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I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)

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Mrs. Wynn Lawrence Le Page (Agnes Yarnell)
1925
Amerique
ca. 1840
Wounded To The Rear, One More Shot
1864
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Mid-19th century
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Wax-Relief Portrait of a Member of the Vanden Huysen Family (Daughter).
Early 18th century
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1838
Plaque:..July 12, 1812, Down; Paris, St. Germain...
1892
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
1825
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
ca. 1875
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1943
Taking The Oath And Drawing Rations
1865
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
R. Orr - Paisley
1803
William Francis Gibbs (1886-1967)
1955
The Picket Guard
1861
Unidentified man (Bowen family?)
ca. 1830-40
General James Bowen (1808-1886)
ca. 1840
John V. Lindsay (1921-2001)
ca. 1975
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Woodcarving (dog)
Carved animal figures (13)
1850-1900
A Dog Stretching
Late 19th century
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Plaque: presented by State Insurance Fund...N-YHS, 1933-58
1958
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Woodcarving (dog)
1850-1900
Checker Players
1860
"Madam, Your Mother Craves A Word With You"
1886
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
1948
2000.34b
1992
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
1855
Returned Volunteer: How The Fort Was Taken
1864
William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902)
ca. 1902
Pedestal for sculpture "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
ca. 1885
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid 19th century
Window light (panes)
1825-1925
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
Pere Hyacinthe (1828-1912)
1870
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
1834
John Quidor (1801-1881)
ca. 1825
Benjamin Fordyce Barker, M. D. (1818-1891)
ca. 1860
Unidentified Woman Riding a Lion
Late 19th century
Plaque
The School Examination
1867
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th century
David Morrison (1823-1896)
ca. 1865
Washington
1875
Woodcarving: painted cow on base
1800-1900
John A. Devereux (1859-1954)
1871
Mrs. William Gage Lambert (1797-1875)
1848
Wooden egg
1800-1900
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
ca. 1930
The First Ride
June 1888
The Referee
1880
Weighing The Baby
1876
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
Mrs. John Jones Schermerhorn (ca. 1810-1840)
1837
Woodcarving (Male christ figure w/detachable legs)
1870-1920
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer (1823-1897)
1849
Pedestal for sculpture "Faust and Marguerite - Their First Meeting"
ca. 1885
Plaque:Army...1880 Team: Division of the Missouri ...
ca. 1880
The Wrestlers
1881
Chalkware (seated boy)
1850-1890
Unidentified woman
1960
Milliner's head
1820-1870
The Shaughraun and "Tatters"
1875
Tablet
1840-1857
Liberty Enlightening the World
ca. 1879-1883
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
1837
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
1862
Pedestals (pair)
1880-1910
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1792-1800
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
1887
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
1929
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
ca. 1800
Door handle, latch and back plate
1680-1750
Chief Black Hawk (1768-1838)
Mid-19th century
Pierre Simon LaPlace (1749-1827)
Mid-19th century
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Dr. Albert Simard
1930
Admiral Earl Howe
1798
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Unidentified man
1958
Chickens
1890-1910
Horse
Late 19th century
Eagle ornament for flag staff
1930-1945
Plaque: presented State Insurance Fund,Award..1955.-YHS
1955
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1923
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1851
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Richard Hoffman, III (nephew of the artist)
1917
Hide and Seek
1875
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1861
Daniel Jerome MacGowan, M.D. (1815-1893)
ca. 1865
Dr. Endicott Peabody (1857-1944)
1949
Plaque: Jenny Lind
1850-1880
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
1839
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
INV.102
Plaque
ca. 1865
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
After 1809
Left hand of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1886
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Achilles and Penthesilea
1857
Plaque
1850-1900
John Muir (1838-1914)
1919
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
George Mitchell (1828-1889)
1866
Mrs. George Osgood Holyoke (1839-1910)
1862
Elihu Burritt (1810-1897)
Mid-19th century
Bayard Dodge (1887/8-1972)
1962
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
ca. 1890
"Why Don't You Speak For Yourself, John?"
