Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825–1861

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Presentation Vase, 1825
Thomas Fletcher (American, 1787–1866), designer; Sidney Gardiner (American, 1785–1827), designer; Fletcher and Gardiner, Philadelphia (active 1808–1827), manufacturer
Silver; 23 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (60.4 x 52 cm)
Gift of the Erving and Joyce Wolf Foundation, 1988 (1988.199)

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Marquis de Lafayette, 1825–26
Samuel F. B. Morse (American, 1791–1872)
Oil on canvas; 94 x 64 in. (238.8 x 162.6 cm)
Collection of the City of New York, courtesy of the Art Commission of the City of New York

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Eel Spearing at Setauket, 1845
William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868)
Oil on canvas; 28 1/2 x 36 in. (72.4 x 91.4 cm)
New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, Gift of Stephen C. Clark

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Greek Slave, Modeled 1841–43; carved 1847
Hiram Powers (American, 1805–1873)
Marble; H. 65 1/2 in. (166.4 cm); Diam. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
Collection of The Newark Museum, Gift of Franklin Murphy, Jr.

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Walt Whitman, ca. 1854
Attributed to Gabriel Harrison (American, 1818–1902)
Daguerreotype; Quarter plate 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm)
The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Rare Books Division

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New York, 1855, from the Latting Observatory, 1855
William Wellstood (American, 1819–1900), engraver; after Benjamin F. Smith Jr. (American, 1830–1927)
Smith, Fern, and Company, New York, publishers
Engraving with hand coloring; 29 3/8 x 46 1/16 in. (74.6 x 117.0 cm)
The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Arts, Prints and Photographs, The Phelps Stokes Collection, Print Collection

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Reception Room Cabinet, New York City, ca. 1860
Gustave Herter (American, 1830–1898)
Bird's eye maple, rosewood, ebony, marquetry of various woods, white pine, cherry, popular, oak, oil on canvas, gilt bronze, brass inlay, gilding, and mirror glass; 90 1/4 x 59 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (229.2 x 151.8 x 49.5 cm)
Victoria Mansion, The Morse-Libby House, Portland, Maine

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Compote, 1861
Long Island Flint Glass Works of Christian Dorflinger, Brooklyn, New York, 1852–63
Blown, colorless glass with cut and engraved decoration; H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); Diam. (rim) 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Gift of Katheryn Hait Dorflinger Manchee, 1972 (1972.232.1)