In 1892, Edgar F. Hanson built his lavish mansion, Colonia Villa, on Northport Avenue, opposite what is now City Park. He was a newspaper and magazine publisher, general manager of Dana Sarsaparilla, and ten-term mayor. »Read More
Following a split in the congregation of the First Church, the North Church was built in 1831 on Market Street, between High and Church streets. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c.1860. Behind the ship headed into New York is the Sandy Hook light. The vessel is shortening sail perhaps to take aboard a pilot »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. This is just another day at work for the crew of a hard sailing clipper. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c.1850. We do not know which ship Buttersworth painted here. The United States Navy never had many warships of this size and not all existed when Buttersworth was painting. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c. 1870. In 1869, American George Peabody died in his adopted country: Britain. Here his body is being loaded on the HMS MONARCH »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. Riding to a couple of anchors in a last attempt to avoid going ashore, this American frigate flies its flag upside down as a distress signal. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. A two-decked American ship of the line is going to windward. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. The white cliffs of Dover provide a backdrop for a busy shipping scene in the English Channel. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. Here a two-decked ship of the line rides in a major gale. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. A major thunderstorm has hit Gibraltar. »Read More
James E. Buttersworth, signed. These vessels, running downwind in a breeze, have the big single topsails common to all ships prior to the 1860s. »Read More
Thomas Buttersworth Sr., signed, c.1815. The British prided themselves in winning single ship fights against the French. »Read More
Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., attributed, c. 1820. It’s blowing hard enough for the little lug-rigged boat on the right to be deeply reefed with her mizzen furled. »Read More
Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., signed, c.1820. Buttersworth instantly places these three Royal Navy vessels in the Mediterranean by painting a Mediterranean xebec under the bowsprit »Read More
Thomas Buttersworth, Sr., signed, c.1820. Here, Buttersworth portrays the mix of shipping traffic along the English Channel near the coast in a scene evocative of earlier Dutch paintings. »Read More