New York on the Cusp: The City When Carnegie Hall Debuted
Speaker:
Barry Lewis
Thu, 11/10/2011 - 6:30pm
Event details
When Carnegie Hall opened in 1891, New York was still an intensely Victorian commercial city, and rock-hewn neo-Romanesque and arts and crafts Queen Anne were the predominant styles. Elevators were sending buildings to unprecedented heights and middle class people were gingerly trying the brand-new idea of apartment house living. But McKim, Mead & White’s recently completed Villard Houses and their fantastic Madison Square Garden announced to New York that things were about to change.
N-YHS Institutional Archive
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Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
Object name
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
Date
1770-1776
Medium
Lead
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/2 x 19 x 13 in. ( 21.6 x 48.3 x 33 cm )
Description
Fragment of molded lead statue; traces of gilding on one side; fragment molded in rippled form, probably for horse's tail.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1878.6
Gallery Label
The gilded statue of George III placed at Bowling Green by the British Government was torn from its pedestal by a jubilant crowd after a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1776. Fragments of the statue were transported to Litchfield, Connecticut and made into bullets for the Revolutionary troops. It is believed that Connecticut Loyalists took some of the fragments and hid them in and around their homes, for pieces such as this have been found buried in the area.
Bibliography
Ramirez, Jan Seidler. "A History of the New-York Historical Society." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 138-145.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Violinist - Carnegie Hall
Title
The Violinist - Carnegie Hall
Date
1955
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. W.D. Virtue
Object Number
1956.83
Gallery Label
Mrs. Luke's painting pictorially documents the career of Giuseppe Ravita (1890-1958), known as the fiddler of the 57th Street and the "Paganini of the Streets."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ann Stevens Macgregor (ca. 1800-?)
Title
Ann Stevens Macgregor (ca. 1800-?)
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Lizette A. Macgregor
Object Number
1949.300
Gallery Label
This portrait was a gift to the New-York Historical Society from the subject's great-granddaughter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Albert Sutton
Title
Albert Sutton
Date
ca. 1835-1840
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Lizette Macgregor
Object Number
1949.301
Gallery Label
The subject may be the Albert B. Sutton who appeared in the New York City Directory from 1828 to 1862. He was a boatbuilder and maintained business premises on Water Street. The portrait was a gift to the New-York Historical Society from the subject's great-grandniece.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
East Side Street
Title
East Side Street
Medium
oil on artboard
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 16 x 1 in. ( 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number
1974.56
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Section of wooden water pipe
Object name
Section of wooden water pipe
Date
1770-1800
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 11 in. ( 11.4 x 31.8 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Cross section of wooden water pipe; pipe made by boring a hole through the center of a log.
Object Number
X.45
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this pipe was excavated from Park Row.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
East River, N.Y.C.
Title
East River, N.Y.C.
Date
1928
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of A. Horn, 1956.
Object Number
1956.18
Marks
Signed and dated at lower right: J. Lipkin / 1928.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated at lower right: J. Lipkin / 1928.
Gallery Label
This depicts a sailing vessel moored to a wharf in the East River.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Taxi Stand at Greeley Square, New York City
Title
Taxi Stand at Greeley Square, New York City
Date
c. 1910-11
Medium
Black ink and wash and charcoal on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 9 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 23.2 cm )
Description
Cityscape
Credit Line
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number
1982.34
Marks
signature: lower right, "L.G. Hornby"
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in charcoal: "L.G. Hornby."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
