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(Wall Painting), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Type:
Paintings-Mural
Paintings
Topic:
Undetermined  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71771075
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_154567

A Scene of Boston Harbor, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York New York
Date:
Ca. 1825
Topic:
Landscape--Massachusetts--Boston  Search this
Waterscape--Harbor  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61519406
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_101345

A Yankee inventor's flying ship two pamphlets Edited by Rhoda R. Gilman

Author:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Physical description:
51 pages illustrations (part color), facsimiles, portraits 17 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1969
Topic:
Airships  Search this
Call number:
TL654.P67 P847
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_3265

Aerial Navigation Company Stock Certificate [Rufus Porter]

Creator:
Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884  Search this
Names:
Aerial Navigation Co.  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stock certificates
Date:
bulk 1852
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of one 7.75 x 5 inch {dollar}5 stock certificate in Aerial Navigation Company, No. 779, dated 19 June 1852, to N. C. Brazeal. The certificate has been mounted.
Biographical / Historical:
Rufus Porter (1792-1884) was an artist, musician, teacher, inventor, and the founder of Scientific American magazine. In 1852 he tried to sell {dollar}5 shares of stock in Aerial Navigation Company to fund an "aeroport" or dirigible to carry passengers between New York and California. However, a tornado, vandalism by "rowdy visitors" at the unveiling, and the disintegration of the canvas caused by the varnish eroded his funds for that venture.
Provenance:
Julia Hobson Mills, Gift, 1939
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Transcontinental flights -- United States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Stock certificates
Citation:
Aerial Navigation Company Stock Certificate [Rufus Porter], Accession XXXX-1028, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.1028
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2bfd8e3fa-91a3-4bb9-acd6-c680c794a04d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-1028

Aerial navigation : the practicability of traveling pleasantly and safely from New-York to California in three days / by Rufus Porter

Author:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Physical description:
16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1900
1849
[1900?]
Topic:
Airships  Search this
Navigation (Aeronautics)  Search this
Call number:
TL654.P67 A3 1849a
TL654.P67A3 1849a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_261610

Aerial navigation: The Practicability of Traveling Pleasantly and Safely from New York to California in Three Days, Fully Demonstrated: With a Full Description of a Perfect Aerial Locomotive, with Estimates of Capacity Speed and Cost of Construction

Collection Creator:
Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1849
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
• Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Rufus Porter Collection, NASM.1991.0033, National Air and Space Musuem, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Rufus Porter Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21e5f8d9e-2289-4c6f-8506-6a9667f6500f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1991-0033-ref506

Aerial navigation; The practicability of traveling pleasantly and safely from New York to California in three days, by Rufus Porter. With an introduction by Lieutenant-Commander H. V. Wiley. Illustrated with three colored lithographs issued as burlesques in 1849 by N. Currier and A. Donnelly

Author:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Kennedy, Lawton 1900-1980  Search this
Physical description:
3 p. l., iii, 21, [1] p., 1 l. fold. col. front., illus. (1 col.) fold col. pl. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1935
Topic:
Airships  Search this
Call number:
TL654.P67 A3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_180722

