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

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Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)
ca. 1850
Christopher Columbus (1446-1506)
ca. 1835-1845
Window
1750-1850
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
Hide and Seek
1875
Charles Willoughby Dayton III (1846-1910)
1897
William Henry Shelton (1840-1932)
1880
Dr. Endicott Peabody (1857-1944)
1949
Hinge w/docu: ...South Gate of Fort Washington 1776-1783...
1760-1783
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1847
Frank Talbott, Jr.
1963
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century
Woodcarving (rooster on base)
1870-1920
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1922
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Achilles and Penthesilea
1857
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807)
1793
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
The Wrestlers
1881
Abraham DePeyster (1657-1728)
1893
Mrs. George Osgood Holyoke (1839-1910)
1862
Weathervane with eagle
1850-1880
Left hand of Ernest Henry Schelling (1876-1939)
1940
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
ca. 1890
Woodcarving: Cow with sticker on base
1850-1900
Box
1885
Constant Freeman
Late 18th century
A Matter Of Opinion
December 9, 1884
Gargoyle
ca. 1904
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
1907
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Woodcarving (bird)
1850-1900
Woodcarving (deer)
1850-1900
Nathan Straus (1848-1931)
1929
Medal: ...callad... Elihu Root
1906
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Woodcarving (dog and puppy)
1850-1900
The Bushwhacker: The Wife's Appeal for Peace
1865
Liberty Enlightening the World
ca. 1879-1883
Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847)
Mid-19th century
Push button assembly
ca. 1900
Pedestals (pair)
1880-1910
Hugh J. Grant (1853-1910)
Late 19th century
John McComb (1734-1811)
ca. 1800
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
1929
Framed plaque
1875-1925
Chief Black Hawk (1768-1838)
Mid-19th century
Daniel Parish, Jr. (1838-1914)
ca. 1890
The Village Schoolmaster
1861
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Woodcarving (eagle)
1850-1890
Rip Van Winkle On The Mountain
December 1871
Plaque:..from Washingtons farewell address...relief of G. W.
1880-1930
Jeremiah Dodge (1781-1860)
ca. 1835
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
William Henry Seward (1801-1872)
1857
Horse
Late 19th century
Plaque mounted on board: Declaration Of Independence
1976
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1923
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
Early 19th century
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Wolf
Late 19th century
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Early 20th century
The Referee
1880
Checkers Up At The Farm
1875
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
Mrs. Augustus Cornwall Downing (1827-1900)
1868
Support bracket
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer (1823-1897)
1849
Washington Allston (1767-1843)
1839
Plaque:Army...1880 Team: Division of the Missouri ...
ca. 1880
Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)
ca. 1865
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1850-1860
Mrs. Wynn Lawrence Le Page (Agnes Yarnell)
1925
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
School Days
1877
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Mid-19th century
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
George Ludwig Christian Scriba (1753-1836)
ca. 1800-1810
Woodcarving (hunter with rabbit)
1850-1900
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1838
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
"Is It So Nominated In The Bond?"
March 1880
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
ca. 1875
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
1905
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Robert Bacon (1860-1919)
1910
Figurine: Amish girl
1900-1940
The Picket Guard
1861
Figurine: Amish boy
1900-1940
Joseph Hume (1777-1855)
1821
John V. Lindsay (1921-2001)
ca. 1975
Woodcarving (male, Native American figure)
1850-1900
INV.714
Carved animal figures (13)
1850-1900
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
ca. 1800
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
ca. 1945
Plaque: presented by State Insurance Fund...N-YHS, 1933-58
1958
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
Parting Promise
1870
Checker Players
1860
Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874)
ca. 1835
Polo
1879
2000.34b
1992
Bell
ca.1646
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902)
ca. 1902
Oak pew fragments
1870-1920
Window light (panes)
1825-1925
Fanny Eissler (1810-1884)
Mid-19th century
Augustus Cornwall Downing (1817-1895)
1868
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
1834
Weighing The Baby
1876
Woodcarving (parrot)
1850-1890
Benjamin Fordyce Barker, M. D. (1818-1891)
ca. 1860
Plaque:relief of Lincoln, Gettysburg address...
