HOFR_Paintings_Survey_FY23.pdf

HOFR Paintings Survey 02/06/2023

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The Spinner

H 67; W 49 in.

101-102-W

GLISENTI, Achille (Italian, 1848-1906). This Spinner. Oil on canvas in gilt-wood frame.

HOFR 79

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The Annunciation

H 31; W 24.5 in.

101-102-W

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (After Carlo Maratta). The Madonna Reading While the Angel Gabriel Approaches. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame.

HOFR 81

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Woman Mailing a Letter

H 33; W 24.5 in.

101-102-N

[GALLOS, A.] Woman Mailing a Letter. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame.

HOFR 109

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The Appraisal

H 32; W 28 in.

101-102-NE

MUHLIG, Meno (German, 1823-1873). The Appraisal. Oil on canvas, in a gilded frame.

HOFR 133

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Still Life with Vegetables

H 10; W 13 in.

101-102-NE

Still Life with Vegetables. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame. Signed "S.M.K."

HOFR 134

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The Schoolmaster

H 30.5; W 28.5 in.

101-102-E

MUHLIG, Meno (German, 1823-1873). The Schoolmaster. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame.

HOFR 136

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Still Life with Grapes

H 19.75; W 16.25

101-102-E

Still Life with Grapes. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame. Signed "T.S. 1854"

HOFR 137

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Mary Magdelene Reading in the Desert

H 17.5; W 21.75 in.

101-102-E

Mary Magdalene Reading in the Desert. Oil on canvas in a giled frame. Probably a er the engraving by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Knolle. The original pain ng, now lost, is some mes a ributed to Corregio.

HOFR 149

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Morning on Lake Trasimena

H 24; W 35 in.

101-102-E

GRISWOLD, Casimir Clayton (American, 1834-1918). Morning on Lake Trasimena. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame. Signed lower le "C.C.

Griswold, Roma, 1880."

HOFR 150

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Horse and Dog at Farrier's Shop

H 12.75; W 15 in.

101-102-E

Horse and Dog at Farrier's Shop. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame.

HOFR 151

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Still Life with Leaves and Berries in a Vase

H 20; W 16 in.

101-102-E

Still Life with Leaves and Berries in a Vase. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame. Signed lower left "To Mrs. J Roosevelt / Great 85."

HOFR 152

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Three Sailboats Along a Rocky Shore

H 6.5; W 8 in

101-102-On180-01

Three sailboats along a rocky shore; oil on canvas.

HOFR 161

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Lake Scene at Campobello

H20; W 26 in.

101-102-S

MUNSELL, Albert H. (American, 1858-1918). Lake Scene at Campobello. Oil on panel in gilded frame. Signed lower le "H. Munsell Campolbello 1890."

HOFR 167

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Gulf of Baja

H 12; W 8.5 in.

101-102-S

Gulf of Baja. Oil on canvas in a gilded frame. This pain ng was a gi to FDR from his Uncle Franklin Hughes Delano. Inscribed on the reverse of the pain ng " F.D.R. from Uncle Frank, June 1888."

HOFR 168

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Two Putti, One Sharpening an Arrow

H 28.5; W 34 in.

601-101-Loc11-d

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (a er Coreggio). Two Pu , One Sharpening an Arrow; oil on canvas; in a gilt frame.a:601-103-Loc01-g-08b:601-101- Loc11-d

HOFR 176

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Beer Enough (The Drunken Peasant)

H 13; W 12 in.

101-102-S

VENNEMAN, Charles H. (Belgian, 1802-1875). Beer Enough (A Drunken Peasant). Oil on panel in a gilded frame. Inscribed on back, "Painted by C. H. Venneman ar st painter of Antwerp / by order of Edward Delano / July 1868."

HOFR 178

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Portrait of an Unidentified Woman

H 3.75; W 4 1/8 in.

101-102-On177-04

Profile portrait of unidentified woman; in oval cloth frame.

HOFR 200

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Naval Engagement, War of 1812

H 70.1; W 60.1 cm

601-101-Loc11-a

BIRCH, Thomas (American, 1779-1851). Naval Engagement, War of 1812. Oil on canvas in a silver-leaf frame. The scene depicts two American ships and two Bri sh ships engaged in a ba le at sea.

HOFR 226

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Naval Engagement

601-101-Loc11-a

BIRCH, Thomas (American, 1779-1851). Naval Engagement. Oil on board in a black frame.