Albert Duveen art reference files

Creator:
Duveen, Albert  Search this
Names:
Centurion (Firm)  Search this
Holland House Corporation of the Netherlands  Search this
Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880  Search this
Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854  Search this
Ben-Zion, 1897–1987  Search this
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851  Search this
Blackburn, Joseph, fl. 1753-1763  Search this
Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919  Search this
Blauvelt, Charles F., 1824-1900  Search this
Blume, Peter, 1906-1992  Search this
Branchard, Emile Pierre, 1881-1938  Search this
Browere, A. D. O. (Alburtis Dell Orient), 1814-1887  Search this
Brown, John George, 1831-1913  Search this
Buddington, Jonathan  Search this
Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894  Search this
Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881  Search this
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Chabor, Moura  Search this
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985  Search this
Chambers, Thomas, b. 1807 or 8  Search this
Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this
Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this
Constable, John, 1776-1837  Search this
Cope, George, 1855-1929  Search this
Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this
Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978  Search this
Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this
Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946  Search this
Detre, Roland, 1903-  Search this
Dibble, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly), 1898-  Search this
Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008  Search this
Doriani, William, 1891-  Search this
Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this
Drew-Bear, Jessie, 1877?-1962  Search this
Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872  Search this
Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this
Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863  Search this
Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this
Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878  Search this
Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this
Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842  Search this
Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this
Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868  Search this
Field, Robert, 1769?-1819  Search this
Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941  Search this
Gargallo, Pablo, 1881-1934  Search this
Gelb, Jan, 1906-1978  Search this
Gillman, Paul  Search this
Gullager, Christian  Search this
Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913  Search this
Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this
Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this
Harvey, George W., 1855-  Search this
Hays, William Jacob, 1830-1875  Search this
Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894  Search this
Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this
Hesselius, John, 1728-1778  Search this
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849  Search this
Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890  Search this
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this
Hudson, Samuel Adams, 1813-1894  Search this
Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this
Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this
Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840  Search this
Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this
Johnston, Henrietta  Search this
Johnston, John Bernard, 1847-1886  Search this
Kayn, Hilde B., 1903-1950  Search this
Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this
Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804-1865  Search this
Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939  Search this
Lefferts, M. F.  Search this
Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955  Search this
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  Search this
Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this
Malbone, Edward Greene, 1777-1807  Search this
Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932  Search this
Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932  Search this
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874  Search this
Moeller, Louis, 1855-1930  Search this
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this
Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this
Organ, Donald  Search this
Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this
Peale, James, 1749-1831  Search this
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this
Penn, William, 1644-1718  Search this
Perry, E. W. (Enoch Wood), 1831-1915  Search this
Philippoteaux, Fʹelix Emmanuel Henri, 1815-1884  Search this
Polk, Charles Peale, 1767-1822  Search this
Pope, T. B. (Thomas Benjamin), d. 1891  Search this
Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884  Search this
Prior, William Matthew, 1806-1873  Search this
Quirt, Walter, 1902-  Search this
Ranney, William Tylee, 1813-1857  Search this
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this
Robins, Louisa Winslow, 1898-1962  Search this
Roesen, Severin, ca. 1815-ca. 1872  Search this
Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this
Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this
Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this
Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926  Search this
Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852  Search this
Savage, Edward, 1761-1817  Search this
Sawitzky, William, 1880-1947  Search this
Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877-1954  Search this
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879  Search this
Serres, D.  Search this
Sharples, James, ca. 1751-1811  Search this
Shulman, Morris  Search this
Smibert, John, 1688-1751  Search this
Soudeikine, Serge  Search this
Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943  Search this
Spencer, Frederick R., 1806-1875  Search this
Stewart, Albert T., 1900-1965  Search this
Street, Robert, 1796-1865  Search this
Strong, William J.  Search this
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this
Sullivan, Charles, 1794-1867  Search this
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905  Search this
Tirrell, G.  Search this
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this
Vanderlyn, Pieter, ca. 1687-1778  Search this
Von Schlegell, William, 1877-1950  Search this
Waldo, Samuel, 1783-1861  Search this
Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965  Search this
Washington, George, 1732-1799  Search this
Weinberg, Elbert, 1928-  Search this
Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this
Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874  Search this
Wertmüller, Adolph Ulric, 1751-1811  Search this
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this
Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915  Search this
Wiltz, Arnold, 1889-1937  Search this
Winner, W. E. (William E), -1883  Search this
Wood, S.  Search this
Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903  Search this
Extent:
5 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
[ca. 1831-1950]
Scope and Contents:
Files on ca. 150 American artists and art subjects, selected from Duveen's art reference files. Included are photographs of paintings in other collections, auction and exhibition catalogs, miscellaneous publications.
Files include: Francis Alexander, Washington Allston, William H. Bartlett, Ben-Zion, Thomas Birch, Joseph Blackburn, Ralph A. Blakelock, Charles F. Blauvelt, Peter Blume, Emile Branchard, Albertis D. O. Browere, John G. Brown, Jonathan Buddington, James E. Buttersworth, Carra, Dennis M. Carter, Mary Cassatt, George Catlin, Centurion, Paul Cezanne, Moura Chabor, Marc Chagall, T. Chambers, Jean Charlot, Thomas Cole, John Constable, George Cope, John S. Copley, Ralston Crawford, Jasper F. Cropsey, Arthur B. Davies, Charles Despiau, Roland Detre, Thomas R. Dibble, Enrico Donati, William Doriani, Thomas Doughty, Jessie Drew-Bear, Robert S. Duncanson, Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, George H. Durrie, Frank Duveneck, Evert Duyckinck, Thomas Eakins, Jacob Eichholtz, Louis M. Eilshemius, Charles L. Elliott, Robert Field, Emil Ganso, Pablo Gargallo, Jan Gelb, Paul Gillman, Christian Gullager, George H. Hall, Chester Harding, William M. Harnett, George Harvey, William J. Hays, George P. A. Healy, Edward L. Henry, John Hesselius, Edward Hicks, Thomas Hicks, Holland House, Charles Fevret de Saint-Memin, Winslow Homer, S. A. Hudson, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, George Inness, John W, Jarvis, Eastman Johnson, Henrietta Johnston, John Johnston, Hilde B. Kayn, Dikran K. Kelekian, Fitz Hugh Lane, Ernest Lawson, M. F. Lefferts, William R. Leigh, Abraham Lincoln, George B. Luks, Edward G. Malbone, Alfred H. Maurer, Louis Maurer, McKay, Alfred J. Miller, Louis C. Moeller, Samuel F. B. Morse, John Neagle, Donald Organ, Bass Otis, Walter Pach, Charles W. Peale, James Peale, Rembrandt Peale, William Penn, Enoch W. Perry, F. E. H. Philippoteaux, Charles P. Polk, T. B. Pope, Rufus Porter, William M. Prior, Walter Quirt, William T. Ranney, Reinhardt, Frederic Remington, Louisa Robins, Severin Roesen, Thomas P. Rossiter, Peter F. Rothermel, Charles M. Russell, Edward Savage, William Sawitzky, Nikol Schattenstein, Christian Schussele, D. Serres, James Sharples, Morris Shulman, John Smibert, Sergei Soudeikin, Haim Soutine, Frederick R. Spencer, Albert Stewart, Robert Street, William J. Strong, Gilbert Stuart, C. (Charles ?) Sullivan, Thomas Sully, Arthur F. Tait, G. Tirrell, John Trumbull, John Vanderlyn, Pieter Vanderlyn, William Von Schlegell, Samuel L. Waldo, Abraham Walkowitz, George Washington, Elbert Weinberg, Julian A. Weir, Thomas B. Welch, Adolph U. Wertmuller, Benjamin West, Anne Whitney, Arnold Wiltz, William E. Winner, S. Wood, and Thomas W. Wood.
The Saint-Memin, Stuart, B. West and Wertmuller files contain material from Albert Rosenthal relating to the above artists.
Arrangement:
Files are arranged alphabetically by artist and subject, rolls NDU1-NDU3; publications and other miscellany were filmed on rolls NDU4-NDU5.
Biographical / Historical:
Albert Duveen was an art dealer and collector with offices in New York, N.Y., specializing in early American art. He was a cousin to Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), 1st Baron Duveen, president of Duveen Brothers art dealers.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1958 by Duveen.
Restrictions:
The Archives does not own the original papers. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.duvealbe2
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98968d056-cbe2-4e51-b974-7ee4067bcbae
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-duvealbe2

