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Painting
Judge and Mrs. Arthur Yates
Conversation Piece
M. M. Manchester, active ca. 1840
Manchester, M. M.
United States
active ca. 1840
Male
36 x 58 3/4 in. (91.4 x 149.2 cm)
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ca. 1840
1835
1845
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, men, paintings, portraits, women
Painting
This grand portrait might have been a focal point in Judge and Mrs. Yates’s parlor. Judge Yates built the first steam saw mill in Tioga County, and was justice of the peace and postmaster.
Whether the furnishings, book, and clothing accurately depict the Yates’s possessions is impossible to say. They are meant to convince us of the pair’s position within the local gentry. Yards of satiny fabric held in place by a curtain holdback speak of luxury. Mrs. Yates’s jewelry, lace collar, cuffs and trimmed handkerchief, were the accoutrements of a lady of means. Judge Yates holds a book by English theologian William Paley entitled Natural Theology, a text regularly consulted by well-read gentlemen of the 19th century. While we know very little about Mr. Manchester, the artist, we can safely say that he was familiar with the grand tradition of portraiture that frequently placed subjects within ennobling, but not always authentic, settings.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
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Painting
My Hills of Home
Anna Mary Robertson Moses, (Greenwich, NY, 1860 - 1961, Hoosick Falls, NY)
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson
United States
1860 - 1961
Female
18 x 36 in. (45.7 x 91.4 cm)
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1941
1941
1941
1900-2000, 20th century, folk art, landscapes, paintings
Painting
If you asked people to name an American artist, chances are that many of them would say “Grandma Moses,” for her name has come to be associated with a distinctive style of painting and rural subjects that strike a common national chord.
Grandma Moses first began to paint in her seventies, after arthritis made it impossible for her to continue to embroider. A New York collector driving through Moses’s home town of Hoosick Falls, New York, saw her paintings in a drugstore, bought them, and bought more after visiting her at her farm. She had her first exhibition in 1940.
In her biography, she wrote: "I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."
[Gallery label text, 2009]
lower leftverso, In handwriting of the artist's brother, Fred E. Robertson
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Painting
Ann Gennett Pixley Lacey (1809 - 1841)
Attributed to Milton W. Hopkins, 1789 - 1844
Hopkins, Milton W.
United States
1789 - 1844
Male
North, Noah
United States
1809 - 1880
Male
Previous Attribution
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
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1835-1836
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1836
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, New York State & Local History, paintings, portraits, women
Painting
In this painting, Ann Lacey (the mother of Pierrepont and Eliza (78.188 and 78.189)) holds a book in her hand. Her traditional pose suggests that she was a cultured and literate individual.
The portraits of the Lacey family were passed down through the generations in the family home in Scottsville, New York, until 1932, when they were presented on the occasion of a marriage and moved to a new home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1978, the generous owners donated the group of family heirlooms to the Memorial Art Gallery, to be enjoyed by its many visitors.
[Excerpted from gallery label text, 2006]
M. W. Hopkins
American, 1789 - 1844
Ann Gennett Pixley Lacey (1809 - 1841)
ca. 1835 - 1836
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dunn
in memory of Ruth Hanford Munn
and James Buell Munn, 78.187
Ann Gennett was born in Kirkland, New York, and her family later moved to nearby Chili. Around 1830, she married Allen Tobias Lacey, son of a neighboring farmer and political associate of her father. She was the mother of Pierrepont and Eliza, whose portraits hang nearby.
In the painting, she is shown holding a small book, a popular motif that suggests literacy and a certain level of affluence.
Ann Lacey died of cancer at the age of 32 and she is buried in the Fellows Cemetery in Chili. Shortly thereafter, Allen Lacey remarried, and in 1847, the family moved west to farm in Marshall, Michigan.
{Excerpted from gallery label text, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}
The Lacey family, whose portraits are on view nearby, lived in this home at 9 Scottsville-Chili Road in Scottsville, New York in the 1830s, where it is believed their portraits were painted and first hung. Two children in this 1890s photograph were relatives of the Lacey family. The girl on the far left was Ruth Hanford (Munn), in whose memory the portraits were given to the Memorial Art Gallery.
The paintings were passed down through the generations in this family home until 1932, when they were presented on the occasion of a marriage and moved to a new home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1978, the generous owners donated the group of family heirlooms to the Memorial Art Gallery, to be enjoyed by its many visitors.