HOFR 227

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Warren Delano

101-106-NE

WEIR, Julian Alden (American, 1852-1919). Warren Delano. Oil on canvas in gilt oak frame.

HOFR 237

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Dr. Isaac Roosevelt

101-106-E

Dr. Isaac Roosevelt, attributed to Daniel Huntington.

HOFR 239

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Laura Astor Delano

101-106-SE

LAURA ASTOR DELANO

HOFR 249

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Franklin Hughes Delano

101-106-SW

FRANKLIN HUGHES DELANO

HOFR 250

Loc:EXHIBIT 101-104-NW

OIL PAINTING ON GLASS OF A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE. INSCRIPTION ON BOTTOM OVAL OF THE PAINTING READS "CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE."THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND GUERIERE OCCURRED ON AUG 19, 1812. THE CONSTITUTION PROVED VICTORIOUS. IT WAS IN THIS ENCOUNTER THAT THE CONSTITUTION EARNED HER

HOFR 553

NICKNAME "OLD IRONSIDES." WHEN THE 18-POUND BRITISH CANNONBALLS WERE UNABLE TO PENETRATE THE HULL OF THE CONSTITUTION, AN UNIDENTIFIED SAILOR EXCLAIMED "HUZZAH, HER SIDES ARE MADE OF IRON!"

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Sara Delano Roosevelt

L 32; W 50 in

101-103-SE

Oil pain ng- seated portrait of Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt by Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, 1899. Gilt frame. 2/14/46-FLR, Jr-Kleeman, Gracious Lady, pp 265: "In early 1900's, Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, brother of Paul who later did FDR statue, painted the portrait hanging in South Hallway". 1/27/49-GYW-Sara D. Roosevelt's Diary, Book II: Dec. 23, 1902: "Franklin met me in town and I took him to Prince Troubetzkoy's studio and gave him my portrait which is really his 21st birthday present. He is much surprised and is delighted with it".

HOFR 613

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James Roosevelt

L 34, W 44 in

101-103-NE

Oil pain ng, seated portrait of Mr. James Roosevelt by F. Moscheles, 1885. Gilt ornate frame.6/5/50- GYW-Kleeman, Gracious Lady, pp 200:

"Felix Moscheles, son of the musician, who was pain ng a portrait of Mr. Roosevelt, invited..."

HOFR 615

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Isaac Roosevelt

101-101-E

Portrait of Isaac Roosevelt by Gilbert Stuart, in gilt frame.

HOFR 672

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

101-101-SW-ALC

FDR BY RAND

HOFR 771

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James Roosevelt

101-101-W

INMAN, HENRY. Three-quarter portrait of James Roosevelt.

HOFR 783

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U.S. Frigate Under Sail

101-101-h-00

U.S. frigate under sail in rough sea; oil on canvas; in slim black frame.

HOFR 834

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The Brigantine "Antelope"

101-101-k-00

A framed ship's portrait showing the Brigan ne "Antelope" broadside-on under full sail in a calm sea with a number of sailors on deck. A brigan ne is a two-masted vessel. Massachuse s Privateer Brigan ne "Antelope" was commissioned on 29 October 1781 under Commander Thomas Clouston of Newburyport, Massachuse s. She was listed as being armed with ten guns and having an eighteen man crew. "Antelope"

HOFR 837

was re-commissioned on 6 February 1782 under a new rig, as a ship, with Commander Edward Fe yplace of Newburyport as her skipper, and lis ng a reduced ba ery of eight guns and a reduced crew of sixteen men.

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The Koszta Incident

H 22.5; W 37.25 in.

101-101-n-00

STUART, Charles Alexander. The Koszta Incident. A gilt-framed oil pain ng on canvas showing sloop-of-war USS "St. Louis" leaving Smyrna Harbor on 2 July 1853. A frigate appears at right, probably the Austrian frigate "Hussar." The buildings of Smyrna are carefully detailed on the le . Figures in a small rowing boat flying the U.S. flag is at the le foreground. The "St. Louis" departed from Norfolk on 24 August 1852 to cruise the Mediterranean. On 2 July 1853, while at Smyrna, Turkey, her commanding officer demanded that the commander of the Austrian frigate "Hussar" release Hungarian refugee Mar n Koszta. The revolu onary leader had immigrated to the United States and announced his inten ons of becoming a U.S. ci zen. Subsequently, while in Smyrna on business, he had been arrested by Austrian officials. Media on by the French Consul effected Koszta's release.The Koszta affair involved an interes ng ques on of interna onal law--the right of an alien domiciled in any country to the protec on of that country--and has served as a precedent for the American government in somewhat similar cases that have arisen.

