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Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal

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Hickson Woolman Field (1788-1873)
ca. 1835
William Sulzer (1863-1941)
1910
Woodcarving: painted cow on base
1800-1900
Woodcarving: Rooster W/2 eyebolts and screw
1870-1920
Judge Henry E. Howland
1892
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
1936
Woodcarving (Man playing harp)
1850-1900
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
ca. 1800
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
Plaque
ca. 1865
Weathervane
1800-1830
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer (1823-1897)
1849
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
After 1809
Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1960)
ca. 1945
Plaque:Army...1880 Team: Division of the Missouri ...
ca. 1880
Mantel
1760-1810
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)
1831
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1865
John Christopher Kunze, D.D. (1744-1807)
Early 19th century
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Bayard Dodge (1887/8-1972)
1962
Woodcarving (poodle)
ca. 1870
Wounded To The Rear, One More Shot
1864
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1838
The Photographer
1878
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
Early 19th century
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
ca. 1875
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Politics
September 1888
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
Going For The Cows
1873
Mrs. James Roosevelt (1855-1941)
1940
Unidentified woman
1960
Putti in a Fountain
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th Century
John V. Lindsay (1921-2001)
ca. 1975
Tablet
1840-1857
Medal: Alejo Rossell... montevideo
1906
Carved animal figures (13)
1850-1900
Pilaster
1760-1810
George Washington Bowen (1794-1885)
1885
Marshall Field III (1893-1956)
1958
Groom
ca. 1865
Member of the Vanden Huysen Family (Wife)
Early 18th century
Door handle, latch and back plate
1680-1750
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Reverend Charles Washington Baird, D.D. (1828-1887)
1887
2000.34b
1992
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876)
Mid-19th century
William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902)
ca. 1902
Checker Players
1860
Unidentified man
1928
Window light (panes)
1825-1925
Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779-1820)
Possibly late 19th century
Mantelpiece in 13 pieces
19th century
Candace T. Wheeler (ca. 1848-1876)
1863
Plaque: presented State Insurance Fund,Award..1955.-YHS
1955
James F. Drummond
1870-1875
Woodcarving (eagle)
Plaque
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
The Slave Auction
1859
David Morrison (1823-1896)
ca. 1865
Diedrich Knickerbocker
ca. 1850-1867
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
George Mitchell (1828-1889)
1866
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
1922
Nathan Straus (1848-1931)
1929
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century
Woodcarving (dog and puppy)
1850-1900
William Astor Chanler (1867-1934)
1910
Architectural fragment
ca. 1870-1910
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
ca. 1955
Window
1750-1850
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
ca. 1790-95
The Camp Fire: Making Friends with the Cook
January 1862
Charles Willoughby Dayton III (1846-1910)
1897
Bronx Borough Seal
1930-1940
Posts (2)
1800-1900
Napoleon Bonaparte, (1796-1821), Apollo Belvedere
Mid-19th century
Daniel Parish, Jr. (1838-1914)
ca. 1890
Member of the Vanden Huysen Family (Son)
Early 18th century
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Stanley Field
1931
Woodcarving (eagle)
1850-1890
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
1862
Rip Van Winkle Returned
1871
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
1887
Stained glass window
1825-1850
The Wrestlers
1881
De Witt Clinton (1769-1828)
ca. 1825
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
Early 19th century
George Ludwig Christian Scriba
ca. 1789
Black Magi
ca. 1750
Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)
ca. 1850
David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870)
1867
Admiral Earl Howe
1798
The Charity Patient
October 1866
A Matter Of Opinion
December 9, 1884
Chickens
1890-1910
Mantel
1760-1810
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Dr. Sanford Gifford (1892-1944)
1944
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1847
George William Curtis (1824-1892)
ca. 1880
Brick
1650-1750
Woodcarving (rooster on base)
1870-1920
George Washington (1732-1799)
1878
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847)
Mid-19th century
Daniel Jerome MacGowan, M.D. (1815-1893)
ca. 1865
The Tap on the Window
1874
Hugh J. Grant (1853-1910)
Late 19th century
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
1839
Washington
1875
Weathervane with eagle
1850-1880
Triumph of Justinian
1858
Plaque: The Belmont Stakes 1896...
