISI

HENRY MERWir

1871-

5^N equestrian bronze Ftatne. heroic si7e. fvt5'
•p< stal. His Colon-
>&k wrapped abou:

-^ 'coking straight J' . i. i m; rignt n
t holds the reins u! his charger, stai

' SHRADY
INSCRIPTIONS

i Y FORGE

IIS MONUMENT • IS • PRESR

• BY • JAMES ■ R ■ T
MEMBER • OF • 54th- 55th- U
• AND • REGISTER OF Kl\
■JMMITTEE • Of- ■ SUPi; K\'IS!o ..
2nd IliBKUAWN

cJo

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CO 11

IX THE BOROUGH OF
BROOKLYN

WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE PLAZA

* GEORGE WASHINGTON
'732-1799

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 789-97

ARTIST

HENRY MERWIN SHRADY

187I-

An equestrian bronze statue, heroic size, stands on a high granite
pedestal. His Colonial uniform is nearly concealed by an ample
cloak wrapped about him, and his face is to the front, with the
eyes looking straight ahead. His right hand hangs at his side and
his left holds the reins of his charger, standing quietly with arched
neck.

signed: H. M. SHRADY. I906
INSCRIPTIONS

VALLEY FORGE

THIS • MONUMENT • IS • PRESENTED • TO ■ THE • CITY

• BY • JAMES • R ■ HOWE •

• MEMBER • OF ■ 54th- 55th- U • S • CONGRESS ■

■ AND • REGISTER ■ OF ■ KINGS ■ COUNTY •

COMMITTEE ■ OF • SUPERVISION • AND • CONSTRUCTION

■ 2nd FEBRUARY ■ I9OI ■

'99

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BOROUGH HALL PARK

HENRY WARD BEECHER

1813-1887

PASTOR PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, I 847- 1 887

ARTIST

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

1830-

Wearing a heavy overcoat with cape, a bronze figure, heroic size,
with the face turned to the right, stands with the left foot advanced,
on a dark granite pedestal. His left hand, holding a soft hat, is seen
below the cape of his coat, and his right hangs at his side. On the
left, a life-size figure of a barefooted negress, wearing a simple
garment, is resting her left knee on the base of the pedestal, the
surbase of which she grasps with her right hand, while with her
left she is laying a palm branch at the feet of the statue. On the
right, a figure of a small girl, holding in her hands the end of a
garland hanging from the top of the pedestal, stands on the base,
on which a small boy is sitting on his jacket with his arms about
the girl.

Given to the City in 1891.

signed: j. q. a. ward sculptor

inscription

henry ward beecher

1813 1887

THE GRATEFUL GIFT

OF MULTITUDES OF

ALL CLASSES CREEDS

AND CONDITIONS

AT HOME AND ABROAD

TO HONOR THE GREAT

APOSTLE OF THE
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

CO >-

- CQ

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BOROUGH HALL PARK

HENRY WARD BEECHER
1813-1887

■'lUTH CONGREGA—^ ^, ,,.„,.. 1847-1887

V^ cape, a bronze figure, heroic su"

0 nghi, stands with the left foot ad\
i. His left hand, holding a soft hat.
■ ^ J his right hangs at his side. <
arefooted negress, wearing a >
1^; i-!L Knee on the base of the pedest.
^ ^ e grasps with her right hand, while wi

~ V , 'n Nnnch at the feet of the statue. C

S c ng^ '. holding in her hands the en

•= ° ga^ -1 of the pedestal, stands on the j:„

S ^ on-^icn a SI sitting on his jacket with his arms aboui

" ^ 4he£;irl.
i § » qhen

2 - 2

5 ^ > _.^..^„. J. i. A. WARD SCULPTOR

- S ^ INSCRIPTION

» X

2 °

'~ HENRY

1813 1887

THE GRATEFUL GIFT

OF MULTITUDES OF

ALL CLASSES CREEDS

AND CONDITIONS

AT HOME AND ABROAD

TO HONOR THE GREAT

APOSTLE OF THE
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

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BOROUGH HALL

BOROUGH president's OFFICE

SAMUEL S. POWELL
1815-1879

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1857-60; 1 872-73 '

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

Dressed in a modern costume, with the face and eyes to the
front, is a white marble bust, life size.
Purchased by the City in 1874.

MUNICIPAL BUILDING

MARTIN KALBFLEISCH

1 804- 1 873

MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, 1861-63; 1868-71

ARTIST
J. McNAMEE

A WHITE marble bust, life size.

signed: J. McNAMEE. SCULPTOR 1877

Purchased by the City in 1877.

BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING

EPHRAIM J. WHITLOCK

1 820-1 88 1

PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In the center of a white marble oval plaque is a face to the right
in middle relief. This is set into a large rectangular slab of gray
marble.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION BU I LDl NG — CONTINUED

INSCRIPTION

In
Grateful Memory Of

EPHRAIM. J. WHITLOCK;

FOR 23 YEARS A MEMBER

OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,

AND FOR I I YEARS ITS

PRESIDENT.

DIED JUNE 30'h 1881.

BY THE TEACHERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

OF BROOKLYN.

EI LAUDEM, CUl DEBITA.

BEDFORD AVENUE

AT DIVISION AVENUE

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In the center of an octagonal basin stands an urn-shaped iron
fountain surmounted by the figure of a woman. It is ornamented
with storks and children in cast-iron.

FORT GREENE PARK

EDWARD FOWLER

1827-

BRIGADIER GENERAL

ARTIST

HENRY BAERER

1837-

Wearing a military cloak thrown back over the right shoulder,
disclosing a General's uniform, a bronze figure, heroic size, stands
with the left foot advanced on a round granite pedestal. His face

< i: ^

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CONTINUE]

'ON,

•<

D
>

? ^ >

SO « <

^~.

-<;

Sq
s;

BEDFORD AVENUE

AT DIVISION AVENUE

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

J L-iiiiU!ci! Ill i.a:3L-nuii.

FORT CRFFNF PARK

EDWA..^ X

1827-

BRIGADIER GENERAL

ARTIST

HENRY BAERER

.837-

urn-shaped iron
!t is ornamented

Wearing a military cloak thrown back over the right shoulder,
disclosing a General's uniform, a bronze figure, heroic size, stands
with the left foot advanced on a round granite pedestal. His face

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FORT GREENE PARK — CONTI NU ED

is turned slightly to the right, with the eyes looking straight ahead.
His left hand rests on the pommel of his sword and his right against
his hip.

signed: henry baerer sculptor n. y.

inscription

FOWLER

erected by the city of BROOKLYN
IN HONOR OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE I4TH. REGT. N. Y. S. M.
1861 - 1865
BULL RUN
BINNS HILL FALMOUTH

SPOTTSYLVANIA, AUG. 1 862. CHANTILLY

FREDERICKSBURG WILDERNESS

MINE RUN LAUREL HILL

RAPPAHANNOCK STATION FITZHUGH CROSSING

SOUTH MOUNTAIN PORT ROYAL

CHANCELLORSVILLE SEMINARY HILL

MANASSAS PLAINS SULPHUR SPRINGS

GETTYSBURG ANTIETAM

GROVETON GAINESVILLE

SPOTTSYLVANIA - I 864.
DEDICATED MAY l8th. I902.

GRANT SQUARE

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT

1822-1885

AN AMERICAN GENERAL
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1 869-77

ARTIST
WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE

1861-

An equestrian statue in bronze, heroic size, stands on a high
granite pedestal, the front of which is ornamented with a bronze
wreath. The General wears his military overcoat unbuttoned, ex-
posing his uniform beneath. His face is turned to the left, with
the eyes looking straight ahead. His gauntleted right hand rests

203

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GRANT SQUARE — CONTINUED

against his hip, and his left holds the reins of his alert charger, with
head up, ears pointed forward, nostrils distended, and eyes look-
ing intently into the distance.

signed: WILLIAM - ORDWAY - PARTRIDGE SCULPTOR - 1895

INSCRIPTION

PRESENTED

TO THE CITY

BY THE

UNION LEAGUE CLUB

BROOKLYN

APRIL 27th 1896

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A BRONZE fountain, 15 feet high, composed of a series of basins,
one above another, ornamented with figures of children.

