"The Mediator"
ID: img0039_hires
Creator:
Form/Genre: Digital Image
Date: c. 1855
Citation: SIL's and SIA's online exhibit "From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution," http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Smithson-to-Smithsonian/labels/039_high.html
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"The Mediator" transported Richard Rush with James Smithson's legacy, in the form of gold sovereigns packed in eleven boxes, as well as his personal effects including his mineral cabinet, library, and scientific writings, across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived in New York harbor on August 29, 1838, and the personal effects were deposited with the collector of the Port of New York on September 1.
Subject
- Rush, Richard 1780-1859
- Smithson, James 1765-1829
- Mediator (Ship)
- Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.)
Category
Born Digitial Images
Notes
- Original Image is a Born Digital from Smithsonian Institution Libraries' and Smithsonian Institution Archives' online exhibit "From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution,"
- Digital Image of the oil painting, "The Mediator." The original painting is attributed to D. MacFarlane, and the original size of the painting is 59h x 88w cm (23 3/16h x 34 11/16w in). The painting is owned by the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
Contained within
SIL's and SIA's online exhibit "From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution," http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Smithson-to-Smithsonian/labels/039_high.html
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1855
Restrictions & Rights
Image is owned by the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
Topic
- Smithson Bequest
- Boats and boating
- Cargo ships
- SI, Early History
- Painting
- Ships
Form/Genre
- Digital Image
- Painting
ID Number
img0039_hires
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 6.54w x 4.12h ; Type of Image: Painting; Medium: Digital Image