HOFR 840

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Naval Engagement

101-101-q-00

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT

HOFR 841

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The Clipper Channing

H 18; W 23.5 in.

101-101-r-00

AMERICAN SCHOOL. A pain ng of the clipper ship, Channing. It depicts a side view of the three-masted sailing ship at full sail on open water.

Three other sailing ships are visible in the distant background. Channing was owned by FDR's grandfather Warren Delano.

HOFR 843

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The "Constitution" Leaving Port

L 56.5 CM, W 68.6 CM

101-101-d-00

PAINTED BY THOMAS BIRCH. PAINTING IS UNSIGNED. DEPICTS CONSTITUTION ON LEFT SIDE OF PAINTING. A ROW BOAT WITH SEVEN MEN IS SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND. TWO SHIPS ARE SEEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ONE VESSEL IS SEEN IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND.THE CONSTITUTION, AKA "OLD IRONSIDES," PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN SEVERAL NAVAL BATTLES DURING THE WAR OF 1812. REFER TO THE FOLLOWING CATALOG RECORDS FOR FURTHER NAVAL HISTORY OF THE SHIP: HOFR 564, HOFR 575, HOFR 844.

HOFR 845

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An Action Between USS "United States" and HMS "Macedonian," 1812

H 18; W 24 in.

101-101-c-00

BIRCH, Thomas. An Ac on Between USS "United States" and HMS "Macedonian," 1812. A gilt-framed oil on canvas showing the ac on on 25 October 1812 between the Bri sh frigate "Macedonian" and the American 44-gun frigate "United States." The two ships are shown in ac on.

The "Macedonian" is on the le , shown starboard quarter view with its fore and main topmasts shot away. The "United States" is on the right, shown port quarter view in the act of striking. The sails of both ships are full of shot holes. A number of figures are depicted on the decks and crow's nests of both ships. Signed "Thos. Birch" (lower right).

HOFR 848

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USS Constitution Leaving New York Harbor

101-101-b-00

BIRCH, Thomas. U.S.S. Cons tu on Leaving New York Harbor. A framed pain ng by Thomas Birch (1779-1851) showing the USS "Cons tu on" in port-bow view leaving New York Harbor. The buildings of lower Manha an are carefully detailed on the right, includeing Castle Clinton (Southwest Ba ery), a dockyard, and the Trinity Church spire at far right. Six figures in a small rowing boat headed for Manha an are seen observing the depar ng ship. USS Cons tu on is a three-masted frigate of the United States Navy and the world's oldest floa ng commissioned naval vessel. Launched in 1797, Cons tu on was one of six original frigates authorized for construc on by the Naval Act of 1794. Built in Boston, Massachuse s at Edmund Har 's shipyard, her first du es with the newly formed United States Navy were to provide protec on for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.

Cons tu on is most famous for her ac ons during the War of 1812 against Great Britain. The ba le with Guerriere earned her the nickname

HOFR 850

of "Old Ironsides."For other representa ons of the USS "Cons tu on" see HOFR 564, 575, and 844.

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The Death of Captain Lawrence

43.8 CM, 53.3. CM

101-101-g-00

OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN LAWRENCE--DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP. PAINTED BY AMERICAN PAINTER ALONZO CHAPPEL (1828-1887). SIGNED LEFT OF CENTER: CHAPPEL '56.PAINTING DEPICTS THE SCENE ABOARD THE U.S.S. CHESAPEAKE AFTER THE FATAL WOUNDING OF CAPT. JAMES LAWRENCE, JUNE 1, 1813. THE SCENE SHOWS LAWRENCE BEING CARRIED BY HIS ENSIGNS AND SEAMEN IN A LITTER MADE FROM THE AMERICAN FLAG. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE AMERICAN CREW CAN BE SEEN DEFENDING AGAINST THE BOARDING OF THE BRITISH CREW.LAWRENCE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING THE ENCOUNTER ON JUNE 1, 1813 BETWEEN THE U.S.

FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE AND THE HMS SHANNON. THE NAVAL BATTLE OCCURRED IN THE OCEAN WATERS OFF OF BOSTON AND LASTED LESS THAN ONE HOUR. LAWRENCE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS DYING QUOTE: "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP."NOTE: CHAPPEL'S PAINTING WAS LATER

ENGRAVED BY HENRY BRYAN HALL FOR SPENCER'S "HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES."