EASTERN PARKWAY

AT BEDFORD AVENUE

* HENRY WARNER SLOCUM
1 827- 1 894

GENERAL IN UNITED STATES ARMY, 1861-65

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

1865-

A BRONZE equestrian statue, heroic size, stands on a granite
pedestal, on the front of which is a bronze eagle with wings spread,
in relief, and on each side of the pedestal are two bronze medallions.
The General's face is turned to the right, but his body is turned to

204

HENRY WARD BEECHER

BY
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 200

C. SCULPTURE

GRANT r -CONT.

hip, nnd e reins of his alert ciiarger, with

■ d torvvard, nostrils distended, and eyes look-
- distance.

signed: WILLIAM - ORDWAY - PARTRIDGE SCULPTOR - 1895

INSCRIPTION

PRESENTED

TO THE CITY

BY THE

UNION LEAGUE CLUB

BROOKLYN

APRIL 27th 1896

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

n, 15 feet high, composed of a series of basin^.
ornamented with figures of children.

* HENRY WARNER SLOCUM
1 827- 1 894

GENERAL IN UNITED STATES ARMY, 1861-65

ARTIST
FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES. N.A.

186=;--

A BRONZE equestrian statue, heroic size, stands on a gr?
pedestal, on the front of which is a bronze eagle with wings spr
m relief, and on e^|[pi^^ghQ^/^^al/a^f^fcNq bronze medal'
The General's face is turned to^^e right, but his body is turn:.

.A.W .QJIAW 8MAa'A YOKIUQ WHO[
OOE 30AS 338 HOIT1 1513830 5I03

ii^i

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EASTERN PARKWAY — CONTINUED

the left, and in his right hand he holds aloft an unsheathed sword.
With his left hand he holds taut the reins of his spirited charger
walking with arched neck.
Given to the City in 1905.

signed: macmonnies
inscription

SLOCUM

FLATBUSH AVENUE AND SIXTH AVENUE
HOOPER FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A LARGE circular granite basin. Back of it rises a granite
column I 5 feet high, surmounted by a bronze fixture enclosing a
globe. Back of this a granite catch basin or urn for drippings
from drinking place for persons.

INSCRIPTION

PRESENTED TO

THE CITY OF

BROOKLYN

JOHN HOOPER

MDCCCXCVI

PROSPECT PARK PLAZA
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MEMORIAL ARCH

ARTIST
JOHN H. DUNCAN

This is a granite structure with a height and width of 80 feet,
enclosing an arch 50 feet high and 50 feet deep at the base, with a
span of 35 feet. It is surmounted by a quadriga in bronze, and

205

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PROSPECT PARK PLAZA — CONT I NUED

two colossal bronze groups — representing "The Army" and "The
Navy," respectively — rest on the columnar embellishments on the
front of each pier. Set into one pier beneath the arch is an
equestrian high relief of Lincoln and in the other pier a similar
relief of Grant.

Purchased by the City in 1892.

INSCRIPTION
TO - THE - DEFENDERS - OF - THE - UNION - 1861-1865

ON THE MEMORIAL ARCH

THREE GROUPS

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

1865-

VICTORY

This is a quadriga in bronze, heroic size, with a female driver
erect in the chariot, holding aloft with her right hand a banner
with voluminous fluttering folds, and in her left, an unsheathed
sword. At the right and left of the four horses are winged female
figures symbolical of victory.

Purchased by the City in 1898.

THE NAVY

This large group in bronze, heroic size, is composed of a number
of sailors standing near their youthful commander who holds a
speaking trumpet in his right hand and points eagerly with his
left. Above the group is a nude female figure wearing a helmet
and holding aloft in her left hand a trident, while her right arm,
with an extended sword, rests across the back of an eagle with
wings outspread.

Purchased by the City in 190 1.

206

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT

WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 2O3

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PROSPEC! ;NUED

al bronze groui e Army" and "The

Navy, " respectively — rest ramnar embellishments on the

front of each pier. Set pier beneath the arch is an

f high relief of Li! coin and in the other pier a similar

ant.

1 ^,^,,c,o.cd by the City in 1892.

INSCRIPTION
TO - THE - DEFENDERS - OF - THE - UNION - 1861-1865

ON THE MEMORIAL ARCH

ARTIST

WILLIAM MAcMi

1865-

This is a quadriga in
erect in the chariot,
with voluminous fli

right ano
;il of victi
. Lx,^xiucy.<i ■ y the City in

roic size, with a female driver

.iofi with her right hand a banner

ds, and in her left, an unsheathed

four horses are winged female

THE NAVY

This large group in bronze, heroic size, is composed of a nuni
of sailors standing near their youthful commander who hole
speaking trumpet in his right hand and points eagerly with
left. Above the group is a nude female figure wearing a hei
and holding aloft in her left hand a trident, while her right a
with an extmt^i^^&)T^O&'§t^}&r<MS^Jiick of an eagle s
wings 'Outspread. ya

Purchased by^^^,f^t^>^^^^^ ^^,^^,,^

306
fO£ aoAT :\3?. noftiisiDaaa sioi

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PROSPECT PARK PLAZA — CONTINUED

THE ARMY

A GROUP of a number of figures, in bronze, heroic size, chief
among which are the head and fore-quarters of a horse, surrounded
by soldiers with guns, and conspicuous among them a young officer
pointing eagerly upward and a drummer boy who has evidently
been wounded. Dominating the group is a horse from which a
cavalryman has just fallen, while the armor-clad, winged figure of
Victory, blowing a trumpet, rushes forward between horse and
rider.

Purchased by the City in 1901.

ON THE PIERS IN THE ARCHWAY

TWO RELIEFS

ARTISTS

WILLIAM RUDOLF o'dONOVAN, A.N.A.

1844-

AND

THOMAS EAKINS, N.A.

1844-

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1809-1865

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1861-1865

This is an equestrian high relief in bronze, showing President
Lincoln mounted on a horse standing quietly, with its right side
to the spectator and the rein hanging loosely on its neck. His face
is toward the spectator and his right arm is extended downward
with the hand holding a high-crowned hat, while his left hand, idly
holding the reins, rests on the pommel of the saddle.

signed:

W R o'dONOVAN & THOMAS EAKINS SCULPTORS 1 893-4

Purchased by the City in 1894.
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PROSPECT PARK PLAZA — CONTINUED

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT
1822-1885

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, 1 869-77

This is an equestrian high relief in bronze, life size, showing the
General in familiar uniform, mounted on a horse slowly walking to
the left. He carries no sword, and idly holds in his left hand the
double reins of the bridle.

signed:

W R • o'dONOVAN. & THOMAS EAKINS SCULPTORS. 1 893-94

Purchased by the City in 1894.

FOUR COLUMNS

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

1865-

These are fluted Doric columns in granite standing on rectangular
bases of the same material. Each is surmounted by a large bronze
globe, and eagle with wings spread and curved upward with their
tips nearly meeting above. The lower part of the column is en-
larged by four upright fasces tipped with ball and eagle.

Purchased by the City in 1901.

* ALEXANDER J. C. SKENE
1 839- 1 90 1

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

ARTIST

J. MASSEY RHIND

1860-

This is a portrait bust of a bearded man, in bronze, heroic size.
Over the shoulders is draped an academic gown, showing beneath
it a modern coat and neckwear. It stands on a white marble
pedestal, against a large white marble truncated obelisk.

signed: massey rhind 1905

Given to the City in 1905.

208

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ci; " s

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:£

CATALCOUE CP WOaKS

Purcha;

< s.

LLYSSES

»•? c<;'

signed:

c^ S!>E^ '■'"'^ 'VTT.

