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Half Moon on the Hudson, 1609
oil on canvas, 24x30

The Brooklyn Ferry, 1750
oil on canvas, 16x20

The USS New York off Sandy Hook
oil on canvas, 16x20

End of an Era
oil on canvas, 24x30

New Amsterdam, 1650
oil on canvas, 24x36

The Great Bridge
oil on canvas, 24x30
This painting depicts the Brooklyn Bridge still under construction in 1882.

Patrick O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien
National Maritime Historical Society

O'Brien at the artist's reception with officers of the
National Maritime Historical Society :
Burchenal Green, President
Karen Helmerson, Trustee
Ronald Oswald, Chairman.

The Union League Club is a prominent social club in Manhattan. It was founded during the Civil War, and has had many well known members such as Ulysses S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt and thirteen other presidents, as well as people like J.D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan. Many well known artists have been members, such as Frederick Remington, Albert Bierstadt, and cartoonist Thomas Nast.
New York in the Age