1896
Woodcarving: Cow with sticker on base
1850-1900
Home Guard: Midnight On The Border
1865
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
John Rogers III (1866-1939)
1871
Plaque:..from Washingtons farewell address...relief of G. W.
1880-1930
John Muir (1838-1914)
1919
Plaque:relief of Lincoln, Gettysburg address...
1880-1930
William Beach Lawrence (1800-1881)
1877
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1853 (patented)
Figurine: serves as a container lid
1750-1850
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Football
1891
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
ca. 1945
Harris Fahnestock (1869-1939)
1937
Parting Promise
1870
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957)
1927
Bust (sketch) of Frederick Douglass
2011
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
Checkers Up At The Farm
1875
Wendell Lewis Wilkie (1892-1944)
1944
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Support bracket
Elisha Kent Kane, M. D. (1820-1857)
1857
Brick
1650-1750
The Fisher Girl
1860
Augustus Cornwall Downing (1817-1895)
1868
Earl of Lauderdale
1806
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Mrs. George G. Frelinghuysen
1935
Woodcarving (parrot)
1850-1890
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Late 19th century
Charles Wilkes (1764-1833)
1830
Neighboring Pews
1883
Woodcarving (hunter with rabbit)
1850-1900
John Watts De Peyster (1821-1907)
1897
Stained glass window
1825-1850
"Is It So Nominated In The Bond?"
March 1880
Mrs. John James Audubon (Lucy Green Bakewell, 1787-1874)
1960
Fetching The Doctor
1881
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
1809
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1915
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Early 20th century
The Peddler At The Fair
1878
Woodcarving (parrot on "basket" of flowers)
ca. 1870
Ernest Taylor Pyle ("Ernie," 1900-1945)
1944
Joseph Hume (1777-1855)
1821
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Ventilator and weathervane
1825-1875
INV.714
Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
1941
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1850-1860
Young buck
20th century
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
1904
School Days
1877
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century
Man with baby, rattle, and diaper bag
1997
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
1950
Polo
1879
Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
1890
Phrenology At The Fancy Dress Ball
1886
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
Plaque
ca. 1920
James Greenleaf Croswell (ca. 1852-1915)
1918
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
Early 20th century
Plaque
ca. 1909
Figurine: Amish girl
1900-1940
Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834-1899)
1901
Sojourner Truth Monument
1999
Faust and Marguerite, Their First Meeting
1890
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
1958
Me-ghe-ke-le-au-tah
Mid-19th century
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
1859
The Indian Hunter
1860
Charles Ira Bushnell (1826-1883)
1855-1860
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
1846-1847
Michael de Kovats (1724-1779)
1939
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Woodcarving (male figure with flute)
1850-1900
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
1956
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
1902
Wood fragments from Burnham's Tavern
ca. 1792
Marble brick or marker: Hudson
ca.1877
Dr. Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973)
1953
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
INV.1300
George Clinton (1739-1812)
1792
Brick
1700-1750
Mrs. John Archibold (Lucy)
1949
Stephen Burroughs (1795-1840)
Mid-19th century
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
ca. 1800
Maquette for The Katastwóf Karavan
2017
Victor Granados
1943
Woodcarving (owl)
ca. 1890-1920
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
X-53
Bubbles
1873
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Philip Hone (1781-1851)
ca. 1825-30
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Neighboring Pews
December 1883
Roman Head, possibly Achilles
Possibly of classical origin, ca. 400
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Unidentified man, possibly Winter
Early 18th century
A Matter of Opinion
1884
Winter
early 20th century
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946)
1939
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1818
Woodcarving (chicken)
1870-1920
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
John Jay (1745-1829)
circa 1792
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1919-1920
The Bronco Buster
1895 (copyright)
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1794
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Coming To The Parson
1870
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
ca. 1850-1860
Sunshine (with Stripes)
1993
Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1917
Wood inlay of ship in seascape
19th century
Ernest Henry Schelling (1876-1939)
1940
The Foundling
1870
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mrs. Archibald McVickar (1792-1854)
1815
William Earl Dodge, Sr. (1805-1883)
1888
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1828
Joshua Brookes (1773-1859)
ca. 1845-1850
Portrait medallion on wooden panel
1919
Figurine: Amish man
1900-1940
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1901
Bronze statuette: female figure in flowing garments
late 19th Century
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (ca. 1850-1881)
1871
plaque: Society of American Fakirs
1900
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
ca. 1800-1809
Mrs. John Jones Schermerhorn (ca. 1810-1840)
1837
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
Pedestal for sculpture "Faust and Marguerite - Their First Meeting"
ca. 1885
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
The Wrestlers
1881
Woodcarving (male figure with trumpet)
1850-1900
Amerique
ca. 1840
Bust (sketch) of Abraham Lincoln
2011
Elgin Marbles (reproduction)
1811-1823
Brick
1680-1750
Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937)
1935
George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)
ca. 1860-1862
Weighing The Baby
1941
James Kent (1763-1847)
1840
Plaque:..July 12, 1812, Down; Paris, St. Germain...