X"'5 V? ? iy>f tr j.4t Wi}^* • ^ nfSfi ?!?■ 0>MUJK^

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PROSPECT PARK PLAZA — CONTINUED

INSCRIPTION

ALEXANDER J. C. SKENE
M. D. LL. D.
PHYSICIAN
PRESIDENT FYVIE

DEAN AND ABERDEENSHIRE

GYNECOLOGIST SCOTLAND

1838

HIGHMOUNT

ULSTER CO. N.Y

1900

AUTHOR

OF THE LONG
ISLAND HOSPITAL
COLLEGE.

GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN

1830-1882

GENERAL IN UNITED STATES ARMY, 1 862-82

ARTIST
HENRY BAERER

1837-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, dressed in a general's uniform,
stands alert, on the uncut top of a granite pedestal, partly polished
and partly rough-hewn. With left foot advanced, the weight of the
body is on his right; his head is thrown back and inclined to the
left; his face is turned to the right and the eyes gaze straight ahead.
He holds a field-glass before his breast with his left hand, while
his right is thrust downward in expressive gesture.

signed: HENRY BAERER SCULPT. N. Y.

INSCRIPTIONS

WARREN

MAJOR GENERAL

GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A,

BORN AT COLD SPRING N. Y. JANUARY 8, 1830

DIED AT NEWPORT R. I. AUGUST 8, 1 882

EVERYTHING WITH HIM WAS SUBORDINATE TO DUTY.

209

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GRADUATED AT WEST POINT, 185O, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
U. S. ARMY, CONDUCTED EXPLORATIONS WEST OF THE MISSIS-
SIPPI, 1855-58, SERVED IN ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1861-1865;
ROSE BY MERIT FROM LIEUT. COLONEL, — 5TH NEW YORK VOLS.,

TO MAJOR GENERAL, COMMANDING 5TH ARMY CORPS; ENGAGED
IN 17 GREAT BATTLES AND TWENTY MINOR ACTIONS; WAS TWICE
wounded; SAVED LITTLE ROUND TOP AT GETTYSBURG, AND
MADE VICTORY AT FIVE FORKS DECISIVE. OF HIS PROFES-
SIONAL SERVICES, 1865-82, THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS STATES
IN orders: "in SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS GENERAL
WARREN HAD FEW SUPERIORS, AND HIS ELABORATE REPORTS
ON SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN
CONFIDED TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE AMONG THE MOST
VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS LITERATURE."

Presented To The City of Brooklyn.

BY G. K. WARREN POST No 286.

Department of New York.

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
A. D. 1896.

THIS STONE

FROM LITTLE ROUNDTOP

GETTYSBURG.

JAMES S. T. STRANAHAN
1 808- 1 898

CHIEF FOUNDER OF PROSPECT PARK

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

1865-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, stands with the left foot slightly ad-
vanced, on an embellished granite pedestal. Over his left arm he
carries an overcoat, with a cane in the hand, while his right hand,
holding a beaver hat, hangs at his side.

signed; FREDERICK MacMONNIES

INSCRIPTIONS

STRANAHAN
210

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aRk plaza— continued

GRADUATED AT WEST POINT, iBfJO, CORPS OF ENGINEERS

R.MY, CONTi • THE MISSIS-

-;5i;->8, SL :, 1861-1865;

i iNtW YORK VOLS.,

Y corps; ENGAGED

->, „">,.,. ..J -..^^ .,,^.,., ,.., .^,.v actions; was twice

ED; saved LITTLE ROUND TOP AT GETTYSBURG, AND
vir.TORY Af i 1\ != FORKS DECISIVE. OF HIS PROFES-
SlL IHE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS STATES

^IC INVESTIGATIONS GENERAL
:r .'D HIS ELABORATE REPORTS

':::;: r works which have been

> ^EERS are AMONG THE MOST

TO ITS LITERATURE."

> '0 Ihe City of Brooklyn.
2 warren post No 286.

O Department of New York.

"^ grand army of the republic

A. D. 1896.

[^' this stone

c '^

u from little roundtop

5> GETTYSBURG.

> JAMES S. T. STRANAHAN

1 808- 1 898

ifl CHIEF founder OF PROSPECT PARK

Q ARTIST

b FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

cv^ 1865-

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, stands with the left foot slightly ad-
vanced, on an embellished granite pedestal. Over his left arm h
carries an overcoat, with a cane in the hand, while his right \\i'-
holding a beaver hat, hangs at his side.

signed: FREDERICK MacMONNIES

INSCRIPTIONS

STRANAHAN
210

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PROSPECT PARK PLAZA — CONTINUED

JAMES • S • T

STRANAHAN

A CITIZEN • OF • BROOKLYN

HONORED • FOR • MANY

NOBLE • SERVICES, MOST

GRATEFVLLY • AS • CHIEF

FOVNDER ■ OF

PROSPECT PARK

I 89 I

LECTOR SI MONVMENTVM

REQVIRIS CIRCVMSPICE

ERECTED • BY • HIS

FELLOW • CITIZENS

DURING • HIS • LIFETIME

AND • VNVEILED

IN - HIS ■ PRESENCE

JVNE • VI • MDCCCXCI

♦HENRY W. MAXWELL
1 8 50- 1 902

DEVOTEE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CHARITY

ARTIST

AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, N.A.

I 848- 1 907

Placed against a large granite bowlder is a rectangular, upright,
bronze plaque, with a bust portrait in moderate relief, encircled by
a wreath of oak leaves bound by ribbons at the top and bottom.

signed: a. s. g.

Given to the City in 1903.

inscriptions

henry — w — maxwell
mdcccl mcmii

• this ■ memorial • erected • by • his •
• friends ■ is • their • tribvte ■ to • his •
• devotion • to • pvblic • edvcation • and •
■ charity • in • the • city • of ■ brooklyn •

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PROSPECT PARK

SULLIVAN HEIGHTS

JOHN HOWARD PAYNE

1791-1852

AUTHOR OF "home, SWEET HOME"

ARTIST

HENRY BAERER

1837-

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands on a granite pedestal.
His head is inclined to the right and his face, fringed with whiskers,
is turned to the left, with the eyes looking straight ahead.

signed: H • BAERER. SCULPTOR. NY- 1873

INSCRIPTION

John Howard

Payne.

Actor, Journalist, Dramatist,

and the Author of

" Home, Sweet Home,"

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED

BY THE

FAUST CLUB

OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN

1873.

ON EAST DRIVE NORTHWEST OF DEER PADDOCK LAKE

BATTLE PASS TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

INSCRIPTION
LINE • :■ OF ■ : DEFENSE

• :• AUGUST :■ 27 ■ :• 1776 ■ :•

BATTLE •:• OF •:■ LONG ■: ISLAND

175 •:• FEET ■:■ SOUTH [>

SITE •:• OF •:■ VALLEY :• GROVE ■:■ HOUSE
<1 150 •: FEET •:■ NORTH

212

JAMES S. T. STRANAHAN

FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES, N.A.
FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PACE 210

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179I-1:
AUTHOR OF "home

.7.6, Stands on a granite pedestal.
his face, fringed with whiskers,
is turned to the iefi, ves looking straight ahead.

signed: H r Aii-nK. SCULPTOR. NY- 1873
INSCRIPTION

John Howard
Payne.
A'- ' nalist. Dramatist,

e Author of
1 iDiiM-, Sweet Home,"

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED

BY THE

ST CLUB

(■ Y OF BROOKLYN

1873.