{Excerpted from gallery text panel, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}
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Painting
Eliza Pixley Lacey (1834 - 1839)
Attributed to Milton W. Hopkins, 1789 - 1844
Hopkins, Milton W.
United States
1789 - 1844
Male
North, Noah
United States
1809 - 1880
Male
Previous Attribution
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
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1800-1900, 19th century, children, folk art, New York State & Local History, paintings, portraits, women
Painting
M. W. Hopkins
American, 1789 - 1844
Eliza Pixley Lacey (1834 - 1839)
ca. 1835 - 36
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dunn
in memory of Ruth Hanford Munn and
James Buell Munn, 78.188
M.W. Hopkins painted several portraits of young girls holding flower baskets. Eliza was painted when she was about two, and may have been Hopkins’ youngest and most endearing sitter.
Portrait painting was not Hopkins’ sole occupation; he was also a farmer and ornamental painter who decorated carriages and signs.
Eliza was only five when she died. She is buried in Fellows Cemetery in Chili along with her mother, Ann, whose portrait hangs nearby.
{Excerpted from gallery label text, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}
The Lacey family, whose portraits are on view nearby, lived in this home at 9 Scottsville-Chili Road in Scottsville, New York in the 1830s, where it is believed their portraits were painted and first hung. Two children in this 1890s photograph were relatives of the Lacey family. The girl on the far left was Ruth Hanford (Munn), in whose memory the portraits were given to the Memorial Art Gallery.
The paintings were passed down through the generations in this family home until 1932, when they were presented on the occasion of a marriage and moved to a new home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1978, the generous owners donated the group of family heirlooms to the Memorial Art Gallery, to be enjoyed by its many visitors.
{Excerpted from gallery text panel, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}
1978.188
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Painting
Pierrepont Edward Lacey (1832 - after 1860) and His Dog, Gun
Attributed to Milton W. Hopkins, 1789 - 1844
Hopkins, Milton W.
United States
1789 - 1844
Male
North, Noah
United States
1809 - 1880
Male
Previous Attribution
42 x 30 1/8 in. (106.7 x 76.5 cm)
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1835-1836
1835
1836
1800-1900, 19th century, children, dogs, folk art, New York State & Local History, paintings, portraits
Painting
The Lacey family lived and farmed in Scottsville, New York, a small village south of Rochester on the Oatka Creek. Like many families of means, they used the services of a local artist to have their likenesses painted, since photography as we know it did not exist. For many years, this artist was thought to be Noah North, but recent scholarship points to Milton Hopkins, with whom North probably apprenticed. Painting was not Hopkins' sole occupation. As well, he farmed and was a carriage and sign painter, and was involved in anti-Masonic, abolitionist, and temperance politics.
Pierrepont Lacey was born in 1832, and like many little boys, he probably was not comfortable posing for a painting in his best clothes. The family dog, Gun, most likely didn't stand still for long, either, so it may have been quite a challenge for the artist to capture the likenesses of boy and dog. When Pierrepont was fifteen, his family moved to Marshall, Michigan. He grew up, married, and was the father of one son. Milton Hopkins moved to Ohio shortly after this portrait was painted, where he continued to paint portraits and work for the Underground Railroad.
[Gallery label text, 2000]
Like many young boys, Pierrepont Lacey was probably not comfortable posing for a painting dressed in his best suit and red shoes. Gun, the family dog, was most likely a restless subject for the artist to capture, as well.
There are six known portraits by Hopkins showing children dressed in their finest clothes, often accompanied by their dogs. All of the children’s parents were connected to the artist through their activities in anti-Masonic, abolitionist, and temperance politics.
MAG’s nearly full-size portrait is one of the most engaging likenesses done by Hopkins and has become an American folk art icon.
[Excerpted from gallery label text, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial]
The Lacey family, whose portraits are on view nearby, lived in this home at 9 Scottsville-Chili Road in Scottsville, New York in the 1830s, where it is believed their portraits were painted and first hung. Two children in this 1890s photograph were relatives of the Lacey family. The girl on the far left was Ruth Hanford (Munn), in whose memory the portraits were given to the Memorial Art Gallery.
The paintings were passed down through the generations in this family home until 1932, when they were presented on the occasion of a marriage and moved to a new home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1978, the generous owners donated the group of family heirlooms to the Memorial Art Gallery, to be enjoyed by its many visitors.