1892
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1943
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1778
R. Orr - Paisley
1803
Radical Love, Chelsea Manning
2016
Samuel Bonarios Grimson
1924
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Unidentified man (Bowen family?)
ca. 1830-40
The New York City Nutcracker
ca. 1991-94
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Chalkware (clock)
1850-1890
Philip Hone (1780-1851)
1839
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Faust and Marguerite: Their First Meeting
1890
A Dog Stretching
Late 19th century
Taking The Oath And Drawing Rations
November 1865
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Henry Hudson Monument
1909
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century to early 19th century
"Madam, Your Mother Craves A Word With You"
1886
Fall
early 20th century
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Late 19th century
Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)
ca. 1840
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
1855
Country Post Office: News From The Army
1863
Pedestal for sculpture "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
ca. 1885
Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888)
1892
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
Mrs. Richard Hoffman (1848-1921)
1919
Plaque: St. Nicholas...Dec. 6, 1909, 1609-1807
1910
John Quidor (1801-1881)
ca. 1825
The Most Incredible Dogwalker
2000
The Hiker
1904
Weathervane
1870-1900
Mrs. James Madison (1731-1829)
ca. 1816
The School Examination
1867
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th century
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Washington
1875
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1900
John A. Devereux (1859-1954)
1871
Figurine: Amish woman
1900-1940
Woodcarving (parrot on green base)
1850-1890
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
ca. 1930
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
ca. 1835
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
ca. 1890
Scale Model Monument/Andrew Green, Father of Greater New York
2007
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Captain James Lawrence (d. 1813) and his infant son James Montaudevert Lawrence, (1813-1814)
1814
Constant Freeman
Late 18th century
INV.15
Case of miniature silhouettes
1825-1900
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
1907
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Woodcarving (deer)
1850-1900
Challenging The Union Vote
1869
Milliner's head
1820-1870
George Barrell Cheever, D.D. (1807-1890)
ca. 1850
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945)
1900
Weighing The Baby
1876
Liberty Enlightening the World
ca. 1879-1883
Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932)
1924
Fighting Bob
1889
Playing Doctor
1872
Joseph Keppler, Sr. (1838-1894)
1894
Pedestals (pair)
1880-1910
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
1929
William Pitt (1759-1806)
1801
Chief Black Hawk (1768-1838)
Mid-19th century
Richard Hoffman (1831-1909)
1909
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
A 'pital Joke
ca. 1870-1890
Landing Of The Norsemen
1893
Chalkware (clock)
1850-1890
Isaac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852)
ca. 1845
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Rip Van Winkle On The Mountain
1871
Horse
Late 19th century
Fairy's Whisper
September 1860
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1923
John Pintard (1759-1844)
1857
Chalkware (ewe and lamb)
1850-1890
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Spring
early 20th century
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
1925
John Henry Hobart, D.D. (1775-1830)
ca. 1832
Woodcarving (female figure)
1850-1900
Hide and Seek
1875
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Dr. Endicott Peabody (1857-1944)
1949
The Foundling
1870
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
Wolf and Lamb
ca. 1870
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)
ca. 1865
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century
Porcelain figure: Woman with orange jacket and running shoes
1997
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
James Madison (1751-1836)
ca. 1816
Achilles and Penthesilea
1857
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mid 19th century
Urn with cover
1870-1900
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century
Mrs. George Osgood Holyoke (1839-1910)
1862
Figurines (4)
1900-1940
Mrs. Isaac Otis (ca. 1828-1868)
1870
Woodcarving (dog)
1850-1900
Robert Bacon (1860-1919)
1910
Weighing The Baby
1877
Ball from the steeple of the Garden Street Church
ca. 1750
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
Samuel Osgood, D.D. (1812-1880)
1869
Figurine: Amish boy
1900-1940
INV.1350
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
Woodcarving (male, Native American figure)
1850-1900
Chalkware (Mantel ornament: leaf spray)
1850-1890
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
ca. 1800
Bacchante and Infant Faun
1894
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
Abraham Varick (1750-1810)
ca. 1800
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
Birds and fruit
1850-1900
Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874)
ca. 1835
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
ca. 1920-25
"Ha! I Like Not That!"