ON EAST DRIVE NORTHWEST OF DEER PADDOCK LAKH

BATTLE PASS TABLET

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

"ION

LINE • :• or ;• defense

; AUGUST • :• 27 • :- 1776 :

battle •:• OF •:• long •:• island

175 •:• FEET •:■ SOUTH [>

>^iTE ■.-•v^HAVlMI-TgY.T: .SiRgaMAV "0"SE

<] 150 ry^EET •:■ NORTH

.A.w .aainMOMDAM mwijjiw HOiJiaaaaT

0I£ 30A1 338 HOITI 1513830 MOH

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
1770-1827

ARTIST

HENRY BAERER

1837-

Dressed in the eighteenth-century costume, a bronze bust,
heroic size, stands on a granite pedestal. His face, framed by long
hair, is turned to the left, with the eyes raised and turned still more
in the same direction.

signed: henry baerer sculptor n. y.

inscriptions

beethoven

presented to the

city of brooklyn

by the united german singers

of the city.

first prize at the

17th NATIONAL SAENGERFEST,

HELD AT NEW YORK JUNE 22-26.

1894.

WASHINGTON IRVING

1783-1859

ARTIST
HENRY BAERER

'837-

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands on a gaine-shaped
granite pedestal. He faces front and his eyes look straight ahead.
Given to the City in 1871.

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IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1 809- 1 865

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1861-65

ARTIST

HENRY KIRKE BROWN, N.A.

1814-1886

A BRONZE figure, heroic size, wearing an ample cloak about the
shoulders, is standing with the left knee slightly bent and holding
in the left hand a manuscript at which he is pointing with the right.
On each side of the pedestal are small projections supporting bronze
eagles, while the front and rear are ornamented with wreaths,
within which are the inscriptions.

Given to the City in 1868.

signed: H • K BROWN sc
INSCRIPTIONS

U S N
USA

* LIONESS AND CUBS

ARTIST

VICTOR PETER

1840-

A BRONZE figure of a lioness, heroic size, is lying in an attitude of
great contentment, on a pedestal about six inches high. Her right
fore paw is extended in front of her and her left paw partly en-
circles one young cub, which she is contentedly licking, while two
others scramble over her.

signed: VTOR PETER

INSCRIPTION

PRESENTED BY FREDERICK MAC • MONNIES
COPYRIGHT.

214

HENRY W. MAXWELL

BY
AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 211

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1 809- 1 865

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1861-65

ARTIST
HENRY KIRKE BROWN,
1814-1886

Given to the City in 1868.

signed: H • K • BROWN sc
INSCRIPTIONS

U S N
USA

* LIONESS AND CUBS

ARTIST

VICTOR PETER

1840-

signed: VTOR PETER

inscription
presented J.33W^AMckwway5?1/P3(H"^'ES

COPYRIG^.
.AM ,aWHaU!A3> THIAa 2UT2UOUA
lis 30A1 aaa noiTiijiDeaa sioa

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

THOMAS MOORE

1779-1852

AN IRISH POET

ARTIST

JOHN G. DRADDY

1833-I904

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, with a cloak about the shoulders,
stands on a granite pedestal ornamented with a bronze harp partly
concealed by drapery. His face is turned to the left and the eyes,
slightly raised, look straight ahead.

signed: DRADDY FECET 1 879
INSCRIPTIONS

THOUGH GLORY BE GONE

AND THOUGH HOPE FADE AWAY

THY NAME, LOVED ERIN,

SHALL LIVE IN HIS SONGS"

ERECTED BY THE

S^ PATRICK SOCIETY

OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN

TO COMMEMORATE THE

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

OF THE BIRTH OF

"the POET OF ALL CIRCLES AND

THE IDOL OF HIS OWN."

MAY 28. 1879.

TWO FOUNTAINS

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

These are irregular-shaped bronze basins on granite pedestals.
From the center rises a short composite pillar out of four sides of
which the water flows.

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IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
1756-1791

ARTIST
AUGUSTUS MAX JOHANNES MUELLER

1847-

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, is in the costume of the latter part of
the eighteenth century, with high coat-collar, full stock, and jabot.
His long hair is combed straight back, and his face is turned slightly
to the left, with the eyes looking straight ahead.

signed: A. M. J. MUELLER SCULPTOR PHILADELPHIA, 1897
INSCRIPTIONS

PRESENTED TO THE

CITY OF BROOKLYN

BY THE UNITED

GERMAN SINGERS

OF THE CITY.

FIRST PRIZE AT THE 1 8™

NATIONAL SAENGERFEST,

HELD AT PHILADELPHIA

JUNE 23"°

1897

S. K. Saenger

President.

Arthur Classen

Conductor.

216

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
1756-1791

ARTIST

AUGUSTUS MAX JOHANNES MUELLER

1847-

A BRONZE bust, heroic size, is in the costume of the latter part of
the eighteenth century, with high coat-coliar, full stock, and jabot.
His long hair is combed straight back, and his face is turned sHghtly
to the left, with the eyes looking straight ahead.

^ STf^^Jpri- A M. J. MUELLER SCULPTOR PHILADELPHIA, 1897

Q INSCRIPTIONS

s _

2 PRESENTED TO THE

L- CITY OF BROOKLYN

BY THE UNITED

GERMAN SINGERS

OF THE CITY.

FIRST PRIZE AT THE 1 8™

NATIONAL SAENGERFEST,

HELD AT PHILADELPHIA

JUNE 23'«°

1897

S. K. Saenger

President.

Arthur Classen

Conductor.

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

ON LOOKOUT HILL

MARYLAND MONUMENT

ARTIST

STANFORD WHITE

1853-I906

Standing on a square granite base is a granite shaft with a
bronze Corinthian capital surmounted by a white marble globe.

inscription

in honor of
Maryland's fovr hvndred

WHO ON this battle-field

avgvst 27™ 1776

SAVED THE AMERICAN ARMY

ERECTED THROVGH THE EFFORTS OF THE MARYLAND SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLVTION AVGVST 27, 1895.

TVAE • CORONASTI ■ NOS ■
SCVTO ■ BONAE ■ VOLVNTATIS

GOOD god! WHAT BRAVE FELLOWS
I MVST THIS DAY LOSE

GEORGE WASHINGTON

PEDESTAL CONTRIBUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
CHARLES A. SCHIEREN, FRANK SQVIER,

MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.

THIRD STREET ENTRANCE

PANTHERS

(two)

ARTIST
ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR, N.A.

1862-

On high granite pedestals, two bronze figures of panthers, heroic
size. Stand alert, with their heads raised high and their ears pointing
forward.

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OCEAN AVENUE ENTRANCE

THE HORSE TAMERS

(two)

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

1865-

These are two companion pairs of rearing horses, heroic size, in
bronze. Astride of one of the horses a nude youth, brandishing a
whip, struggles to control the plunging animals.

signed: FREDERICK • MAC • MONNIES • SCVLP". 1898

MAC-MONNIES ■ SCVLPTEVR • I 8q8

Purchased by the City in iJ

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PROSPECT PARK — CONTINUED

OCEAN AVENUE ENTRANCE

THE HORSE TAMFRS

(two)

ARTIST

FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES, N.A.

I 865-

TH ESE S

bronze,
whip, stru.

Purchas

tpanion pairs of rearing horses, heroic size, in
ne of the horses a nude youth, brandishing a
itrol the plunging animals.

!CK • MAC • MONNIES
IIES • SCVLPTEVR •

SCVLP". li

0
s
u
>

-< UJ

05 CO

IN THE BOROUGH OF
THE BRONX

,.. 30ULEVA,;._

r ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST ST

*HEINRICH HEINE Pr

1799-1856

A GERMAN r

Ak I i> I

ERNST HERTER

1846-

A MONUMENT in white marble, consisting of a pillar ab
liigh, surmounted by a female figure, "Die Lorelei," h
)n three sides of the pillar are low reliefs: of "Heine," o.
lolding in her arms a young man, and of a young man
iragon, respectively. The pillar stands on a large rv.:.
elabor ith many kinds of aqua t
plant :: space around the base
oy projecting marble work, OP
c size. The whole is surroun,
L,.^ water flows from the large sheii-^,i..
ides of the pillar. Each of these shells 1
1 the mom li of a dolphin.

SIGNED: PROF! RTER. BERLIN. FECIT. 1897

To THE Memory the Germans in America.