HOFR 853

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Olive Trees in Corsica

101-207-W

DE LABOULAYE, Paul (1902-1961). Olive Trees in Corsica. Oil on canvas(?). In a molded, gilt frame.

HOFR 1071

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

L 15.13; W 14 in

101-205-E

Oil pain ng of F.D.R. at age 2. On back: (Franklin Delano Roosevelt conversa on with Miss Laura Delano)Black wooden frame, inner border gilt with oval.

HOFR 1112

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

H 25; W 21 in.

601-101-Loc11-a

FORBES, Charles Stuart. FDR at 14 years old, painted by Charles Stuart Forbes in 1897. The portrait depicts FDR in a jacket and e. Sara Roosevelt's diary states that this portrait was begun at Christmas of 1896 and finished by April 1897.

HOFR 1266

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A Pasture Brook

H 11.5; W 15.5 in.

101-202-W

POST, William Merrit. "A Pasture Brook"; oil on canvas; 1925, signed lower le "W. Merrit Post"101-202-W WALLpart of original stretcher 101-

HOFR 1772

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Clipper Ship "Surprise"

101-112-W

CLIPPER SHIP SURPRISE

HOFR 1947

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Not Provided

HOFR 2076

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Pastoral Landscape

H 37; W 48 in.

601-101-Loc11-c

Framed oil on canvas of a pastoral landscape in the Roman c tradi on with figure and his flock on rocky bank of rushing streambed and large tree on opposite bank, in a gilded frame. Probably one of the original artworks from the Roosevelt house before the rennova on and expansion (James and Rebecca era).A pastoral is a representa on in art that depicts the life of shephers with livestock, o en in an idealized manner. This pastoral is a classic nineteenth-century pain ng in the American Roman c tradi on and is possibly the work of an early Hudson River School painter.

HOFR 2444

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Cows at Pasture

601-101-Loc11-d

COWS GRAZING. A-PAINTING, B-FRAME

HOFR 2448

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Tibetan Monestary

601-103-Loc01-d-04

WATER PAINTING OF TIBETIAN MONASTARY, CENTRAL TIBET.

HOFR 2486

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Two Children (in the Manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence)

601-101-Loc11-b

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST. Portrait of two children in the manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence. The portriat is an almost direct copy of Sir Thomas Lawrence's "Calmady Children" (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The primary diference is the treatment of the hair.

HOFR 2825

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Ship at Sea

H 14; W 24 in.

601-101-Loc11-c

WILHEMSEN, C. Ship at Sea,1925. Oil on Canvas, in a gilt-wood frame.

HOFR 3007

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RMS Teutonic

H 20; W 36 in.

601-101-Loc11-c

WITHAM, J. "RMS Teutonic," Oil on Canvase, in gilt-wood frame. 1889. The RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast and was the first armed merchant cruiser.

HOFR 3020

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31" h; 42 3/4" w

101-116

GRIBBLE, Bernard Finegan (Bri sh, 1873-1962). Return of the Mayflower. Oil on canvas in a Louix XIV style gilded frame. The subject represents the arrival of the first American destroyers at Queenstown, sent to aid the Bri sh during World War I. The scene depicts a

HOFR 12173

fishermen in a sailboat welcoming the U.S. destroyers as they approach Queensland, Ireland on May 4, 1917 to hunt German submarines. FDR commissioned this work in 1919 a er seeing Gribble's larger version, of mural size, painted for the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. FDR had this pain ng and its companion "Surrender of the German Fleet" in the entrance hall at Springwood and later the Oval Office. Signed 'BERNARD.F.GRIBBLE.' (lower le ).

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View Near Anthony's Nose (Hudson Highlands)

H 78; W 78 in.

601-101-Loc34-c-01

MACDONALD, Helen Parson. Four-panel folding screen painted with view of Hudson River by Helen M. Parson MacDonald. The composi on is based on William H. Bartle 's popular engraving "View Near Anthony's Nose (Hudson Highlands)" published in "Picturesque America" by Nathaniel Willis (1840). Verso side of screen is painted olive green with each panel bearing the Roosevelt coat of arms. This is one of the original furnishings from Top Co age, commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt as a Christmas gi for FDR in 1939.Eleanor Roosevelt discusses this screen in her My Day column for January 5, 1940.

HOFR 13028

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