Empire mahogany upholstered reclining chair of Roman curule form with rounded X-form profile of opposing scrolls which flair backward slightly along tall back. Arms roll downward into comma-shaped open scrolls which contrast with scroll of seat. X-shaped, curved legs are of square section and end in casters. Medallion is separate from chair, but rests on top. (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992).

Adlumia fungosa "Collected in northern Pennsylvania or central New York, before 1807." Collected by:David Thomas

Statice limonium "At the first landing above New York in a meadow" Collected by:Benjamin Smith Barton

Andromeda caerulea "mountains of New York near Seneca Lake" Collected by:Benjamin Smith Barton

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin; "B. FRANKLIN / ERIPUIT COELO FULMEN SCEPTRUMQUE TYRANNIS" around perimeter. Reverse: "R. LOVETT / STONE / SEAL ENGRAVER / & / MEDALIST / NEW YORK."

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin; "B. FRANKLIN / ERIPUIT COELO FULMEN SCEPTRUMQUE TYRANNIS" around perimeter. Reverse: "R. LOVETT / STONE / SEAL ENGRAVER / & / MEDALIST / NEW YORK." Surface is gold painted.

Obverse: profile portrait of Athena in helmet with "PARTHENON NEW YORK 1825" around perimeter Reverse: "ADMIT BEARER" in center. "PEALES MUSEUM & GALLERY OF THE FINE ARTS" around perimeter.

Rural landscape portrait. Figure off-center, in foreground, faces away from canvas. Kennedy Galleries, New York label on reverse.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of George Washington and unidentified symbol; "GEORGE WASHINGTON" at top, "PATER PATRIAE MDCCLXXXIX," on either side of portrait; "PHILIP MARTIN -- DESIGN AND COPYRIGHT BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS" under portrait. Reverse: eagle with spread wings and crest marked "E PLVRIBVS VNVM"; "TO COMMEMORATE THE INAVGVRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE VNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT NEW YORK APRIL XXX MDCCLXXXIX." Unidentified crest at lower left; "BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION NEW YORK APRIL XXX MDCCCLXXXIX" at lower right.

Obverse: three classical female figures; "J.A.OERTEL DEL:" to left of image, and 'C. C. WRIGHT SC." under image. Reverse: laurel/olive wreath encircles "EXHIBITION / OF THE / INDUSTRY / OF ALL NATIONS / NEW-YORK / 1853."

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Theobald Smith; "THEOBALD SMITH STUDENT OF DISEASE" around perimeter; "1859 / 1934" on either side at bottom. Reverse: "THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MICROBIOLOGY" around perimeter; "NEW / YORK / 1939" at center. Presented along with the papers of Simon Flexner (APS Library).

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin; "FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA" around perimeter. "GOBRECHT F" under bust. Reverse: "AWARDED TO / SECOND PREMIUM" around perimeter and "Washburn / & Moen Mfg Co / New York / for / Manufacturer's Wire / 1874" in script in center.

Obverse: profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin with "Benjamin Franklin" around perimeter. Reverse: stylized leaf / branch wreath with "BROAS BROS NEW YORK" around perimeter. "ARMY AND NAVY" at center. Strike good on both sides but untrimmed. Similar to M-F85-87.

Obverse: bas-relief, profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin in center within triangular shape between two printing presses. "SOUVENIR FRANKLIN INSTITUTE" around perimeter. Reverse: New York Crystal Palace in center. "Novelties" around top perimeter and "EXHIBITION. 1885" at bottom. Small hole at top.

Blue and white ironstone plate with central 3/4 portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur hat. "THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY / BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / 1706-1906" around inner perimeter. Decorative border with seal of the Pennsylvania Society, arms of the State of Pennsylvania and New York, and the Franklin arms, surrounded by fruit and leaves around outer perimeter.