[Excerpted from gallery text panel, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}]
1978.189
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Painting
Old Woman with a Bible
Ammi Phillips, 1788 - 1865
Phillips, Ammi
United States
1788 - 1865
Male
33 1/2 x 28 in. (85.1 x 71.1 cm)
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ca. 1834
1829
1839
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, paintings, portraits, women
Painting
We take for granted the ability to record our families' faces. Even the likenesses of those long-dead are etched in our memories by their photographs. But before cameras and film, the only way to save a "likeness" was to create a life or death mask, draw or paint a picture, or make a sculpture.
In rural New York State, many portraits were done by painters like Ammi Phillips who had a minimal amount of training. Their customers, in turn, passed paintings down through the generations until all too often, the identity of the sitters was lost.
If we don't know whose portrait this was, and if Ammi Phillips was not an academically trained artist, why do we continue to appreciate this work and keep it in a museum? The directness of human spirit that these paintings convey combined with the intricacy of design and patterning create a work filled with the "visual delight" that we search for in a work of art.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
This woman’s identity has not been preserved, but we might speculate with confidence that she was a devout person, as her arm is placed so firmly on the Bible. Notice, too, how carefully the artist painted the fabric of her day-cap, the embroidery on her shawl, and even the tasseled trim of the curtains.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
1984.22
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Watercolor
Taufschein: Pennsylvania German Fractur
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm)
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1805
1805
1805
1800-1900, American art, drawing, folk art, language in art
Watercolor
in inscription
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Watercolor
Vorschrift: George Washington
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 3/16 x 7 1/8 in. (31 x 18 cm)
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Watercolor
1808
1808
1808
1800-1900, American art, folk art, language in art, watercolors
Watercolor
A vorshrift was a writing exercise, common within Pennsylvania-German communities, that typically included an ornate introductory letter, a selection of Bible text and/or poetry, and examples of the alphabet. They were often presented as gifts; this one is dedicated to “Joseph Hofman” and is notable for the portrait of George Washington rendered at the bottom.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Painting
Emily
Susan C. Waters, 1823 - 1900
Waters, Susan C.
United States
1823 - 1900
Female
41 x 30 in. (104.1 x 76.2 cm)
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ca. 1845
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1850
children, folk art, portraits
Painting
Portraits with a characteristic flat quality, distorted proportions, and attention to patterned detail were commonly painted by self-trained, itinerant (traveling) artists. For many families, these portraits were the only record of a relative’s appearance.
Although this work is not signed, it is attributed to Susan Waters because it resembles other portraits of children that she did sign. Waters often placed her sitters in the foreground of an outdoor setting, looking out at the viewer with a gaze while holding something in their hands. Waters was born in Binghamton, New York. She taught herself to paint and traveled in the region of Pennsylvania and New York’s Southern Tier from 1843 to 1845. Later in her career, she turned from portraiture to still life and animal paintings, and became well-known for her paintings of the sheep that she raised at her home in Bordentown, New Jersey.
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Sculpture
Cigar Store Indian
Attributed to Thomas V. Brooks, (1828 - 1895)
Brooks, Thomas V.
United States
1828 - 1895
Male
85 x 24 3/8 x 26 1/2 in. (215.9 x 61.9 x 67.3 cm)
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Wood
ca. 1870
1865
1875
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, from Rochester collections, sculpture
Sculpture
If you approached 50 West Main Street in Rochester late in the 19th century, you would have seen this figure standing in front of the tobacco shop located there. So that no one would miss the point that tobacco products were sold inside, it was purchased to stand outside and advertise the shop’s wares. The carving included stylized tobacco leaves and a tobacco box held in the figure’s outstretched right hand.
Carvers capitalized early on the relationship between Native Americans and the tobacco that they grew for sacred practices. Carvings of Native Americans were used by the 18th century in British tobacco shops, reflecting the growth of the transatlantic trade. With laws restricting sidewalk signs, and the decline of tobacco shops due to public health awareness, the once-ubiquitous cigar store Indian has become a rarity.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
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Recreational Artifact
Merry-Go-Round Goat
Attributed to Charles Looff, 1852 - 1918
Looff, Charles
United States
1852 - 1918
Male
72 1/4 in. (183.5 cm)
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Wood
circa 1900
1895
1905
1800-1900, 1900-2000, 20th century, folk art, goats, sculpture
Recreational Artifact
In the second half of the nineteenth century, with the rising popularity of resort communities on streetcar routes, carvers began to specialize in carousel and merry-go-round figures to populate the musical rides.