1884
The Photographer
1878
The Favored Scholar
1873
Architectural fragment
ca. 1870-1910
Constant Freeman
Late 18th century
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
ca. 1790-95
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
1907
Bronx Borough Seal
1930-1940
Woodcarving (deer)
1850-1900
Chalkware (mantel ornament: leaf spray)
1850-1890
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
ca. 1800
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Mid-19th century
Black Magi
ca. 1750
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
Coming To The Parson
1870
The Charity Patient
October 1866
Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874)
ca. 1835
Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) (one of a set of five)
20th century
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Charles Wilkes (1764-1833)
1830
Bell
ca.1646
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
John Watts De Peyster (1821-1907)
1897
Oak pew fragments
1870-1920
General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
1891
Brick
1650-1750
Fanny Eissler (1810-1884)
Mid-19th century
Professor William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966)
1962
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
Weighing The Baby
1876
Venus Italica
Mid-19th century
Woodcarving (parrot on "basket" of flowers)
ca. 1870
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
The Sitter
1878
Plaque: The Belmont Stakes 1896...
1896
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
1838
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
John Rogers III (1866-1939)
1871
Wolf
Late 19th century
Mrs. Edwin Denison Morgan (Elizabeth Emmet, 1897-1934)
1935
Man with baby, rattle, and diaper bag
1997
Mrs. Augustus Cornwall Downing (1827-1900)
1868
Woodcarving (bird)
1850-1900
Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
1890
Washington Allston (1767-1843)
1839
Robert Dodge (1820-1899)
1873
Plaque
ca. 1920
Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)
ca. 1865
INV.751
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
ca. 1955
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
The Camp Fire: Making Friends with the Cook
January 1862
Eugene Field (1850-1895)
Late 19th/Early 20th century
Sojourner Truth Monument
1999
George Ludwig Christian Scriba (1753-1836)
ca. 1800-1810
Arm of David Rogers (1876-1943)
1879
William Beach Lawrence (1800-1881)
1877
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
1905
Woodcarving (man holding chicken)
1850-1900
Stanley Field
1931
Robert Bacon (1860-1919)
1910
Coming To The Parson
October 1870
Rip Van Winkle Returned
1871
Augustus VanHorne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
ca. 1923
Bust (sketch) of Frederick Douglass
2011
Figurine: Amish boy
1900-1940
Woodcarving (male figure carrying jugs)
1850-1900
Wendell Lewis Wilkie (1892-1944)
1944
Woodcarving (male, Native American figure)
1850-1900
Elisha Kent Kane, M. D. (1820-1857)
1857
George Clinton (1739-1812)
1792
Louis P. Durr (1821-1880)
ca. 1884
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1915
Joe's Farewell
1871
Rip Van Winkle at Home
1871
Ernest Taylor Pyle ("Ernie," 1900-1945)
1944
Richard Smith Clark (1803-1884)
1854
Maquette for The Katastwóf Karavan
2017
Joseph Clay Neal (1807-1847)
Mid-19th century
X-53
Location where Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1804) was wounded
ca. 1805
Woodcarving (chicken)
1850-1890
Philip Hone (1781-1851)
ca. 1825-30
Architectural ornament from the Laing store
1849
Henry Hudson (d. 1611)
ca. 1938
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
1904
Marie Faglion
Mid-19th century
Miss Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1929
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
1950
Fetching The Doctor
December 6, 1881
The Primitive Marksman
1907
Winter
early 20th century
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Stone block/door stop
1800-1900
Woodcarving (chicken)
1870-1920
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th-early 20th century
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Plaque
ca. 1909
Hugh Williamson, M.D. (1735-1819)
1816
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mid-19th Century
Faust and Marguerite, Their First Meeting
1890
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
Early 20th century
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Patented 1855
Sunshine (with Stripes)
1993
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Carved Bird
1850-1900
Ernest Henry Schelling (1876-1939)
1940
George B. Cutten (1874-1962)
1947
Rooster weathervane
ca. 1860
Mrs. Archibald McVickar (1792-1854)
1815
George Washington (1732-1799)
1858 (patented)
Sharp Shooters
1862
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Early 19th century
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Laura Derby Rogers (1879-1897)
1891
Bronze statuette: female figure in flowing garments
late 19th Century
The Favored Scholar
1873
Stand for figurine
1849
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
1859
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
1892
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
ca. 1862
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1914
Mrs. George G. Frelinghuysen
1935
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869-1940)
1941
Rip Van Winkle At Home
December 1871
Neighboring Pews
1883
Joseph Read (ca. 1732-1814)
ca. 1800-1805
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
1902
George Washington (1732-1799)
19th century
Woodcarving (male figure kneeling)
1850-1900
Dr. Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973)
1953
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th Century
James Kent (1763-1847)
1840
Checkers Up At The Farm
December 28, 1875
Plaque
ca. 1909
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
1867
Returned Volunteer: How The Fort Was Taken
1864
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946)
1939
Plaque, Washington Irving.