2513HTHAq

IhREM ORi' „„ itUTSCHEN IN AmERIKA.

I a

.A.M ,>10T305iq JIHTaiMIHI JIHOVTAXHJA
^i£ HOAi 33P. woiTiiHoaaa ao3

PANTHERS

ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR, N.A.

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 217

IN THE BOROUGH OF
THE BRONX

GRAND BOULEVARD

AT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST STREET

*HE1NR1CH HEINE FOUNTAIN
1 799- 1 856

A GERMAN POET AND CRITIC

ARTIST

ERNST HERTER

1846-

A MONUMENT in white marble, consisting of a pillar about 8 feet
high, surmounted by a female figure, "Die Lorelei," heroic size.
On three sides of the pillar are low reliefs: of " Heine," of a Sphinx
holding in her arms a young man, and of a young man killing a
dragon, respectively. The pillar stands on a large marble base
elaborately ornamented with many kinds of aquatic animals and
plants in high relief. The space around the base is divided into
three large segments by projecting marble work, on each of which
sits a mermaid, heroic size. The whole is surrounded by a large
basin, into which the water flows from the large shell-shaped basins
fastened to the sides of the pillar. Each of these shells is supplied
with water from the mouth of a dolphin.

signed: professor e. herter, berlin. fecit. 1897

inscriptions

HEINRICH HEINE.

To THE Memory of their Great Poet the Germans in America.

Ihrem Grossen Dichter die Deutschen in Amerika.

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ZOOLOGICAL PARK
LYDIG MEMORIAL ARCH

ARTIST
HEINS & LA FAROE

This is a gateway consisting of two massive pillars of cut stone
surmounted by an arch of ornamental wrought-iron work.

INSCRIPTIONS

ERECTED

IN MEMORY OF

PHILIP MESIER

LYDIG

AND

CATHERINE SUYDAM

LYDIG

BY THEIR DAUGHTER

FLORENCE LYDIG

STURGIS

A. D. 1903.

THESE LANDS THESE FORESTS

BECAME THE HOME WERE PRESERVED

OF AND PROTECTED

THE LYDIG FAMILY UNTIL ACQUIRED
A. D. 1802. BY THE CITY.

AND BY THEM A. D. 1 888.

*1TAL1AN FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

In the center of a circular basin about forty-five feet in diameter
stands an urn-shaped basin about half as large, from the center of
which rises a shaft holding a smaller basin supporting a shaft, on
top of which rests a still smaller basin surmounted by the figure of
a goose with its neck extended straight upwards. Around the
large urn-basin are two figures of mermen and two of mermaids,
each supporting with head and hands a large shell with its edge
resting on the edge of the basin. In each shell is a sea-horse carry-
ing on its back a child.

Given to the City in 1903.

O
u.

i i >

i5^K? CF ART — SCLLPTURE
^ ._ . ^ R K

LYDIG : {

iNSCP.

ERr
jv- ,.-

AND

S f:

of cut St
;.rk.

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FOUR LIONS

ARTIST

ELI HARVEY

1860-

On either side of the two entrances to the lion house is the figure
of a Hon, heroic size, in limestone. Each one is seated on its
haunches in an attitude of dignified repose.

signed: ELI • HARVEY • SC.

In addition, the buildings in the Zoological Park are profusely
ornamented with animal sculptures. The pediments, cornices,
entrances, and doorways are adorned with full figures of apes, mon-
keys, birds, pelicans, and baboons, and the cornices, gutter-facings,
the sides of the buildings, and the capitals of the columns are or-
namented with heads of mammals, birds, and reptiles. These are
all executed in realistic fashion.

PELHAM PARKWAY BRIDGE
*CAROLUS LINNAEUS TABLET

ARTIST
TIFFANY & CO.

signed: TIFFANY & CO.

INSCRIPTION

• LINNAEVS •
• BOTANIST • AND • ZOOLOGIST •

• BORN • RASHVLT •

• SWEDEN • MAY • 23 • 1 707 •

• DIED • HAMMARBY •

• SWEDEN • JANVARY • lO . I778 •

■ THIS BRIDGE • WAS • DEDICATED •
BY • THE ■ NEW • YORK ■ ACADEMY
■ OF ■ SCIENCES ■ MAY • 23 ■ 1907 •

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BRONX PARK
* BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

CARL E. TEFFT

1874-

This is a bronze group, heroic size, of the head and shoulders of
two rearing horses with webbed forefeet. A nude female figure
of hilarious mien is astride the one at the left, which she guides
with her right hand, while she swings her left hand backward in,
merry gesture. A nude boy tries to control the horse at the right,
and i^n his right hand holds a fish by the tail. Above the horses,
a nude boy sits on the back of a dolphin on a large globe. Water
flows from beneath the plinth into a large basin below, in the left side
of which is a bronze merman looking up in a startled manner at
the plunging animals and in the right side of the basin a bronze
mermaid turns partly round to look at the group above her as she
hurries to get out of their way.

signed: CARL - TEFFT. SCULPTOR

Purchased by the City in 1905.

VAN CORTLANDT PARK
* SULLIVAN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

ARTISTS

FRANK E. WALLIS, ARCHITECT

AND

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A., SCULPTOR

1845-

This is a granite column 9 feet 6 inches high and 4 feet 6 inches
wide, with an ornamental top, into each side of which is set a bronze
medallion with the head of a man in middle relief. At the base
is a circular basin for horses.

medallions signed: j. s. hartley s= 1906
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BRONX PARK
siCAL GARDEN FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
CARL E. TEFFT

1874-

This is a bronze group, heroic size, of the head and shoulders of
two rearina hnr < with wcbbed forefeet. A nude female figure
of hila tride the one at the left, which she guides

with h while she swings her left hand backward in,

merry gesture. A nude boy tries to control the horse at the right,
and m his right hand holds a fish by the tail. Above the horses,
aSiude boy sits on the back of a dolphin on a large globe. Water
f^ws from beneath the plinth into a large basin below, in the left side
ofiwhich is merman looking up in a startled manner at

t& plunfTir and in the right side of the basin a bronze

TTTjrmr'i ' round to look at the group above her as she

htirries .eir way.

■^ signed: carl - tefft. sculptor

. ■< §Pi^'''^hased by the CIiv in iqo^.

O ANDT PARK

*SULL1\ \L FOUNTAIN

artists
frank e. wallis, architect

AND

JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY, N.A., SCULPTOR

1845-

MEDALLIONS SIGNED: J. S. HARTLEY S= 1906
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INSCRIPTIONS

IN HONOR OF

ALGERNON SYDNEY SVLLIVAN

JVRIST - STATESMAN - ORATOR

BORN 1826 DIED 1887

AN IMMACVLATE LIFE

DEVOTED

WITH NEVER FAILING FIDELITY

TO PVBLIC

AND PRIVATE TRVSTS

IN HONOR OF

ALGERNON SYDNEY SVLLIVAN

JVRIST - STATESMAN - ORATOR

BORN 1826 DIED 1887

HE REACHED OVT

BOTH HANDS

IN CONSTANT HELPFVLNESS

TO HIS

FELLOWMEN

ERECTED BY

CITIZENS

NEW YORK

1906

FRANK E WALLIS

ARCHITECT

*JOSIAH PORTER

1 830- 1 894

ADJUTANT GENERAL N. G. N. Y. 1886-1894

ARTIST
WILLIAM CLARK NOBLE

Dressed in a general's uniform, a bronze figure, heroic size, is
standing erect on a granite pedestal. With his face and eyes to
the front, he holds a chapeau against his hip with his right hand,
while his left rests on the hilt of his sword with its point on the
ground.

signed: W. CLARK NOBLE SC

Given to the City in 1902.

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INSCRIPTIONS
MAJOR GENERAL

PORTER

ADJUTANT GENERAL

STATE OF NEW YORK.

1886 - 1894.

