250. Portrait of Mrs. Estelle A. Lewis, (1824-1880.) (25X30.) C. L. Elliott.
Presented by Mrs. Lewis, June 2, 1874.
251. Portrait of Rev. John Rodgers, D.D., (1727-1811.) (7X9.)
Presented by Mrs. William Gerard, October 24, 1874.
252. Portrait of Henry Clay, (1777-1852.) (25X30.) Samuel S. Osgood.
Presented by Alice Talbot Lancey, February 14, 1875.
253. The Cavalry Charge of Lt. Harry B. Hidden. (75X45.) V. Nehlig.
This gallant charge was made near Sangster's Station, Va., March 9, 1862. Lieut. Hidden, with fourteen of the 1st N. Y. Cavalry, charged a rebel outpost of one hundred and fifty infantry, driving them back, killing three, wounding five, and capturing fourteen. Lieut. Hidden was killed in the early part of the action.
Presented by William H. Webb, June 5, 1875.
254. Interior of the Park Theatre, New York City, November, 1822. (22½X31.) John Searle.
This water-color drawing of the new Park Theatre was made for William Bayard by an amateur artist; it represents the stage as occupied by Charles Mathews in the character of Morbleu, and Miss Ellen A. Johnson as Madame Bellegarde in Moncrieffe's popular farce of "Monsieur Tonson." The body of the house was filled by the artist with portraits of many of the most prominent citizens of New York at that time.
Presented by the heirs of Mrs. Harriet Bayard Van Rensselaer, October 5, 1875.