Suede pouch for Benjamin Franklin Medallion - 01.C.45. Suede pouch stamped with an image of an eagle, "United States of America," and wreath with bow on obverse and "TIFFANY & CO. NEW YORK PARIS LONDON MAKERS" on reverse.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; "A. BARTHOLDI" below portrait; "PRESENTED JULY 4 : 1884" at top; "A GIFT / OF THE / FRENCH / REPUBLIC" at left; "TO / THE / UNITED / STATES," at right; laurel wreath at bottom. Reverse: bas-relief of Statue of Liberty in landscape; New York Harbor and tip of Manhattan are visible; "COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE" at top; "LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING / THE WORLD / ERECTED 1886" at bottom.

The suggestion is made by Hitchcock (in Hitchcock et al., 1969: 106) that the 7 Jul 1806 Lewis collection is "probably the actual type" of var. depressa. He declares this even though Pursh states he saw the taxon "in New York, and particularly in the province of Maine, in rocky or gravelly situations." Nowhere does Pursh mention Lewis and Clark specimens. However, he did have access, in London, to a Lewis and Clark specimen (LC-PH 114), and he did ascribe a varietal name ("nana") to the collection. The use of the name appears to be based on the European species Juniperus nana Willd. (Sp. Pl. 4: 854. 1806). Pursh did not formally propose the new combination. Ewan (1979: 82) seems to support Hitchcock's notion, noting that Pursh likely did not collect specimens while in Maine in 1811. Nonetheless, there is authentic material from eastern New York gathered by Pursh that belongs to var. depressa (McVaugh, 1935: 30), and we here typify the name with that material. The variety was first found by Lewis on 17 Oct 1804 (Lewis 47, PH-LC 111, PH-LC 112) below the mouth of the Cannon Ball River in Sioux Co., North Dakota (Moulton, 1987a: 471). Either Lewis or Clark could have gathered the 7 Jul 1806 specimens (PH-LC 113 and PH-LC 114). Lewis was near Lewis and Clark Pass, Lewis and Clark Co., Montana (Moulton, 1993: 95-96); Clark and his party crossed the Continental Divided via Gibbons Pass on the Ravalli-Beaverhead Co. line (Moulton, 1993: 169-171). The plant occurs in both areas. Neither explorer mentions the plant. (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:10/17/1804

The suggestion is made by Hitchcock (in Hitchcock et al., 1969: 106) that the 7 Jul 1806 Lewis collection is "probably the actual type" of var. depressa. He declares this even though Pursh states he saw the taxon "in New York, and particularly in the province of Maine, in rocky or gravelly situations." Nowhere does Pursh mention Lewis and Clark specimens. However, he did have access, in London, to a Lewis and Clark specimen (LC-PH 114), and he did ascribe a varietal name ("nana") to the collection. The use of the name appears to be based on the European species Juniperus nana Willd. (Sp. Pl. 4: 854. 1806). Pursh did not formally propose the new combination. Ewan (1979: 82) seems to support Hitchcock's notion, noting that Pursh likely did not collect specimens while in Maine in 1811. Nonetheless, there is authentic material from eastern New York gathered by Pursh that belongs to var. depressa (McVaugh, 1935: 30), and we here typify the name with that material. The variety was first found by Lewis on 17 Oct 1804 (Lewis 47, PH-LC 111, PH-LC 112) below the mouth of the Cannon Ball River in Sioux Co., North Dakota (Moulton, 1987a: 471). Either Lewis or Clark could have gathered the 7 Jul 1806 specimens (PH-LC 113 and PH-LC 114). Lewis was near Lewis and Clark Pass, Lewis and Clark Co., Montana (Moulton, 1993: 95-96); Clark and his party crossed the Continental Divided via Gibbons Pass on the Ravalli-Beaverhead Co. line (Moulton, 1993: 169-171). The plant occurs in both areas. Neither explorer mentions the plant. (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:07/07/1806

Black and white, Wedgwood, porcelain pitcher. Front: full-length portrait of Washington Irving, reclining on the ground with a dog and his signature at bottom. Encircled by ivy border. Reverse: image of a country house at top. "A pretty country retreat is like a pretty wife - one is always throwing away money in decorating it" at bottom. Underside: "Washington Irving / 1783-1859 / Commemorating the 175th anniversary of his birth, April 3, 1958 / Sleep Hollow Restorations Tarrytown, New York On The Tappan Zee." Tape with illegible ID on bottom.