1880-1930
Plaque
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Figurine: serves as a container lid
1750-1850
David Morrison (1823-1896)
ca. 1865
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
Woodcarving: painted cow on base
1800-1900
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
1838
Fetching The Doctor
1881
Wooden egg
1800-1900
Bayard Dodge (1887/8-1972)
1962
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
Early 20th century
Unidentified man, possibly Winter
Early 18th century
The Photographer
1878
Marble brick or marker: Hudson
ca.1877
Architectural fragment
ca. 1870-1910
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
INV.1300
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
ca. 1790-95
George B. Cutten (1874-1962)
1947
Bronx Borough Seal
1930-1940
George Washington (1732-1799)
1858 (patented)
The Bronco Buster
1895 (copyright)
Unidentified woman
1960
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Early 19th century
Coming To The Parson
1870
Tablet
1840-1857
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
The Favored Scholar
1873
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
1862
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
1892
Neighboring Pews
December 1883
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
1887
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
ca. 1862
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1828
Door handle, latch and back plate
1680-1750
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869-1940)
1941
Figurine: Amish man
1900-1940
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
George Washington (1732-1799)
19th century
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1818
Admiral Earl Howe
1798
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th Century
John Jay (1745-1829)
circa 1792
Chickens
1890-1910
Michael de Kovats (1724-1779)
1939
Plaque: presented State Insurance Fund,Award..1955.-YHS
1955
Joe's Farewell
1871
Woodcarving (male figure with flute)
1850-1900
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Richard Smith Clark (1803-1884)
1854
Wood inlay of ship in seascape
19th century
Location where Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1804) was wounded
ca. 1805
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Daniel Jerome MacGowan, M.D. (1815-1893)
ca. 1865
Architectural ornament from the Laing store
1849
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
1839
Marie Faglion
Mid-19th century
Stephen Burroughs (1795-1840)
Mid-19th century
Plaque
ca. 1865
Fetching The Doctor
December 6, 1881
Woodcarving (owl)
ca. 1890-1920
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
After 1809
Me-ghe-ke-le-au-tah
Mid-19th century
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Charles Ira Bushnell (1826-1883)
1855-1860
John Muir (1838-1914)
1919
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th-early 20th century
George Mitchell (1828-1889)
1866
Hugh Williamson, M.D. (1735-1819)
1816
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
Taking The Oath And Drawing Rations
November 1865
Stanley Field
1931
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
ca. 1931
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century to early 19th century
Rip Van Winkle Returned
1871
Brick
1680-1750
Bust (sketch) of Frederick Douglass
2011
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
ca. 1865-1868
Weighing The Baby
1941
Wendell Lewis Wilkie (1892-1944)
1944
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Elisha Kent Kane, M. D. (1820-1857)
1857
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
ca. 1900
Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888)
1892
Black Magi
ca. 1750
George Washington (1732-1799)
mid 19th century
Plaque: St. Nicholas...Dec. 6, 1909, 1609-1807
1910
The Charity Patient
October 1866
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
We Boys
1872
Chalkware (clock)
1850-1890
Charles Wilkes (1764-1833)
1830
Diana of the Tower
1899
Faust and Marguerite: Their First Meeting
1890
John Watts De Peyster (1821-1907)
1897
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919)
1920
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1900
Brick
1650-1750
Thomas John Watson (1874-1956)
1946
Woodcarving (parrot on green base)
1850-1890
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
April 1885
Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)
ca. 1840
Woodcarving (parrot on "basket" of flowers)
ca. 1870
Fire Chief Harry Howard
ca. 1857
Country Post Office: News From The Army
1863
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Checkers Up At The Farm
December 28, 1875
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
Plaque: The Belmont Stakes 1896...
1896
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
1867
Woodcarving (male figure with trumpet)
1850-1900
John Rogers III (1866-1939)
1871
Plaque, Washington Irving.