Unfortunately, we don’t know the original location of MAG’s Goat. Based on the style of the carving of the saddle and bridle, it is likely that it was made by Charles Looff, whose company manufactured the first carousel at Coney Island.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
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http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
71.40DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Side
Imaging complete
2/5/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.40_A1.jpg
71.40SL3
slide
detail-seat
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
71.40DI2
digital image
Detail head- 3/4 view
6/25/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.40_A2.jpg
71.40DI3
digital image
Detail head- profile
6/25/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.40_A3.jpg
71.40DI4
digital image
Detail saddle
6/25/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.40_A4.jpg
pdf file
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/surrogates/pdf/71.40_R1.pdf
Sculpture
Dove
William Edmondson, (Davidson, County, KY, 1882 - 1951, Nashville, TN)
Edmondson, William
United States
1882 - 1951
Male
4 x 8 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (10.2 x 21 x 34.3 cm)
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.
.
Sandstone
Sandstone
0
0
1900-2000, 20th century, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
William Edmondson was a self-taught sculptor from Tennessee, who claimed that God told him to start sculpting. He transformed blocks of stone into his ‘critters’, including this elegant dove.
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl
1970.60
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
70.60TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
Side
2 1/4
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
transparency
2 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
70.60SL1
slide
left side
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
70.60DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Side
Imaging complete
6/19/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/70.60_A1.jpg
70.60NEG1
negative
2 x 3
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70.60PRT1
glossy
8 x 10
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70.60SL2
slide
right side
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
70.60DI#2
digital image
6/13/2011
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/70.60_A2.jpg
Sculpture
Crested Swans
John Scholl, 1827 - 1916
Scholl, John
United States
1827 - 1916
Male
84 1/4 x 33 x 30 1/2 in. (214 x 83.8 x 77.5 cm)
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Wood
Wood
ca. 1910
1905
1915
1900-2000, 20th century, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
For approximately sixteen years before he died at age 88, John Scholl created over forty imaginative sculptures that he stored in the parlor of his home in Germania, Potter County, Pennsylvania. A builder by trade, Scholl seemed to create these architectural forms as an extension of the decorative fretwork and scrollwork seen on the porches and gables of Victorian homes, many of which were made from pattern book templates. Incorporated into the whimsical creations were traditional European folk art motifs: birds, stars, and sunbursts.
Scholl was proud of his work, and enjoyed showing people through the collection; in good weather, he moved some it out into his yard. When he died of pneumonia, contracted after shoveling snow, Crested Swans was one of the pieces that surrounded Scholl's casket during the wake.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1970.25
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
70.25TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
70.25SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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glossy
full
8 x 10
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full
4 x 5
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70.25DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
7/10/2000
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/70.25_A1.jpg
70.25TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
Sculpture
Weathervane Eagle
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 x 17 1/2 in. (30.5 x 44.5 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Wood with touches of gold paint
0
0
American art, birds, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1951.309
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.309SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
6x4
00/00/00
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glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
51.309DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.309_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Eagle
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm)
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.
.
Wood
Wood
Carved wood covered with gesso then gilded
0
0
American art, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
1953.12
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
53.12SL2
slide
3/4 right side
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
53.12SL1
slide
3/4 left side
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
53.12DI1
digital image
3/4 left side
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/53.12_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Rooster
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
14 1/2 x 21 in. (36.8 x 53.3 cm)
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.
.
Iron
Iron
0
0
American art, chickens & roosters, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1954.4
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.4SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.4DI1
digital image
side
5/22/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.4_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Decoy: Blue Heron
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
32 1/8 x 42 5/8 in. (81.6 x 108.3 cm)
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.
Wood
Wood
19th Century
1800
1899
1800-1900, 19th century, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
1954.31.1a-b
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.31.1TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
2 x 2 3/4
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.31.1SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.31.1DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
2/2/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.31.1_A1.jpg
negative
w 54.31.2
3 x 4
00/00/00
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Sculpture
Decoy: Blue Heron
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
40 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. (102.9 x 98.4 cm)
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.
Wood
Wood
19th Century
1800
1899
1800-1900, 19th century, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
1954.31.2a-b
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.31.2TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
2 x 2 3/4
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
with 54.31.1
3 x 4
00/00/00
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54.31.2SL1
slide
1 w/ 54.31.1
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.31.2DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
2/2/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.31.2_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Sternboard with Derby Family Coat-of-Arms
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
40 11/16 x 21 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (103.3 x 54 x 18.8 cm)
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.