ERECTED BY

THE NATIONAL GUARD OF NEW YORK

IN APPRECIATION OF HIS FIDELITY

AS A PATRIOT,

HIS QUALITIES AS A SOLDIER,

AND HIS SERVICES IN BEHALF OF

THE NATIONAL GUARD.

HE LABORED

TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY,

PERFECT THE DISCIPLINE AND

ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF

THE NATIONAL GUARD.

JOSIAH PORTER

r^ . LIEUT. I" . BATTERY

MASS. VOLS. 1 86 1,

CAPTAIN, JULY 1861 TO

SEPTEMBER 1 862.

CAPTAIN 22ND. REGIMENT, N. G. N. Y.

JUNE 1865,

MAJOR, MAY 1867,

LIEUT. COLONEL, JANUARY 1 869,

COLONEL, OCTOBER 1 869,

MAJOR GENERAL AND
ADJUTANT GENERAL, 1 886.

IN THE BOROUGH OF
QUEENS

IN THE BOROUGH OF
Q.U E E N S

LONG ISLAND CITY

JACKSON AND THOMPSON AVENUES

FOUNTAIN

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin rimmed with granite, rising one foot above the
pavement. In the center, on a pedestal of stones, stands an iron
urn about 6 feet high; its basin about 4 feet in diameter.

COLLEGE POINT

COLLEGE AVENUE AND THIRTEENTH STREET

CONRAD POPPENHUSEN

1818-1883

FOUNDER POPPENHUSEN INSTITUTE

ARTIST

HENRY BAERER

1837-

An undraped bronze bust, heroic size, stands on a granite pedes-
tal. The face with a fringe of close-cropped whiskers is turned to
the left with the eyes looking straight ahead.

signed: H. BAERER SCULPTOR N. Y.

Given to the City in 1884.

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INSCRIPTION

POPPENHUSEN

To THE Memory

The Benefactor Of

COLLEGE POINT.

erected NOV. I, 1884.

FLUSHING

AT JAMAICA AND MADISON AVENUES

ELLIMAN FOUNTAIN
artist

UNKNOWN

A GRANITE slab 10 feet high by 4 feet wide. On each side a
lion's head, out of which water flows into a basin.

inscriptions

all my springs

are in thee for in

thee is the fountain

OF LIFE

ERECTED

BY THE

PEOPLE OF

FLUSHING IN

THE YEAR

MDCCCXCVI

THIS FOUNTAIN IS

PLACED HERE IN

MEMORY OF

MARY LAWRENCE ELLIMAN

WHO WAS AN ACTIVE

PHILANTHROPIST AND A

WARM ADVOCATE OF
TEMPERANCE REFORM.

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FLUSHING PARK— CONTINUED

AT BOWNE AVENUE AND BROADWAY

FOX MONUMENT

(GEORGE fox)

1 624- 1 69 I

FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

ARTIST
UNKNOWN

An irregular block of rough granite, 5 feet by 4 feet at base and
rising to a peak; about 4 feet high. One side polished for in-
scription.

INSCRIPTIONS

HERE
STOOD THE

FOX OAKS

BENEATH WHOSE BRANCHES

GEORGE FOX

FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
PREACHED JUNE 7th 1672.

ERECTED BY THE FLUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY I907.

FLUSHING PARK
FOUNTAIN

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A CIRCULAR basin 30 feet in diameter with an iron rim i foot
high, ornamented at regular intervals with iron urns 1 foot high.
In center of basin, an irregular pillar surmounted by figure of
Neptune with trident, beneath his feet a shell-shaped umbrella over
which the water runs into a large basin. Between the umbrella
and basin the pillar is encircled by three mermaids holding hands.
Below the basin four figures of mermen.

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FLUSHING PARK — CONTINUED
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT

ARTIST

UNKNOWN

A SIMPLE granite obelisk, divided into three sections by double
bands of granite, is separated from its pedestal of the same material
by a heavy molding, forming an obtuse-angled arch on each side.

inscriptions

Erected

In Memory of the

Patriotic Volunteers

FROM

Flushing

WHO

Sacrificed Their Lives

In the War
For the Preservation

Of Our Union
1861 1865.

CAP' W"
LIEU' EMIL SCHUBERT
SG' AL-" A. FOWLER

C. DERMODY

SG' W"" H. TERRY

CORP WASH" W. FOWLER

HENRY APEL
JOHN B. BAUER
JOHN BRADY
L. BRUNNEMER
JOHN BUCKLEY
JOHN W. BYRD
JA= BYRNS
THADD5 CAMPBELL
]0^ CATHCART
VALENt CLINCH
W" J. CONN
THO^ CONNER

BENJ COVERT
TITUS CROOKER
HARS" CURTIS
PHILIP DERCKES
JOS A. DOBIECKI
JOHN DOHERTY
JA^ E. ELDERD
CHA5 ERLING
JA^ FEELY
W" H. H. FIELD
GE° H. FOWLER
W" GOODWIN

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FLUSHING PARK — CONTINUED

CAP' LOUIS BRISKY
SG< BENJ HARPELL SG' JA^ P. SMITH

CORP GE° HUNTSMAN CORP W™ E. JOHNSTON

W"i GRIFFIN
LOUIS GROESEL
SETH HARPELL
JOHN HEFERMEHL
VALEN» HELFRICH
JOHN HEPPLER
JOHN J. HICKS
JOHN W. HINTSMAN
JOHN HODGES
PATRICK HURLEY
GUILF'' JACKSON
THO^ JACKSON

THO^ H. JENKINS
ROBERT KANZ
JOHN KENALEY
PHILIP KENNA
JOHN KEPPLER
JO= KIERSTEAD
PETER KIMMLER
WASH" G. KNIGHT
PHILIP MAHER
JACOB MANNWEILER
PATRICK MARTIN
THO^ M'CREADY

CAP' ELIJAH W. PECK
SGT. FREDl< WERNER SGT. ADAM WIRTH

CORP. JOHN MARA CORP. LORENZO D. WOOD

MARTIN MOORE
ED* L. MURRAY
HENRY NEIMER
MARTIN NIX
ANTHONY PARKS
SAM' G. PORTLAND
AND" REINHARDT
GOTHARD RENICKER
FRANK RICHTER
CHRIST" SCHATZMAN
GE° W. SCHENCK
DAVID SCHULTZ

ELIAS H. SEAMAN
CHA-^ D. SMITH
CHAs STADER
JA5 STARKINS
JURGEN STERNBERG
J. STEINBRUECKER
JOHN STONEBANKS
CHA= W. TOWNSEND
WILLIS H. TYRRELL
GE" VIX

CARL WIDDEMAN
ROB' WRIGHT J^

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JAMAICA

AT BERGEN AND HILLSIDE AVENUES

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT

ARTIST

FREDERICK WELLINGTON RUCKSTUHL

1853-

On a simple granite pedestal, a winged figure of a woman in
bronze, heroic size, is in the attitude of moving forward. Dressed
in classic draperies falHng in ample folds about her feet, her face is
to the front and both undraped arms are extended aloft in front of
her uplifted wings. She holds a wreath in her left hand and in her
right a palm branch.

signed: F. W. RUCKSTUHL. SCULPTOR. 1896
INSCRIPTION

1861 — 1865

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT

FREDERICK WELLINGTON RUCKSTUHL

FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 2^4

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JAMAICA

AT BERGEN AND HILLSIDE AVENUES

SOLDIERS' MONUMFNT

ARTIST

FKhiJbKlc.K WELLINGTON kut^tvsiuML
1853-

On a simple granite pedestal, a winged figure of a woman in

bronze, heroic ^i/.K. is in the attitude of moving forward. Dressed
in le folds about her feet, her face is

tf : ms are extended aloft in front of

vings. S ler left hand and in her

branch.

signed: f. 1896

INSCKIPllON

1861 — 1865

TM3MUWOM '2513iaJ02

jHUTe>i3U}i HOTOMUJ3W HoisiHaajn

j^fE aoAq 33« noiTiiflaaaa sioa

INDEX

ABBREVIATIONS

USED TO INDICATE THE LOCATION OF PAINTINGS

C H City Hall. B. E. Boardof Education Building.

b' h' R Brooklyn Hall of Records. B. B. H. Brooklyn Borough Hall.