Weathervane
1870-1900
Man with baby, rattle, and diaper bag
1997
Chimney breast
1763-1764
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th century
Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
1890
Wounded Scout, A Friend In the Swamp
1864
Plaque
ca. 1920
George Washington (1732-1799)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1778
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
ca. 1955
Union Refugees
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
The Camp Fire: Making Friends with the Cook
January 1862
plaque: Society of American Fakirs
1900
Sojourner Truth Monument
1999
Stained glass windows (5, in 9 pieces)
1825-1850
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
William Beach Lawrence (1800-1881)
1877
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Bacchante
ca. 1840
Fairy's Whisper
September 1860
Mrs. George G. Frelinghuysen
1935
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Chalkware (ewe and lamb)
1850-1890
Neighboring Pews
1883
Weighing The Baby
1876
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
1902
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1900
Playing Doctor
1872
Dr. Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973)
1953
Plaque: Independent Royal Arch. Lodge...Feb. 8, 1911
ca. 1910
George Clinton (1739-1812)
1792
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century or early 20th century
The Foundling
1870
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1915
George Washington (1732-1799)
1875-1900
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)
ca. 1865
Ernest Taylor Pyle ("Ernie," 1900-1945)
1944
Maquette for The Katastwóf Karavan
2017
Frank Mayo (1839-1896) as Davy Crockett
1883
Chalkware (clock)
1850-1890
X-53
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1778
Rip Van Winkle On The Mountain
1871
Philip Hone (1781-1851)
ca. 1825-30
Chalkware (urn)
1850-1890
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
1904
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1935-1940
Mrs. Isaac Otis (ca. 1828-1868)
1870
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
1950
The Balcony
June 1879
John Henry Hobart, D.D. (1775-1830)
ca. 1832
Winter
early 20th century
Liberty Enlightening the World
1878-1886
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Woodcarving (chicken)
1870-1920
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
December 6, 1907
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Plaque
ca. 1909
Dr. Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842-1933)
ca. 1932
Challenging The Union Vote
1869
Faust and Marguerite, Their First Meeting
1890
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Sunshine (with Stripes)
1993
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mid 19th century
Ernest Henry Schelling (1876-1939)
1940
The First Ride
1888
Mrs. Archibald McVickar (1792-1854)
1815
Painting and Sculpture
Early 19th century
William Pitt (1759-1806)
1801
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
The Favored Scholar
1941
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Captain James Lawrence (d. 1813) and his infant son James Montaudevert Lawrence, (1813-1814)
1814
Bronze statuette: female figure in flowing garments
late 19th Century
Tombstone (First used as the pedestal for the equestrian statue of George III)
ca. 1770
INV.15
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
1859
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
Group of a Boy and Dog, or Chi Vinci, Mangia
ca. 1844
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1838
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
ca. 1816-17
Victor Granados
1943
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
1907
Window
1850-1950
Bubbles
1873
Birds and fruit
1850-1900
Bust (sketch) of Abraham Lincoln
2011
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
A Frolic At The Old Homestead
1887
Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937)
1935
Stained glass window
1850-1950
James Kent (1763-1847)
1840
Architectural ornament from the Laing store
1849
Joseph M. White (1781-1839)
ca. 1834-1835
Milliner's head
1820-1870
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th-early 19th century
James Rushmore Wood, M.D. (1816-1882)
ca. 1860-1865
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946)
1939
Radical Love, Chelsea Manning
2016
Uncle Ned's School
1866
Woodcarving (parrot)
1850-1890
The New York City Nutcracker
ca. 1991-94
Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church
1888
Chess
1889
Philip Hone (1780-1851)
1839
Artur Bodansky (1877-1939)
1941
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th or early 19th century
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
La Grazia
ca. 1845
Woodcarving (dog)
1850-1900
Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1917
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
ca. 1909
Fall
early 20th century
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Benjamin West (1738-1820)
1811
Chalkware (Mantel ornament: leaf spray)
1850-1890
Portrait medallion on wooden panel
1919
Robert Fulton (1765-1815), with Model of First Steamboat
1900-1920
Bacchante and Infant Faun
1894
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
1958
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
1914
Fragment of molding
1880-1930
The Most Incredible Dogwalker
2000
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Diana and Fawn
1939
Mrs. James Madison (1731-1829)
ca. 1816
Finial (roof ornament)
1820-1880
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
1885
Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827)
Possibly late 19th century
Wood fragments from Burnham's Tavern
ca. 1792
Neighboring Pews
1941
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
1850-1890
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
ca. 1835
Tombstone of Michael Cresap.