Wood
Wood
ca. 1790
1785
1795
1600-1800, 18th century, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
It was a common practice to decorate the bows and sterns of sailing ships with sculptures made by expert carvers. Often, these creations were embellished with painted carved figures—hence the term 'figurehead'—and occasionally symbols that identified the ship's owner. This sternboard has both. It would have been placed in the rear - the stern - of the ship. Tradition has it that the sternboard's ship was owned by Elias Derby, a prodigiously wealthy merchant from Salem, Massachusetts whose fleet of ships traveled to remote parts of the world carrying trade goods.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1957.73
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
57.73SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
57.73TR1
transparency
2.5 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
full
8 x 10
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full
4 x 5
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57.73DI1
digital image
full
2 x 2
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http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/57.73_A2.jpg
57.73DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/57.73_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Trotter Horse
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
24 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (62.2 x 79.4 cm)
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.
Tin
Tin
0
0
American art, folk art, horses, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1969.80
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
69.80SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
full
8 x 10
00/00/00
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negative
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
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69.80DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/69.80_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Liberty
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm)
.
.
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Copper
Copper
ca. 1876
1871
1881
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1970.59
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
70.59SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
full
8 x 10
00/00/00
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full
4 x 5
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70.59TR1
transparency
2.5 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
70.59DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/70.59_A2.jpg
70.59DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/70.59_A1.jpg
Recreational Artifact
Hobby Horse
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
27 in. (68.6 cm)
.
.
.
Wood
Wood
0
0
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, horses, sculpture, toys
Recreational Artifact
Children around the world have played with toy horses for centuries. Egyptian children in the fifth century, Viking children in the eleventh century, and American children today enjoy riding toy horses and pulling them along on wheels.
This horse, with its horsehair tail, glass eyes, and leather seat, originally might have been created to move on a wheeled platform.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1971.41
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
71.41SL1
slide
full
2x2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
full
8 x 10
00/00/00
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71.41DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.41_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Steer
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (31.1 x 62.2 cm)
.
.
.
Copper
Copper
Copper, painted, with bronze horns
0
0
1800-1900, 19th century, cows, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1971.42
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
71.42SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
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glossy
full
8 x 10
00/00/00
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71.42DI1
digital image
side
5/22/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.42_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Trade Sign for a Hat Maker
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
21 3/4 x 24 x 30 in. (55.2 x 61 x 76.2 cm)
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.
.
Tin
Tin
0
0
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, jobs & work, sculpture, signs
Sculpture
1971.43
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
71.43SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
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71.43DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.43_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Santo (Crucifix)
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
37 x 24 in. (94 x 61 cm)
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Wood
Wood
0
0
1800-1900, 19th century, crucifixes, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
The image of Christ on the cross is fundamental to Christian belief and the art that expresses it. The nearby Tramp Art Shrine, made in the northeastern United States, as well as many European works on the second floor of the Gallery, incorporate images similar to this santo made by an unknown santero. Santero is the traditional name for the carver of santos, which are typically figures of Christ or saints.
When European missionaries brought Catholicism across the ocean to the New World, they also brought with them traditional forms of religious iconography and woodcarving techniques. Spanish friars were the original santeros, carving the figures to decorate mission churches; during the 19th century, lay people became santeros, and santos became part of the domestic religious tradition.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1973.9
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
73.9SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
73.9DI1
digital image
full
5/22/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/73.9_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Angel Gabriel
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
21 x 66 1/2 in. (53.3 x 168.9 cm)
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.
.
Iron
Iron
ca. 1810
1805
1815
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1975.108
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
75.108SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
detail
8x10
00/00/00
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negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
75.108DI2
digital image
8/11/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/related_images/75.108_R1.jpg
75.108SL2
slide
shown in original location-Bristol church
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
75.108DI3
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.108_A1.jpg
75.108DI4
digital image
full
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.108_A2.jpg
75.108DI1
in situ
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/related_images/75.108_R2.tif
Sculpture
Optometrist's Trade Sign
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
17 3/4 x 30 1/2 in. (45.1 x 77.5 cm)
.
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.
Wood
Wood
Late 19th Century - early 20th Century
1867
1932
1800-1900, 1900-2000, 20th century, folk art, jobs & work, sculpture, signs
Sculpture
1985.22
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
85.22SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
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glossy
8x10
00/00/00
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85.22DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/85.22_A1.jpg
85.22DI2
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/85.22_A2.jpg
Sculpture
Tramp Art Shrine
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
43 1/2 x 26 1/4 x 19 in. (110.5 x 66.7 x 48.3 cm)
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Wood
Wood
ca. 1865-1900
1865
1900
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
Tramp art, originally thought to have been a style of woodworking used by hoboes to make gifts for people who provided them with hospitality, is now understood to encompass a broader group of work by self-taught artisans. Typically using found materials, the creators used a chip or notch carving technique and layering of materials to create optically dazzling patterns and designs.
