Research Catalog
Treasures of the New-York Historical Society.
- Title
- Treasures of the New-York Historical Society.
- Author
- New-York Historical Society, author.
- Publication
- New York : Abbeville Press, 2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFB 17-299 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Mirrer, Louise
- Description
- 335 pages : col. ill.; 11 cm
- Summary
- "Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society is New York City's oldest museum, with a rich history of scholarship, research, and illuminating exhibitions. The museum collection of the New-York Historical Society comprises more than 1.6 million works of art, featuring an impressive collection of Tiffany lamps, paintings by celebrated American portraitists,all the knownpreparatory watercolors forJohnJames Audubon'sBirds of America, and exquisite worksby artists ofthe Hudson River School-including Thomas Cole'smonumentalseriesThe Course of Empire. The Library is internationally known as a major research venue for the study of American and New York history. Its rich collections include more than five million manuscript items, 350,000books, and several million photographs, prints, architectural renderings, and related holdings. The Library's vast holdings of printed ephemera documenting daily life, culture, commerce, and politics from the eighteenth through the earlier twentieth centuries are unrivaled.The collectionsprovide a continuous record of New York and American history from the founding ofNew Amsterdam through the tragic events of 9/11. The Library's deepest areas of originalsource material include the Colonial and Revolutionary eras, the Early Republic, the Civil War,and the Gilded Age, with emphases on slavery and Abolition, temperance, social welfare, urbanlife, and architecture. Now celebrating a groundbreaking renovation and the dedication of its Center for the Study of Women's History, the Museum and Library present highlights fromtheirremarkable holdings, from the folk art collection of sculptor Elie Nadelman to iconicephemera from all eras of American history, for the first time as a Tiny Folio. An ideal souvenir for the New-York Historical Society's visitors, this charming volume also features a special section of works depicting the city itself, alongside full-color photography and short introductory texts"--
- Series Statement
- Tiny folio
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Historic printed material and documents -- Iconic graphic images -- Paintings -- Drawings -- Sculpture -- Decorative arts -- Historic artifacts.
- Call Number
- JFB 17-299
- ISBN
- 9780789212801
- 0789212803
- LCCN
- 2016046100
- OCLC
- 960043548
- Author
- New-York Historical Society, author.
- Title
- Treasures of the New-York Historical Society.
- Publisher
- New York : Abbeville Press, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Tiny folio
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Mirrer, Louise, writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- JFB 17-299