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T. H. Matteson: Dudley Observatory Dedication, August 28, 1856 (

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Artist

T. H. Matteson (1813–1884)
Alternative names	Birth name: Tompkins Harrison Matteson; Tompkins H. Matteson; tomkins H. matteson; Tomkins H. Matteson
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	9 May 1813	1884
Location of birth/death	Peterboro	New York
Authority file	: Q3531432 VIAF: 72812491 ISNI: 0000000066889114 ULAN: 500013261 LCCN: n85024104 GND: 137583532 WorldCat

Title

Dudley Observatory Dedication, August 28, 1856

Object type

painting

Description

English: Edward Everett speaking to approximately 160 attendees at the dedication of the Dudley Observatory and Geological Hall

Depicted people

See Key 1 and Key 2.

Depicted people include:

1. Hon. Edward Everett, U. S. Senator
2 Prof. Joseph Henry, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
3 Prof. Benjamin Silliman, Yale University
4 Dr. Thomas Hun, Albany
5 Rev. Dr. Eben Halley, Albany
6 President Edward Hitchcock, Amherst
7 William B. Rogers, State Geologist, Pennsylvania (later founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
9 Henry R. Schoolcraft, Washington
10 Mrs. Blandina Dudley, Albany
11 Thomas Olcott, Albany
12 Chancellor Gerrit Y. Lansing, Albany
13 Gideon Hawley, Regent at Large, Smithsonian Institution
14 Ezra P. Prentice, Albany
15 Rev. Dr. William B. Sprague, Albany
20 Sir William Logan, Montreal
21 Orlando Meads, Albany
22 Dr. Philip Ten Eyck, Albany
23 Alexander D. Bache, Sup't. U. S. Coast Survey
24 Prof. Benjamin A. Gould, Director, Dudley Observatory
25 Hon. Horatio Seymour, Ex-Governor of New York
26 General Peter Gansevoort, Albany
27 Hon. John V. L. Pruyn, Albany
28 Martin B. Anderson, President, University of Rochester
29 Prof. Benjamin Peirce, Harvard College
30. Dr. James MacNaughton, Albany
31 Governor Myron H. Clark
32 Ex-Gov. Washington Hunt
33 Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, New York
34 Victor M. Rice, Sup't. Public Instruction
35 Prof. Louis Agassiz, Cambridge
36 Dr. Ebenezer Emmons, Albany
37 Prof. James D. Dana, New Haven
38 Prof. James Hall, Albany
39 W. C. Redﬁeld, 1st President, A.A.A.S.
40 Prof. Samuel H. Hammond
41 Prof. Charles Davies, U. S. Military Academy
42 B. P. Johnson, President, State Agricultural Society
43 Prof. Dr. James H. Armsby, Albany
44 Hon. Ira Harris, Albany
45 Hon. Amasa J. Parker, Albany
46 Amos Dean, LL.D., Albany
47 Hon. Robert H. Pruyn, Albany

pp. 10-12 have a later list with some of the depicted in other locations in the painting.

Date

1857

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 56.2 in (142.8 cm); width: 72.2 in (183.5 cm)

Collection

Albany Institute of History & Art

	Native name	Albany Institute of History and Art
	Location	125 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York
	Coordinates	42° 39′ 20.88″ N, 73° 45′ 37.44″ W
	Established	1791
	Website	http://www.albanyinstitute.org/
	Authority file	: Q4709330 VIAF: 152215855 ISNI: 0000000121867875 LCCN: n80080455 NRHP: 76001202 J9U: 987007604693805171 WorldCat

Accession number

1917.3

Credit line

Gift of General Amasa J. Parker

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom center:

T. H. Matteson / 1857

above heads in foreground

References

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1999JAHH....2....1B/0000001.000.html

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