In this work, an Armour meat packing box was used for the body of the shrine, to which layers of intricately decorated details were added. In the interior are references from the New Testament to the betrayal and death of Jesus, among them the cross, the cock, the ladder and the spear. While we do not know the artist’s name, the degree of his piety communicates itself through his painstaking creation of this personal shrine.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1987.4
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
87.4TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
Front
2 x 2 3/4
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
87.4SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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negative
4x5
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87.4DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Front
Imaging complete
2/5/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/87.4_A1.jpg
87.4DI2
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Front
Imaging complete
2/5/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/87.4_A2.jpg
Sculpture
Eagle
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
30 x 21 in. (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
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.
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Pine
Pine
ca. 1790
1785
1795
1600-1800, 18th century, birds, folk art, sculpture
Sculpture
1957.75
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
57.75TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
3/4 view
2 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
full
5 x 7
00/00/00
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full
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full
5 x 7
00/00/00
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57.75DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
3/4 view
Imaging complete
6/19/2001
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/57.75_A1.jpg
negative
2 x 3
00/00/00
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slide
full front
2 x 2
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57.75SL2
slide
full- 3/4
2 x 2
00/00/00
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57.75SL3
slide
detail
2 x 2
00/00/00
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57.75DI2
digital image
Detail
6/11/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/57.75_A2.jpg
Print
Taufschein (Certificate of Baptism)
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (32.1 x 39.7 cm)
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.
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1804
1804
1804
1800-1900, American art, drawing, folk art, language in art, watercolors
Print
1954.53
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.53DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.53_A1.jpg
Ceramics
Tile from NYCRR Train Station, Rochester
William H. Grueby, 1867 - 1925
Grueby, William H.
United States
1867 - 1925
Male
1/2 x 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (1.3 x 14 x 21.9 cm)
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.
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Terracotta
Terracotta
ca. 1913
1908
1918
1900-2000, 20th century, American art, art with Rochester connections, ceramics, Craft, decorative arts, folk art, tiles
Ceramics
underside
1983.6
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
83.6DI1
digital image
full
5/22/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/83.6_A1.jpg
negative
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
83.6DI#2
digital image
12/17/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/83.6_A2.jpg
Furniture
Sofa
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
Walnut
Walnut
0
0
American art, decorative arts, folk art, sofas
Furniture
This sofa was formerly owned by Oliver Culver (1778-1867), who was an early Rochester pioneer, first supervisor of the town of Brighton, and original builder of the road that became East Avenue. Family tradition states that the sofa was made by a local cabinetmaker from lumber cleared off property owned by Culver. The furniture style is called Empire because it was influenced by French design; it was popularized in the 1820s by a furniture designer named Duncan Phyfe whose workshop was in New York City.
Two Rochester streets are named for Culver: Culver Road and Oliver Street. The 1815 section of Culver’s home still stands today on East Boulevard, where it was moved from its original location at the corner of East Avenue and Culver Road.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1942.47
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
neg
8x10
00/00/00
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glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
42.47DI1
digital image
front
5/3/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/42.47_A1.jpg
Woodwork
Butter Mould
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
2 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (5.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)
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Wood
Wood
0
0
eating & serving utensils, folk art, woodwork
Woodwork
1951.61
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.61SL1
slide
with 53.21 /54 49
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
51.61DI#1
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.61_A1.jpg
51.61DI#2
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.61_A2.jpg
Woodwork
Stamp Block for Printing Textiles
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
5 x 2 1/2 in. (12.7 x 6.4 cm)
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Wood
Wood
0
0
American art, flowers in art, folk art, wood blocks
Woodwork
1954.49
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.49DI#2
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.49_A1.jpg
54.49DI1
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.49_A1.jpg
Arms and Armor
Powder Horn
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
3 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 4 13/16 in. (9.6 x 37.5 x 12.2 cm)
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Horn
Horn
circa 1760
1755
1765
1600-1800, 18th century, Colonial, folk art
Arms and Armor
Powder horns were watertight containers made to store gunpowder. Etched on the surfaces of the horns were names, dates, and real and fanciful images.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1975.16
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
75.16SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
several angles
8x10
00/00/00
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glossy
5x7
00/00/00
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negative
5x7
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75.16SL2
slide
detail
2 x 2
00/00/00
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75.16DI1
digital image
00/00/00
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75.16DI2
digital image
detail
00/00/00
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75.16DI3
digital image
detail
00/00/00
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75.16DI4
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A3.jpg
75.16SL3
slide
detail, back
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
75.16DI14
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A13.jpg
75.16DI15
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A14.jpg
75.16DI16
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A15.jpg
75.16DI17
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI18
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A17.jpg
75.16DI19