A C. Appellate Court. C. C, H. County Court House.

H R. Hall of Records (Manhattan). B. H. Bellevue Hospital.

B M B. Brooklyn Municipal Building. Crim. C. B. Crmimal Courts Building.
C. O. Comptroller's Office (Stewart Building).

INDEX

WHERE A SUBJECT HAS BEEN PAINTED BY MORE THAN
ONE ARTIST, THE NAMES OF THE ARTISTS ARE
PRINTED WITHIN PARENTHESES

INDEX TO PORTRAITS

SUBJECT

Abbott, George B b.

Allen, Stephen

Anderson, Robert.

Bainbridge, William

Barnard, Joseph F b.

Ben Amar, Achmet

Benedict, Erastus C

Bergen, Jacob I b.

Boliver, Simon

Booth, Samuel b.

Bouck, William C

Bowne, Walter

Bradford, Alexander Warfield

Brady, John R

Brady, William V

Brainard, Roswell C a.

Brown, Jacob

Brown, John W b.

Brush, Conklin b.

Burnett, Ward Benjamin. . . .

Carroll, Joseph W b.

Chauncey, Isaac

Clark, Aaron

Clark, Myron Holley

Clay, Henry (Jarvis)

Clay, Henry (Staunton). . .b.
Clay, Henry (Unknown). . . .

Clement, Nathaniel H b.

Clinton, DeWitt (Catlin)

Clinton, DeWitt (Powell). . . .

Clinton, DeWitt (Hicks)

Clinton, DeWitt (Parmecelli).

H. R.

M. B.

PAGE

• 71

■ '4

• 47

75
64
75
54
29
19
76
76
30
67
II

59
37

38
70

54
39
50
76
70
16
38
77
77

SUBJECT

Clinton, George c. h.

Colden, Cadwallader David. . .c. h.

Columbus, Christopher c. h.

Cooke, Erastus b. k. r.

Copeland, Edward b. b. h.

Curtis, William E s. e.

Dailey, Abram H b. h. r.

Daly, Charles Patrick c. c. h,

Davis, Noah a. c.

Dawson, Rodman B b. h. r.

Decatur, Stephen c. o.

Dikeman, John b. h. r.

Dix, John Adams c. h.

Duane, James c. h.

Emott, James b. h. r,

Fenton, Reuben E c. h

Fillmore, Millard c. h

Fish, Hamilton c. h,

PAGE

4
13
18

65
33
49
68

77
63
7'

8
63
60

5
72
55
37
35

Francis, John Wakefield b. h. 81

Gilbert, Jasper W b. h. r. 61

Green, Andrew Haswell c. h. 73

Greenwo'od, John b. h. r. 78

Gunther, Charles Godfrey c. h. 57

Hall, George (Carpenter)., .b. m. b. 42

Hall, George (Frothingham).B. b. h. 20

Hamilton, Alexander c. h. 5

Harper, James c. h. 27

Harris, Townsend b. e. 40

Havemeyer, William Frederick. c. h. 28

Haws, Robert T c. o. 75

Hays, Jacob c. h. 23

Hodges, Andrew B b. h. r. 71

237

INDEX

SUBJECT

Hoffman, John Thompson. . . .c. h.

Hone, Philip c. h.

Howard, Harry c. h.

Howell, James b. b. h.

Hudson, Henry c. h.

Hull, Isaac c. h.

Hunt, Washington c. h.

Hunter, John W b. b. h.

Ingersoll, Josiah c. h.

Ingraham, Daniel Phoenix, a. c.

Jackson, Andrew c. h.

Jay, John c. h.

Jefferson, Thomas c. h.

Jenks, Grenville T b. h. r.

Jeremiah, Thomas b. e.

Johnson, Jeremiah b. b. h.

Kalbfleisch, Martin b. m. a.

Kelly, Robert b. e.

Kent, James h. r.

King, John Alsop c. h.

Kingsland, Ambrose C c. h.

Lafayette, Marquis De c. h.

Lambert, Edward A b. m. b.

Larremore, Richard L b. e.

Lawrence, Cornelius Van Wyck.c. h.

Lee, Gideon c. h.

Lewis, Morgan c. h.

Livingston, Edward c. H.

Livingston, Walter L b. h. r.

Lott, Abraham e. h. r.

Lott, John A B. H. R.

Low, Seth B. B.H.

Macomb, Alexander c. h.

Manley, James R b. h.

Marcy, William Learned c. h.

McClellan, George Brinton. . .c. h.

McCue, Alexander b. h. r.

McDonough, Thomas c. o.

McGoldrick, Michael F b. h. r.

McLean, James M b. e.

Mickle, Andrew Hutchins c. h.

Monroe, James c. h.

Moore, Henry A b. h. r.

Morgan, Edwin Dennison c. h.

Morris, Robert Hunter c. h.

Morton, James St. Clair c. h.

Murphy, Henry C b. m. b.

Neilson, Joseph b. h. r.

Opdyke, George c. h.

Paez, Josd Antonio h. r.

Paulding, William c. h.

PAGE SUBJECT PAGE

56 Perry, Oliver Hazard.... h. r. ii

17 Powell, Samuel S b. b. h. 45

48 Pratt, Calvin E b. h. r. 80

61 RadcIifT, Jacob c. h. 12

78 Reynolds, George G b. h. r. 53

9 Riker, Richard crim. c. b. 74

41 Robinson, Hamilton W c. c. h. 57

59 Schieren, Charles A e. b. h. 69

74 Schroeder, Frederick A b. b. h. 60

44 Scott, Winfield c. h. 44

14 Seward, William Henry c. h. 26

4 Seymour, Horatio c. h. 47

48 Simmons, J. Edward b. e. 66

55 Smith, Cyrus P e. b. h. 24

50 Smith, Jesse C b. h. r. 68

23 Smith, Samuel b. m. b. 34

46 Smyth, Bernard e. e. 80

79 Sprague, Joseph b. m. b. 26

78 Stanford, John b. h. 15

45 Strong, Selah B b. h. r. 80

36 Strong, William L c. h. 73

15 Stryker, Francis B b. m. b. 33

39 Stuyvesant, Peter c. h. 8

56 Swift, Joseph Gardner c. h. 12

21 Talmage, Thomas G b. m. b. 28

20 Tappen, Abraham B b. h. r. 74

7 Taylor, Zachary c. h. 31

6 Thomson, George b. h. r. 81

65 Throop, Enos Thompson c. h. 19

65 Tiemann, Daniel Fawcett c. h. 46

58 Tompkins, Daniel D c. h. 7

62 Trimble, George T b. e. 40

10 Trotter, Jonathan b. a. h. 21

79 Troy, James b. h. r. 58

22 Ulshoeffer, Michael c. c. h. 81

53 Unknown a. h. 34

70 Valentine, David Thomas c. h. 35

10 Van Buren, Martin c. h. 18

72 Van Brunt, Charles H a. c. 69

52 Varian, Isaac L c. h. 25

29 Varick, Richard c. h. 6

13 Veeder, William D a. h. r. 66

79 Voorhees, Judah B a. h. r. 66

49 Von Steuben, Baron Frederick

27 Wilhelm c. H. 42

36 "Vuelvan Cara!" c. H. 67

25 Washington, George

62 (Trumbell) c. H. 3

51 Washington, George (Swett). .c. h. 31

34 Washington, George (Froth-

16 ingham) b. h. 32

238

SUBJECT PAGE

Washington, George

(Unknown) b. b. h. 51

Westervelt, Jacob Aaron c. h. 41

Whitney, Daniel D b. b. h. 64

Willett, Marinus c, h. 6

Wilhams, Jonathan h. r. 8

SUBJECT PAGE

Wood, Alfred M b. b. h. 52

Wood, Frenando c. h. 43

Woodhull, Caleb Smith c. h. 43

Wright, Silas c. h. 30

Yates, Joseph Christopher. . . .c. h. 17

Young, John c. h. 32

INDEX TO MURAL PAINTINGS

Banishment of Discord 92

Equity 90

Justice (Edw. Simmons) 86

Justice (Robt. Raid) 89

Justice (W. L. Metcalf) 91

Justice of the Law 93

Law 91

New York City Receiving the

Tributes of the Nations 85

Opening of the Erie Canal 100

Seal of the City of New York 94

Seal of the State of New York 96

The Graduate lO!