ca. 1775
INV.1350
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
ca. 1800-1809
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Case of miniature silhouettes
1825-1900
Two Putti and an Apple Tree
Mid-19th century
Unidentified man
19th century
Samuel Bonarios Grimson
1924
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1900
Mantel ornament in shape of pinecone
1850-1890
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Wounded Scout, A Friend In The Swamp
1864
George Barrell Cheever, D.D. (1807-1890)
ca. 1850
We Boys
May 14, 1872
INV.707
Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932)
1924
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1789
Polo
1879
Joseph Keppler, Sr. (1838-1894)
1894
Eagle
ca. 1880-1882
James Monroe (1758-1831)
1817
Henry Hudson Monument
1909
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
The Balcony
1879
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Late 19th century
The Town Pump
1862
Chalkware ("Bloomer Girl")
1850-60
A 'pital Joke
ca. 1870-1890
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
The Peddler At The Fair
1878
Isaac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852)
ca. 1845
Joseph C. Heywood (1820-1900)
ca. 1872
The Watch On The Santa Maria
1892
Mrs. Richard Hoffman (1848-1921)
1919
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1950-1959
Union Refugees
1863
The Hiker
1904
Bacchus
ca. 1840-50
Spring
early 20th century
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Joseph Keppler, Sr. (1838-1894)
1894
Woodcarving (female figure)
1850-1900
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1900
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Figurine: Amish woman
1900-1940
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1840-1850
Coming to the Parson
1974
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (ca. 1850-1881)
1871
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
circa 1876
Decorative mount/blade
1800-1900
Porcelain figure: Woman with orange jacket and running shoes
1997
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Early 20th century
James Madison (1751-1836)
ca. 1816
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
1962-63
Urn with cover
1870-1900
Katherine Rebecca Rogers (1868-1956)
1874
Life mask: John Rogers
Elgin Marbles (reproduction)
1811-1823
The Council Of War
1868
Chalkware (bird)
1850-1890
George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)
ca. 1860-1862
Isaac Wyman Drummond (1855-1933)
1912
Scale Model Monument/Andrew Green, Father of Greater New York
2007
Bell with wall mount
1875-1900
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
ca. 1872
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1959
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
General Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Late 19th century
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
1911
Richard Hoffman (1831-1909)
1909
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817)
ca. 1800
INV.245
Landing Of The Norsemen
1893
Sophie Frances Hurlbut (1833-1880)
1853
Abraham Varick (1750-1810)
ca. 1800
We Boys
May 11, 1872
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
ca. 1920-25
Asher Brown Durand, 1796-1886
1840-1841
School Days
September 1877
Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940)
1947
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1907
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
1836
John Pintard (1759-1844)
1857
Chalkware (bird)
1850-1890
Politics
1888
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
1925
Mail Day
1863
Chalkware (dog)
1850-1890
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
1763
Two Eagles
1750-1800
The Elder's Daughter
1886
William Warner Hoppin, Jr. (1839-1913)
1846
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
1905
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Wolf and Lamb
ca. 1870
Indian Woman
1878-88
Horse on base
1800-1900
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Francois Joseph Talma
ca. 1850
Summer
early 20th century
Figurine
1890-1930
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1904
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Albert Eugene Gallatin (1881-1952)
1919
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th-early 19th century
Figurines (4)
1900-1940
Unidentified woman (Bowen family?)
Early 19th century
The Bath
by 1894
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Faust and Marguerite Leaving the Garden
1891
Pierre Lecompte du Nouy (1883-1947)
1948
Decorative Plaster Ornament from the Biltmore Theatre
ca. 1925
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1860-1870
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Pre 1839

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