Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Van Nest (1813-1892)
Object Number:
1939.273
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. ( 92.1 x 74.3 cm )
Gallery Label:
John, the son of Abraham Van Nest, Sr., and Margaret (Field) Van Nest, was a banker and businessman of New York. From 1843-53 he was a director of the Greenwich Savings Bank and was a member of the firm of Van Nest and Hayden, saddlery hardware merchants. From 1843 until his death he was a member of The New-York Historical Society. His portrait was a gift to the Society from the estate of his granddaughter.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Mary Vanderpool Van Nest through Sarah H. Van Nest
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