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A18.jpg
75.16DI20
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI21
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI22
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI23
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI24
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A23.jpg
75.16DI25
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A24.jpg
75.16DI26
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A25.jpg
75.16DI27
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A26.jpg
75.16DI5
overall
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A4.jpg
75.16DI6
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
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75.16DI7
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A6.jpg
75.16DI8
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A7.jpg
75.16DI9
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A8.jpg
75.16DI10
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A9.jpg
75.16DI11
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A10.jpg
75.16DI12
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A11.jpg
75.16DI13
detail
digital image
7/9/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.16_A12.jpg
Textiles
Sampler
Ann Gennett Pixley Lacey, (1809 - 1841)
Lacey, Ann Gennett Pixley
United States
1809 - 1841
Female
10 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (26 x 27.3 cm)
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Silk
Silk
1819
1819
1819
1800-1900, 19th century, folk art, leisure activities, New York State & Local History, textiles
Textiles
The Memorial Art Gallery is fortunate to have in its collection both a portrait of Ann Gennett Lacey and an example of her needlework made when she was only ten years old (see row seven of her sampler). She was probably enrolled at a female academy in Riga, west of Rochester, where she was taught these skills.
Following the American Revolution, schools for young women began to flourish, and fine needlework was one of the subjects (as well as music, reading, writing, and arithmetic) included in the curriculum. The stitching of samplers was believed to be a sign of virtue, achievement and industry, stitched more to demonstrate education than to preserve a skill.
{Excerpted from gallery text panel, Oct. 2011, Colleen Piccone, Curatorial}
1978.191
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
78.191SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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78.191NEG1
negative
2 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
78.191PRT1
glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
78.191DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/78.191_A1.jpg
78.187DI2
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/related_images/78.187-191_R1.jpg
78.191DI3
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/78.191_A3.jpg
78.191DI4
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/78.191_A2.jpg
78.191_I4.JPG
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/78.191_I4.JPG
78.191_I3.JPG
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/78.191_I3.JPG
78.191_I2.JPG
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/78.191_I2.JPG
78.191_I1.JPG
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/78.191_I1.JPG
Metalwork
Stamp
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
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Copper
Copper
0
0
American art, american history, folk art, household implements, metalwork
Metalwork
1951.342
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.342DI#1
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.342_A1.jpg
51.342DI#2
digital image
10/19/2017
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.342_A2.jpg
Metalwork
Eel Spear
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
26 3/4 x 6 in. (67.9 x 15.2 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
folk art, metalwork, utensils
Metalwork
1951.60
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.60DI1
digital image
front
5/7/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.60_A1.jpg
51.60DI#2
digital image
9/23/2021
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.60_A1.jpg
Metalwork
Trivet
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 in. (30.5 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
folk art, household implements, metalwork
Metalwork
1951.63
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.63DI1
digital image
full
5/7/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.63_A1.jpg
51.63DI#2
digital image
9/23/2021
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/51.63_A1.jpg
Metalwork
Door Hinge
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
14 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (37.5 x 22.2 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
1800-1900, folk art, household implements, metalwork
Metalwork
1954.47
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.47DI#1
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.47_A1.jpg
54.47DI#2
digital image
10/19/2017
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.47_A2.jpg
Metalwork
Door Handle
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
1800-1900, American art, folk art, household implements, metalwork
Metalwork
1954.48
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.48DI#1
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.48_A1.jpg
Metalwork
Fork
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
American art, eating & serving utensils, folk art, metalwork
Metalwork
1954.50
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.50DI#1
digital image
9/21/2010
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.50_A1.jpg
54.50DI#2
digital image
10/19/2017
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.50_A2.jpg
Metalwork
Hinge
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
10 x 2 3/4 in. (25.4 x 7 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
American art, folk art, household implements, metalwork
Metalwork
1954.51
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.51DI1
digital image
5/7/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.51_A1.jpg
Metalwork
Trivet
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
12 5/8 x 5 in. (32.1 x 12.7 cm)
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Iron
Iron
0
0
folk art
Metalwork
1959.13
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
59.13DI1
digital image
full
5/7/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/59.13_A1.jpg
Drawing
Penmanship Drawing: Eagles, Swans and Quill
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
15 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (38.7 x 24.1 cm)
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Ink
Ink
ca. 1800-1825
1800
1825
1800-1900, American art, birds, drawing, folk art
Drawing
verso, drawing of fish, quill and alphabet
1954.46
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
54.46SL1
slide
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
54.46DI#1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/54.46_A1.jpg
Painting
Theorem Painting: Basket of Fruit
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
13 x 15 1/4 in. (33 x 38.7 cm)
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overall
frame
Opaque watercolor
Opaque watercolor
0
0
folk art, paintings, still lifes, watercolors
Painting
1953.36
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
53.36SL1
slide
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
53.36DI#1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/53.36_A1.jpg
Painting
Landscape with Figures
Joseph H. Hidley, 1830 - 1872
Hidley, Joseph H.