Radical Love, Chelsea Manning
2016
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1865
The New York City Nutcracker
ca. 1991-94
Chimney breast
1763-1764
Woodcarving (poodle)
ca. 1870
Philip Hone (1780-1851)
1839
Wounded Scout, A Friend In the Swamp
1864
The Traveling Magician
1877
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
George Washington (1732-1799)
Faust and Marguerite
ca. 1870-1880
Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1917
Union Refugees
Going For The Cows
1873
Fall
early 20th century
Stained glass windows (5, in 9 pieces)
1825-1850
Putti in a Fountain
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid 19th century
Portrait medallion on wooden panel
1919
Bacchante
ca. 1840
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
ca. 1836
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
1958
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
ca. 1931
Groom
ca. 1865
The Most Incredible Dogwalker
2000
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
ca. 1865-1868
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
Mrs. James Madison (1731-1829)
ca. 1816
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Metalwork (eagle): Building ornament
1800-1850
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
ca. 1900
John Jay (1745-1829)
1792
Wood fragments from Burnham's Tavern
ca. 1792
George Washington (1732-1799)
mid 19th century
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
Mantelpiece in 13 pieces
19th century
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
ca. 1835
We Boys
1872
James F. Drummond
1870-1875
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
ca. 1800-1809
Diana of the Tower
1899
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919)
1920
Unidentified man, possibly Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Mid-19th century
Victor Granados
1943
Thomas John Watson (1874-1956)
1946
Uncle Ned's School
December 1866
Bubbles
1873
Judge Henry E. Howland
1892
Bust (sketch) of Abraham Lincoln
2011
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
April 1885
Woodcarving (Man playing harp)
1850-1900
Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937)
1935
Fire Chief Harry Howard
ca. 1857
Joseph Keppler, Sr. (1838-1894)
1894
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
December 6, 1907
Chalkware (pecking chickens)
1850-1890
Henry Hudson Monument
1909
Dr. Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842-1933)
ca. 1932
Woodcarving: male figure holding barrel
1850-1900
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Late 19th century
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Daniel Parish, Jr. (1838-1914)
ca. 1890
A 'pital Joke
ca. 1870-1890
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Woodcarving (eagle)
1850-1890
Isaac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852)
ca. 1845
The First Ride
1888
Seminole Chief Osceola (1804-1838)
ca. 1838
Mrs. Richard Hoffman (1848-1921)
1919
Painting and Sculpture
Early 19th century
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
1931
The Hiker
1904
The Favored Scholar
1941
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
Early 19th century
Spring
early 20th century
Tombstone (First used as the pedestal for the equestrian statue of George III)
ca. 1770
Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)
ca. 1850
Woodcarving (female figure)
1850-1900
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Floyd Jones
Early 19th century
Figurine: Amish woman
1900-1940
Group of a Boy and Dog, or Chi Vinci, Mangia
ca. 1844
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mid-19th century
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (ca. 1850-1881)
1871
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1847
Porcelain figure: Woman with orange jacket and running shoes
1997
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1900
Woodcarving (rooster on base)
1870-1920
James Madison (1751-1836)
ca. 1816
Plaque: Independent Royal Arch. Lodge...Feb. 8, 1911
ca. 1910
Rooster Weathervane
1850-1880
Urn with cover
1870-1900
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century or early 20th century
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
1934
Elgin Marbles (reproduction)
1811-1823
George Washington (1732-1799)
1875-1900
George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)
ca. 1860-1862
Weathervane with eagle
1850-1880
Scale Model Monument/Andrew Green, Father of Greater New York
2007
Frank Mayo (1839-1896) as Davy Crockett
1883
Woodcarving: Cow with sticker on base
1850-1900
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1778
Case of miniature silhouettes
1825-1900
Chalkware (urn)
1850-1890
Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858)
ca. 1940
Samuel Bonarios Grimson
1924
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1935-1940
Rooster
1940
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Nathan Straus (1848-1931)
1929
George Barrell Cheever, D.D. (1807-1890)
ca. 1850
The Balcony
June 1879
Woodcarving (dog and puppy)
1850-1900
Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932)
1924
Liberty Enlightening the World
1878-1886
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940)
1947
Benjamin West (1738-1820)
1811
Medal: ... Exemd Sr.Elihu Root...