Asa Abbott (1793-1863), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 (possibly by)  Search this
Subject:
Abbott, Asa  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1824-28
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71770223
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_153720

Caira Robbins (1794-1881), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Subject:
Robbins, Caira  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings-Miniature
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Lexington Historical Society P. O. Box 514 Lexington Massachusetts 02173
Date:
Ca. 1820
Topic:
Portrait female--Profile  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Control number:
IAP 21750015
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_267768

Capt. and Mrs. Joseph Bond of Wilmington, Massachusetts (Pair of Miniature Portraits), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Subject:
Bond, Joseph, Mrs  Search this
Bond, Joseph  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings-Miniature
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York New York
Date:
Ca. 1830
Topic:
Portrait female--Bust  Search this
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Control number:
IAP 63007586
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_288243

Child Holding Cat, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 (possibly by)  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1820-50
Topic:
Portrait--Child  Search this
Animal--Cat  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71771661
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_155150

Children of Rufus Merriam (Six Separate Profiles), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Subject:
Merriam  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Stetson Family
Topic:
Portrait--Child  Search this
Control number:
IAP 21750018
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_267771

Cove with Houses on Its Banks, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 (possibly by)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Old Sturbridge Village 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road Sturbridge Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.1.81
Topic:
Waterscape--Inlet  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23090366
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_271453

Eli Robbins (1786-1856), (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Subject:
Robbins, Eli  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings-Miniature
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Lexington Historical Society P. O. Box 514 Lexington Massachusetts 02173
Date:
Ca. 1820
Topic:
Portrait male--Profile  Search this
Control number:
IAP 21750019
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_267772

Farm Scene, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York New York
Date:
Ca. 1825
Topic:
Landscape--Farm  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61519407
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_101346

Fireboard from the James T. Garvan House, Greenfield, N.H., (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1825
Topic:
Landscape--New Hampshire  Search this
Architecture--Bridge  Search this
Architecture--Domestic  Search this
Waterscape--Harbor  Search this
Figure  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80045644
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_178857

Fireboard with Landscape, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 (attributed to)  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Date:
19th c
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 63002524
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_120359

Fireboard, (painting)

Painter:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Patty Gagarin Antiques Banks North Road Fairfield Connecticut 06430
Topic:
Landscape--United States--New England States  Search this
Waterscape--Harbor  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80045618
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_178831

Folk art murals of the Rufus Porter school : New England landscapes, 1825-1845 / Linda Carter Lefko and Jane E. Radcliffe

Author:
Lefko, Linda Carter  Search this
Radcliffe, Jane E  Search this
Subject:
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 Select collection of valuable and curious arts, and interesting experiments  Search this
Porter, Rufus 1792-1884 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
256 p. : ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New England
Date:
2011
C2011
19th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Landscape painting, American  Search this
Landscapes in art  Search this
Folk art--Themes, motives  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_986194

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