United States
1830 - 1872
Male
10 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (27.6 x 53 cm)
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overall
horizontal
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without frame
Oil
Oil
0
0
1800-1900, 19th century, cows, folk art, houses, men, paintings, women
Painting
This painting was never intended to hang on a wall. Rather, it was created as part of a wall to decorate a panel underneath a tall window in the parlor of a home in Eagle Mills, New York, near Albany.
The artist was an unusual individual. In addition to painting scenes to decorate rooms in the Albany region, Joseph Hidley was a house painter, a carpenter, and arranger of stuffed birds and dried flowers.
For his underwindow panels, he is thought to have derived his inspiration from European viewbooks, which is why this scene is reminiscent of a Swiss landscape. We are still trying to locate the original view that Hidley copied.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1997.173
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/25/1999
97.173SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
97.173DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/97.173_A2.jpg
97.173TR1
transparency
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
97.173DI2
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/97.173_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Last Supper
Oliver Cheatham, 20th century
Cheatham, Oliver
United States
Male
11 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 3/4 in. (28.9 x 65.1 x 1.9 cm)
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Wood
Wood
0
0
1900-2000, 20th century, folk art, Images of Black People, sculpture
Sculpture
1999.14
item
Memorial Art Gallery
4/12/2000
99.14SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
3x2
00/00/00
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glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
99.14DI1
digital image
2 x 2
7/23/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/99.14_A1.jpg
Sculpture
The Nativity
Oliver Cheatham, 20th century
Cheatham, Oliver
United States
Male
12 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 7/8 in. (31.8 x 64.1 x 2.2 cm)
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Wood
Wood
0
0
1900-2000, 20th century, folk art, Images of Black People, sculpture
Sculpture
The nativity of Christ has been a popular subject in many artistic traditions. Here, the carver has included all the traditional elements arranged in a simple yet effective way, using few colors and creating the illusion of depth. Gold paint illuminates the baby, above whom an angel watches protectively.
Like the carver of the Santo [73.9], or the artisan who built the Tramp Art Shrine [87.4], Oliver Cheatham was an artist who expressed his religious devotion with wood and paint. Little else is known about him. The donor, Reverend Romig, came across a few pieces of his work on a sidewalk in New York City; the artist had died, and his family was throwing his things away. Fortunately, Reverend Romig recognized the beauty of the work, retrieved what he could, and kindly donated two pieces to the Memorial Art Gallery: The Nativity and The Last Supper [99.14], which is being conserved.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1999.15
item
Memorial Art Gallery
4/12/2000
99.15SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
3x2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
99.15DI2
digital image
full
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/99.15_A2.jpg
99.15DI1
digital image
2 x 2
7/23/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/99.15_A1.jpg
Sculpture
Weathervane: Rooster
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
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without base
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base only
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overall
Metal
Metal
0
0
10.73L
American art, chickens & roosters, folk art, sculpture, weathervanes
Sculpture
1981.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/9/2000
81.1SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
81.1DI1
digital image
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/81.1_A1.jpg
Woodwork
Eagle
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
Wood
Wood
0
0
36-3
folk art, sculpture
Woodwork
underside, Base coat: Acryloid B-67 in Naptha
Accession number: Golden Fluid Acrylics (black)
Both layers soluble in Acetone
2005.158
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/6/2005
5981.64.JPG
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/2005.158_I1.jpg
2005.158DI#2
digital image
9/18/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2005.158_A1.jpg