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Bushrod Washington

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Other attribution:
Peale Museum Philadelphia, 1786 - 1842  Search this
Sitter:
Bushrod Washington, 5 Jun 1762 - 26 Nov 1829  Search this
Medium:
Negative cut on black paper
Dimensions:
Sight: 9.3cm (3 11/16"), Accurate
Type:
Silhouette
Date:
1802-29
Topic:
Silhouette\Hollow-cut  Search this
Bushrod Washington: Male  Search this
Bushrod Washington: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Bushrod Washington: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Virginia  Search this
Bushrod Washington: Military and Intelligence\Soldier\Revolution  Search this
Bushrod Washington: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Object number:
POR.985.60
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4aa5c7202-c7db-42ec-ad64-c32acb5dcce2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_POR.985.60

Oath of Allegiance

Recipient:
Splitner, John M.  Search this
Issuer:
United States of America Committee  Search this
Maker:
United States of America Committee  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 20.955 cm x 14.9225 cm
Object Name:
Oath of Allegiance
Place Made:
United States: New York
Date made:
1778
Associated date:
1778 01
Related event:
American Revolution  Search this
Revolution and the New Nation  Search this
ID Number:
AF.73518M
Catalog number:
73518M
Accession number:
286278
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-9e61-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_432700

dress, 1-piece

Used by:
Pierpont, Sarah  Search this
Dwight, Mary Edwards  Search this
Object Name:
Dress, 1-Piece
Object Type:
Main Dress
Woman
Dress
Entire Body
Other Terms:
Dress, 1-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts
Used in:
United States: Massachusetts
Date made:
1770 - 1785
Subject:
Revolutionary War  Search this
Weddings  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. H.C. Miller
ID Number:
CS.046073
Catalog number:
046073
Accession number:
179381
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Costume
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-57de-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_360459
Online Media:

B. Rittenhouse Surveyor's Compass

Owner:
Ellicott, Andrew  Search this
Douglas, Henry B.  Search this
Maker:
Rittenhouse, Benjamin  Search this
Measurements:
overall length: 13 1/2 in; 34.29 cm
needle: 5 3/4 in; 14.605 cm
overall; compass: 7 3/8 in x 13 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 18.7325 cm x 34.6075 cm x 16.8275 cm
overall; attachment: 5 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm
Object Name:
compass
Surveyor's Compass
surveyor's compass
Associated place:
United States: New Jersey, Newton
Subject:
Revolutionary War  Search this
Related Publication:
Journal of Andrew Ellicott, Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799 and Part of the Year 1800 For Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America
ID Number:
PH.310815.01
Accession number:
128427
Catalog number:
310815.01
310815
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Surveying and Geodesy
Measuring & Mapping
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ef13-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_747273
Online Media:

Side Wall George Washington Tent

User:
Washington, George  Search this
Physical Description:
cloth (overall material)
Measurements:
average spatial: 14.5 cm x 30 cm; x 5 11/16 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name:
Tent, Fragment
Other Terms:
Tent, Fragment; Equipment, Individual; Army
Associated place:
United States
United States
Related event:
American Revolution  Search this
ID Number:
1982.0741.02
Catalog number:
1982.0741.02
Accession number:
1982.0741
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ccb9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1141744

Flintlock Pistol

Associated person:
Lee, Charles  Search this
Associated Name:
Morris, Jacob  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 5 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 36.83 cm x 6.985 cm
overall: 5 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 36.83 cm x 6.985 cm
Object Name:
pistol
pistol, flintlock
Other Terms:
pistol; Firearms; Flintlock; .62 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; 00; Sa
Place made:
United States
Related event:
American Revolution  Search this
ID Number:
AF.34368A
Catalog number:
34368A
Accession number:
71476
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d8d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_414708
Online Media:

Flintlock Pistol

Associated Name:
Morris, Jacob  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 5 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 36.83 cm x 6.985 cm
Object Name:
pistol
pistol, flintlock
Other Terms:
pistol; Flintlock; .63 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; 00; Sa
Place made:
United States
Related event:
American Revolution  Search this
Credit Line:
Victor Morris
ID Number:
AF.34368B
Catalog number:
34368B
Accession number:
71476
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1391-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_414709
Online Media:

