"Looking at the Sun" (Sioux)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a ritual undertaken by a young man who desires to become a medicine man, tribal doctor and spiritual leader. The tribe encircles a man standing near a flexible pole hung with buffalo skulls and attached by two tethers with hooks to his chest muscle. The man holds an animal pelt-probably his ritual 'medicine bag', and a bow and arrow and must stare unceasingly into the sun from dawn until dusk without falling while men play drums and rattles nearby. If he stands, all agree he possesses "great medicine"; if he falls, he is disgraced
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.175
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 175. / 'Looking at the Sun' (Sioux)"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
54212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir Of Iona
Classification:
Date:
1885
Medium:
Watercolor over woodcut print?
Dimensions:
10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.; mat: 18 x 14 in.
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
INV.14911
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
54190
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Treaty (Sioux and Iowa)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a semi-circle of long haired men sits opposite a semi-circle of men with 'Mohawk-style' hair, while a long pipe is filled and shared; weapons including bows, quivers and shields lay outside the circle, and women and other tribe members stand around the perimeter. When terms are agreed upon, each warrior puffs the pipe as a signal of assent to the treaty
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.169
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 169. / Treaty (Sioux & Ioways)"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
54170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Buffalo Dance (Mandan)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: men dance and crouch while wearing buffalo heads and pelts, some with the tail, and carrying tomahawks, bows, spears and shields while a drummers plays on the side. Performed when the buffalo disappeared and tribe faced starvation, the dance was kept up day and night until buffalo were found near the village.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.162
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 162. / Buffalo Dance (Mandan)"
Gallery Label:
When buffalo dissapear and Mandans face starvation, the doctors order this dance to amke the buffalo come. It is kept up, night and day, until buffalo are discovered near the bridge
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
54169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Discovery Dance (Saukie)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: men with 'Mohawk-style' hair and extensive ornamented pierced ear modifications perform a pantomime-like dance of crouching and searching gestures while carrying tomahawks, bows, spears and shields
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.158
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 158. / Discovery Dance. (Saukie)"
Gallery Label:
The dance is a picturesque pantomime dance without music
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
54168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scalp Dance (Sioux)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: men with long hair carry pipes, axes, tomahawks, spears, bows, knives and animal pelts while dancing victoriously around human scalps mounted at the top of feathered poles
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.157
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 157. / Scalp Dance. (Sioux)"
Gallery Label:
A war party returning with scalps give this dance for 15 nights in succession to publicize their exploits
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
54167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Designs for 35 Pin Bars and Ribbons for the Badges of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and brown and black ink with touches of white gouache and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/8 x 18 11/16 in. (39.7 x 47.5 cm)
Description:
Designs for 35 different award medals, ribbons and badges, mostly for local New York City and State government officials including aldermen and committee members.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Havemeyer
Object Number:
Z.3377
Marks:
Signed in graphite at lower right: "Tiffany & Co"; stamped in blue ink at lower left: "THIS DRAWING TO BE / RETURNED TO TIFFANY & CO. / WHO RESERVE THE SOLE / RIGHT TO ESTIMATE / UPON IT."
Inscriptions:
Signed in graphite at lower right: "Tiffany & Co"; stamped in blue ink at lower left: "THIS DRAWING TO BE / RETURNED TO TIFFANY & CO. / WHO RESERVE THE SOLE / RIGHT TO ESTIMATE / UPON IT."
Provenance:
Charlotte Whiting Havemeyer, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
54130
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
M. Tremlistsky
Classification:
Date:
1914
Medium:
Charcoal or chalk and graphite
Dimensions:
18 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Havemeyer, 1947
Object Number:
Z.3376
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
54127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Major Samuel Ringgold (1796-1846)
Classification:
Date:
late 19th century
Medium:
Black ink and wash over graphite on beige paper, inlaid into heavy paper
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 12 1/4 in.
Description:
Portrait: Major Ringgold graduated West Point in 1818, was wounded in the first battle of the Mexican War at Palo Alto in 1846 and died 3 days later.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Havemeyer
Object Number:
INV.14901
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle left in black ink: "-- D. McN. S --"; inscribed at lower center: "S. Ringgold"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
54090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bridge Near Turkey Blue Ball, New Jersey, Number Seven of a Series of Twelve Depicting the Route of James Hazen Hyde's Four-Horse Coach "Liberty"; verso: sketch of same
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1903
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on board; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 26 in. ( 43.8 x 66 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
One of a series of 12 watercolor scenes depicting the route of Jim Hazen Hyde's four horse coach "Liberty" between New York and its terminus at Lakewood, New Jersey. The coach ran three times a week from the Holland house, at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, NYC and the Hotel Laurel-In-The-Pines, Lakewood, a distance of 79 miles taking approximately 9 hours and utilizing up to eleven teams of horses.
Credit Line:
Bequest of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1960.34
Marks:
signature: lower left
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Max Klepper"; verso inscribed along upper edge in black ink: "No 7 Bridge Near Turkey Blue Ball"
Gallery Label:
This is one of a set of twelve watercolors commissioned by James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) of Mr. Hyde's four-horse coach "Liberty" that depicts scenes along the road on the 1903 run between New York and Lakewood. The society also owns an original illustration by Edward Penfield (q.v.) for use on the poster advertising this route (1947.90). The distance covered by the coach was seventy-nine miles, and eleven teams of horses were used daily.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1903
eMuseum Object ID:
54053
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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