August 1882
A Frolic At The Old Homestead
1887
Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940)
1947
Bell
ca.1646
Oak pew fragments
1870-1920
Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827)
Possibly late 19th century
Fanny Eissler (1810-1884)
Mid-19th century
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
1850-1890
Weighing The Baby
1876
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
1763
Parting Promise
1870
Woodcarving (parrot)
1850-1890
William Warner Hoppin, Jr. (1839-1913)
1846
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Chess
1889
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
ca. 1816-17
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
1838
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
ca. 1848
Window
1850-1950
Wolf
Late 19th century
Summer
early 20th century
General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)
ca. 1919
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
ca. 1909
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Mrs. Augustus Cornwall Downing (1827-1900)
1868
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Washington Allston (1767-1843)
1839
Joseph M. White (1781-1839)
ca. 1834-1835
Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)
ca. 1865
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
James Rushmore Wood, M.D. (1816-1882)
ca. 1860-1865
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Decorative Plaster Ornament from the Biltmore Theatre
ca. 1925
Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)
1948
Fragment of molding
1880-1930
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Pre 1839
George Ludwig Christian Scriba (1753-1836)
ca. 1800-1810
Diana and Fawn
1939
Theodore Allen (1800-1850)
ca. 1836
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th or early 19th century
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
1905
Weathervane
1880-1900
Weathervane
1850-1900
Union Refugees
1863
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869-1940)
1941
Seal of the State of New York
ca. 1840-1880
Lord Eldon, John Scott (1751-1838)
1838
Isaac Wyman Drummond (1855-1933)
1912
Mrs. Philip M. Lydig (1879-1929)
1928
George Washington (1732-1799)
19th century
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
ca. 1872
Blade fragment
ca. 1800
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th Century
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Coming to the Parson
1974
Joe's Farewell
1871
Carved panel with ale shop
1875-1925
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Wounded Scout, A Friend In The Swamp
1864
Richard Smith Clark (1803-1884)
1854
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833)
ca. 1840
Unidentified man
Late 18th century
INV.707
William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874)
1874
Location where Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1804) was wounded
ca. 1805
Polo
1879
Architectural ornament from the Laing store
1849
Life mask: John Rogers
Marie Faglion
Mid-19th century
Stone marker
possibly 19th century
Chalkware (bird)
1850-1890
Fetching The Doctor
December 6, 1881
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
1763
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828)
1817
Chalkware ("Bloomer Girl")
1850-60
David Hosack, M.D. (1769-1835)
ca. 1825-1830
Stained glass window
1825-1850
The Peddler At The Fair
1878
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th-early 20th century
Unidentified man
19th century
Hugh Williamson, M.D. (1735-1819)
1816
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1835-1840
Mantel ornament in shape of pinecone
1850-1890
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
Early 20th century
Bell/buzzer unit
ca. 1950
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
June 1921
Bacchus
ca. 1840-50
Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
1810
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Joseph Keppler, Sr. (1838-1894)
1894
George B. Cutten (1874-1962)
1947
James Monroe (1758-1831)
1817
George Washington (1732-1799)
1858 (patented)
Chalkware (mantel ornament: a spray of fruit and leaves)
1850-1890
The Balcony
1879
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Early 19th century

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