National Commemorative Society Medal (reverse) [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Block, Adolph 1906-1978  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1969
Topic:
Allegory--Civic--Patriotism  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0044110
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_44111

National Commemorative Society Medal (reverse) [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Block, Adolph 1906-1978  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1969
Topic:
Allegory--Civic--Patriotism  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0044111
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_44112

Nathan Hale, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Partridge, William Ordway 1861-1930  Search this
Founder:
Aubry Brothers & Company  Search this
Subject:
Hale, Nathan  Search this
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: Mt. Airy granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of St. Paul St. Paul Minnesota
Located Summit & Portland Avenues St. Paul Minnesota
Date:
Dedicated July 10, 1907
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Occupation--Military--Captain  Search this
Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76000144
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_143

The Hessian Prisoners, (painting)

Painter:
Lefferts, Charles MacKubin 1873-1923  Search this
Medium:
Gouache and pastel on cardboard
Culture:
German  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Newark Museum 49 Washington Street Newark New Jersey 07101 Accession Number: 52.43
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAP 31820470
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_278185

The Arrest of Paul Revere, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Pairhoundt, N.  Search this
Pairhoundts, T. J.  Search this
Subject:
Revere, Paul  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Date:
Copyrighted 1899
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAS 73262286
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_350995

Nathan Hale, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Pratt, Bela Lyon 1867-1917  Search this
Subject:
Hale, Nathan  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Conner-Rosenkranz New York New York 10021
Date:
Ca. 1912
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Occupation--Military--Captain  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Control number:
IAS 67390002
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_377278

Tories with a Prisoner, (painting)

Painter:
Ranney, William Tylee 1813-1857  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Spanierman Gallery New York New York
Date:
1857
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Landscape--Road  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Figure group--Family  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAP 89650016
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_383495

Nathan Hale, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
MacMonnies, Frederick William 1863-1937  Search this
Subject:
Hale, Nathan  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Phoenix Art Museum 1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix Arizona 85004 Accession Number: 1959.41
Date:
Modeled 1890
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Occupation--Military--Captain  Search this
Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Control number:
IAS 01080009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_406032

Capture of Andre, (painting)

Painter:
Miller, Alfred Jacob 1810-1874  Search this
Subject:
Andre, John  Search this
Culture:
British  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Unlocated
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Military--Major  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8B550033
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_412718

Wounded and a Prisoner, (painting)

Painter:
Ogden, Henry Alexander 1856-1936  Search this
Medium:
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Culture:
British  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York New York 10024 Accession Number: 1936.921
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
State of Being--Illness--Wound  Search this
Occupation--Military  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Medicine--Nurse  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36362994
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_47602

Captors' Monument, (sculpture)

Title:
Andre Captured, (sculpture)
Andre Monument, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
O'Donovan, William Rudolf 1844-1920  Search this
Bauer, Theo  Search this
Founder:
M. J. Power Bronze Founder  Search this
Subject:
Paulding, John  Search this
Williams, John  Search this
Van Wart, Isaac  Search this
Andre, John  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Lower base: Sing Sing marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Village Tarrytown Park Department 21 Wildey Street Tarrytown New York 10591
Located Patriots Park Albany Post Road Tarrytown New York
Date:
Lower base installed 1853. Sculpture, upper base, and relief plaque installed 1880. Dedicated Sept. 23, 1880
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Occupation--Crime--Spy  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76004523
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_8979

The Horrors of the Bastile, (painting)

Artist:
Unknown  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--France--Revolution  Search this
Architecture--Civic--Bastille  Search this
Architecture--Civic--Prison  Search this
Figure(s) In Interior--Civic  Search this
State of Being--Evil--Torture  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
AECI 05610001
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_103939

Capture of Major Andre, (graphics)

Artist:
Jones, A. and J. Smillie  Search this
Durand (copy after)  Search this
Subject:
Andre, John  Search this
Medium:
Engraving
Type:
Graphic arts
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Military--Major  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Portrait group  Search this
Control number:
AECI 06150402
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_109443

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