The Judicial and Other Virtues.. . . 98

The Power of the Law 94

The Reign of Law 97

Transmission of the Law 87

Wisdom 95

INDEX TO SCULPTURE

Alfred the Great 147

Andrews, George Peirce 113

Architecture 123

Army, The 207

Arthur, Chester Alan 139

Authority 1 24

Autumn (Bush-Brown) 1 18

Autumn (Clarke) 152

Battle Pass Tablet 212

Bedford Avenue Fountain 202

Beecher, Henry Ward 200

Beekman, Henry Rutgers, Tablet. . 116

Bethesda Fountain 176

Blockhouse Tablet (Lamb) 191

Blockhouse Tablet (Williams) 185

Botanical Garden Fountain 224

Bums, Robert 169

Central Park Fountain 175

Central Park Fountain 176

Chemistry 122

Childhood 117

City Hall Tablet 109

City Hall Park Fountain 108

Clay, Henry in

Clinton, DeWitt (Unknown) in

Clinton, DeWitt (Martiny) 119

Golden, Cadwallader David 120

Columbus, Christopher (Russo) 164

Columbus, Christopher (Suiiol). . . . 167

Columns, Four 208

Commerce (Fesquet) 167

Commerce (Martiny) 123

Commerce (Bush-Brown) 127

Confucius 150

Conkling, Roscoe 140

Consolidation of Greater New York. 127

Cooper, Peter 129

Cox, Samuel Sullivan 131

De Peyster, Abraham 106

De Vries, David Pietersen 119

Dodge, William Earl 159

Duane, James 120

Eagles and Prey 172

Egyptian Obelisk 181

Electricity 125

Elliman Fountain 230

Emmet, Thomas Addis 115

Ericsson, John 105

Falconer, The 172

Farragut, David Glasgow 141

Firemen 's Monument 132

Flint, Austin, Tablet 153

Flower Garden Fountains 215

Flushing Park Fountain 231

Force (Ruckstuhl) I45

Force 1 26

239

SUBJECT

Fort Washington Monument

Foster, Rebecca Salome

Fowler, Edward

Fox Monument

Franklin, Benjamin

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

Grant Square Fountain

Grant's Tomb

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (Partridge)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (O'Dono-

van & Eakins)

Greeley, Horace

Greeley, Horace (Doyle)

Hale, Nathan

Halleck, Fitz Greene

Hamilton, Alexander

Hamilton Fountain

Hancock, Winfield Scott

Havemeyer, William F

Heathcote, Caleb

Heine, Heinrich, Fountain

Heritage

Hewitt, Abram Stevens

History

Hobart, John Sloss, Tablet

Holley, Alexander Lyman

Hone, Philip

Hooper Fountain

Horse Tamers, The

Hudson Park Fountain

Hunt, Richard Morris

Indian Hunter

Industry (Martiny)

Industry (Bush-Brown)

Industrial Art

Instruction

I ron Age

Irving, John Treat

Irving, Washington (Baerer)

Irving. Washington (Beer)

Italian Fountain

Jay, John

Jefferson, Thomas

Jumel Mansion Tablet

Justice (French)

Justice (Martiny)

Justinian, Flavius Anicius

Kalbfleisch, Martin

PAGE SUBJECT PAGE

195 Keeper of the Rolls 122

128 LaFayette and Washington 192

202 Lafayette, Marquis De 137

23 1 Law 125

107 Lincoln, Abraham (O' Donovan &

135 Eakins) 207

204 Lincoln, Abraham (Brown) 214

191 Lincoln, Abraham (Brown) 137

203 Linnaeus, Carolus, Tablet 223

Lions, Four 223

208 Lioness and Cubs 214

no Long Island City Fountain 229

158 Loomis, Alfred Lebbeus, Tablet. . . 154

107 Louis IX 149

170 Lycurgus 148

183 Lydig Memorial Arch 222

186 Madison Square Fountain 144

193 Madison Square Fountain 144

1 1 1 Manu 149

119 Marshall, John 113

221 Maryland Monument 217

119 Maternity 118

120 Maxwell. Henry W 211

125 Mazzini, Giuseppe 174

1 16 McAuley, Jerry, Fountain 1 58

134 McGowan's Pass Monument 184

120 Medicine 122

205 Memorial Fountain 133

193 Mohammed 146

218 Moore, Thomas (Draddy) 215

133 Moore, Thomas (Sheahan) 166

176 Morning and Night 145

168 Morse, Samuel Fin ley Breese 178

123 Moses 151

127 Mott, Valentine, Tablet 155

123 Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus 216

125 Murray, Mary Lindley, Tablet 160

126 Music 123

115 Navigation 123

213 Navy. The 206

161 Newcomb Fountain 130

222 New York in Its Infancy 121

1 13 New York in Revolutionary Times. 121

1 10 Noon and Evening 145

194 O'Conor, Charles 152

194 Painting 126

148 Panthers 217

124 Payne, John Howard 212

125 Peace 150

1 50 Philosophy 118

201 Pilgrim, The 178

240

SUBJECT PAGE

Poetry 1 18

Poppenhusen, Conrad 229

Porter, Josiah 225

Powell, Samuel S 201

Printing 126

Provost Prison Tablet 109

Recorder 122

Recording the Purchase of Man-
hattan Island 128

Robinson, Hamilton W., Tablet. . . 117

Sayre, Lewis Albert, Tablet 156

Schiff, Jacob H., Fountain 129

Scott, Sir Walter 170

Sculpture 126

Seventh Regiment Memorial 174

Seward, William Henry 142

Shakespeare, William 168

Sherman, William Tecumsch 163

Sigel, Franz 190

Sims, James Marion 161

Skene, Alexander J. C 208

Slocum, Henry Warner 204

Smyth, Frederick 114

Soldiers' Monument, Jamaica 234

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.. . 187

Soldiers' Monument, Flushing 232

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch 205

Solon 148

Spring (Bush-Brown) 118

Spring (Clarke) 152

Still Hunt 179

Stranahan, James S. T 210

Study 124

Stuyvesant, Peter 120

Sullivan Memorial Fountain 224

SUBJECT PAGE

Summer (Bush-Brown) 118

Summer ((Clarke) 152

Thorvaldsen, Albert Bertel 183

Tigress and Cubs 172

Tompkins Square Fountain 133

Tradition 1 26

Triumph of Law 146

Union Square Fountain (Dondorf) 139

Union Square Fountain (Unknown) 139

Van Beethoven, Ludwig(Baerer). . 213

Van Beethoven, Ludwig (Baerer). . 171

Van Wyck 112

Verdi, Giuseppe 185

Victory 206

Von Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich

Alexander 166

Von Schiller, Johann Christoph

Friedrich 179

Warren, Gouverneur Kemble 209

Washington Arch 136

Washington, George (Unknown).. 112

Washington George (D'Angers).. . . 1 12

Washington George (Houdon) 180

Washington, George (Shrady) 199

Washington, George (Brown &

Ward) 138

Washington Square Fountain 136

Webster, Daniel 173

Whitlock, Ephraim J 201

Winter (Bush-Brown) 118

Winter (Clarke) 151

Wisdom 1 44

Wood, James Rushmore, Tablet. . 157

Worth, William Jenkins 143

Zoroaster 147

241

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