Ring
Object name
Ring
Date
1600-1712
Medium
Gold, diamonds, enamel
Credit Line
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Miss Cornelia Fulton Crary, through Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliffe
Object Number
1952.331ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sunday Story Hour: Elizabeth Leads the Way
Free with Museum admission
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 11:30am - 12:30pm
Learn about one woman who stood up for what she believed in and paved the way for women voters.
Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson
Speaker:
Susan Hertog
Wed, 11/16/2011 - 6:30pm
Event details
Dorothy Thompson was the first female head of a European news bureau, and a columnist and commentator whom Time magazine once ranked alongside Eleanor Roosevelt as the most influential woman in America. Rebecca West blazed a trail for herself as a journalist, literary critic, novelist and historian.
Anne Van Rensselaer (1719-1791)
Title
Anne Van Rensselaer (1719-1791)
Date
ca. 1735-37
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Neville Lawrence (Sarah Schuyler Butler)
Object Number
1937.27
Gallery Label
The subject was the last of 10 children born to Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663-1719) of Albany and Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer. She married Colonel John Schuyler in 1737.
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.
Unidentified Lady
Title
Unidentified Lady
Date
c. 1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 26 3/4 x 22 in. ( 67.9 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Prosper Guerry
Object Number
1951.371
Marks
w/tear
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.