1906
John Pintard (1759-1844)
1857
Robert Fulton (1765-1815), with Model of First Steamboat
1900-1920
David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870)
Mid-19th century
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
1925
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
1914
Augustus Cornwall Downing (1817-1895)
1868
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
1763
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Woodcarving (parrot)
1850-1890
William Warner Hoppin, Jr. (1839-1913)
1846
Finial (roof ornament)
1820-1880
"Is It So Nominated In The Bond?"
1880
Wolf and Lamb
ca. 1870
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
1885
Private Theatricals, Last Moments Behind The Scenes
1878
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Neighboring Pews
1941
Fetching The Doctor
1881
Summer
early 20th century
Tombstone of Michael Cresap.
ca. 1775
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Early 20th century
Woodcarving (male figure)
1850-1900
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Dr. John F. Erdmann (1864-1954)
1954
Figurines (4)
1900-1940
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1838
Luman Reed (1785-1836)
ca. 1849
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
1907
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1850-1860
Decorative Plaster Ornament from the Biltmore Theatre
ca. 1925
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1920
School Days
1877
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Pre 1839
Stained glass window
1850-1950
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
ca. 1790
Theodore Allen (1800-1850)
ca. 1836
Architectural ornament from the Laing store
1849
Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946)
1939
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945)
1900
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th-early 19th century
Fighting Bob
1889
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Weighing The Baby
1877
Uncle Ned's School
1866
Figurine: Amish girl
1900-1940
Samuel Osgood, D.D. (1812-1880)
1869
Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church
1888
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
Artur Bodansky (1877-1939)
1941
INV.103
Richard Hoffman (1831-1909)
1909
La Grazia
ca. 1845
Declaration of Independence
Landing Of The Norsemen
1893
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
ca. 1945
Abraham Varick (1750-1810)
ca. 1800
Parting Promise
1870
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
ca. 1920-25
Woodcarving (male figure with flute)
1850-1900
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833)
ca. 1840
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874)
1874
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1900
Medal: Alejo Rossell... montevideo
1906
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
ca. 1848
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1840-1850
George Washington Bowen (1794-1885)
1885
General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)
ca. 1919
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
circa 1876
Stephen Burroughs (1795-1840)
Mid-19th century
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
1763
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
Woodcarving (owl)
ca. 1890-1920
David Hosack, M.D. (1769-1835)
ca. 1825-1830
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
1962-63
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876)
Mid-19th century
Woodcarving (rooster)
1870-1920
Katherine Rebecca Rogers (1868-1956)
1874
Unidentified man
1928
Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)
1948
The Council Of War
1868
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
Bell/buzzer unit
ca. 1950
Bell with wall mount
1875-1900
Unidentified man, possibly Winter
Early 18th century
Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
1810
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1959
The Slave Auction
1859
Weathervane
1880-1900
Two Putti and an Apple Tree
Mid-19th century
William Sulzer (1863-1941)
1910
Ball from the steeple of the Garden Street Church
ca. 1750
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1900
The Bronco Buster
1895 (copyright)
Porcelain woman with rose patterned skirt and green cowboy jacket
2000
We Boys
May 14, 1872
Coming To The Parson
1870
Donald Robert Perry Marquis (1878-1937)
1937
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1789
Weathervane
1800-1830
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Eagle
ca. 1880-1882
Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1960)
ca. 1945
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
"Ha! I Like Not That!"
August 1882
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1828
Seal of the State of New York
ca. 1840-1880
The Town Pump
1862
Figurine: Amish man
1900-1940

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