Window Cleaner, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1945-46
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash and crayon over graphite on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. ( 27 x 20.5 cm ) portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Genre
Credit Line: 
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Object Number: 
1976.13.65
Marks: 
signature: lower left: "Lionel S. Reiss" inscription: lower right: "Window Cleaner"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Window Cleaner"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
44778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Profile Portrait of Madame Benda Simone (?)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1924
Medium: 
Graphite on card with printed verso
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 12.4 x 7.3 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.53
Marks: 
signature and date: lower right: "Wm HWalker / 1924" inscriptions: lower right: "[illegible] / Mme. SIMONE / FRENCH ACTRESS"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker / 1924 / Mme. SIMONE / FRENCH ACTRESS"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Simone"
Gallery Label: 
An inscription identifies the subject as a French actress. However, Madame Benda Simone (1877-1967?) was apparently an author. See "Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: A Supplement" (Metuchen, 1988).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1924
eMuseum Object ID: 
44764
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Profile Portrait of James L. Clark (1883-1969)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1927
Medium: 
Graphite on ivory paper with printed verso
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 18.1 x 14.3 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.48
Marks: 
signature and inscription: lower right: "Wm H Walker / James L. Clark" inscription and date: lower left: "Camp Fire [?] Club / 1927"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed at lower left: "Camp Fire Club / 1927"; signed by sitter at lower right: "James L. Clark."
Gallery Label: 
James Lippitt Clark was a taxidermist, sculptor, explorer, big game hunter, and motion picture engineer. He led the O'Donnell-Clark African Expedition in 1931 and was director emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History in New York from January, 1949.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1927
eMuseum Object ID: 
44763
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Floral Bouquet with Yellow Tulip; from disassembled Cummings album

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1817
Medium: 
Watercolor and gouache over graphite with selective glazing on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 7.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description: 
Still life
Credit Line: 
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number: 
1979.60b
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "T. S. C."
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right outside image in brown ink: "T.S.C."; verso inscribed vertically at center in graphite: "Thomas Cummings. / 1817"
Gallery Label: 
This watercolor came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
44753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Silhouetted Fishing Scene: Man Net Fishing from a Boat with a Woman, Man, and Seated Horn Player on Shore near Four Cows and a Goat

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1850
Medium: 
Black prepared paper cut-out
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm)
Description: 
Silhouette: Black-painted paper cut-out depicting river banks with trees surrounding fishing boat on the water at center; fishing net held by two men, one standing in boat and one on shore at the right; female figure stands next to man on right shore; four cows, a goat, and seated flute player on left.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number: 
1979.33
Marks: 
inscription: on back: "W. Miller / a/hk" inscription: on album leaf: "Lydia M. Cummings / 1837-1927"
Gallery Label: 
This silhouette may be based on a watercolor by William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893). It came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists on a page marked "Lydia Cummings".
Provenance: 
Thomas Seir Cummings Collection, New York, 1866; Mansfield , conn., 1889; and Hackensack, New Jersey, after 1889.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1855
eMuseum Object ID: 
44751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

"If I Extinguish Thee, Thou Flaming Minister"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
ca. 1826-28
Medium: 
Lithograph
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description: 
Cartoon
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number: 
1979.32a
Marks: 
inscription: lower left: "Inman & Cummings" printed caption: lower center to right: "'If I extinguish thee, thou flaming minister--' / Shakspeare."
Gallery Label: 
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1826
eMuseum Object ID: 
44750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Allegory of Poetry, Painting, Printing and Exhibition; verso: Figure Sketches; from disassembled Cummings album

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Medium: 
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 5/8 x 8 in. ( 21.9 x 20.3 cm )
Description: 
Caricature: "Francis Herbert", a character composed of a palette face and easel body with printer tools for arms and boots for feet, is shown with a tiny winged Fame holding his horn backwards and Dr. Bliss on the easel. These were the fictious pseudonyms used jointly by W.C. Bryant, R.C. Sands and G.C. Verplanck as the editors of the art journal "The Talisman", 1828-30, reissued in 1833 as "Miscellanies".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number: 
1979.30
Marks: 
Inscribed at bottom in graphite: "Mr. Francis Hubert a -- combination of the perfections of poetry painting printing / and expedition accompanied by Fame & Dr. Bliss."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at bottom in graphite: "Mr. Francis Herbert a -- combination of the perfections of poetry painting printing / and exhibition accompanied by Fame & Dr. Bliss." Francis Herbert and Dr. Bliss were the fictious pseudonyms used jointly by W.C. Bryant, R.C. Sands and G.C. Verplanck as the editors of the art journal "The Talisman", 1828-30, reissued in 1833 as "Miscellanies". See Description
Gallery Label: 
This cartoon/allegory is probably meant to represent Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), alias "Frank Forester." The sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
44748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bust Portrait of a Man; from disassembled Cummings album

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Medium: 
Graphite on paper backed with blue album paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 8.6 x 6 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number: 
1979.26i
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at uper right corner in graphite: "2 [encircled]"
Gallery Label: 
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
44742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Shoe Repair Shop, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1945-46
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash over graphite on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. ( 30.6 x 23.5 cm ) portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Genre
Credit Line: 
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Object Number: 
1976.13.64
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "Lionel S. Reiss" inscription: lower center: "Shoe Repair Shop"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower center in blue ink: "Shoe Repair Shop"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
44741
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scene in the Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1945-46
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 30.8 x 23.5 cm ) portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Genre
Credit Line: 
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Object Number: 
1976.13.61
Marks: 
signature: lower center: "Lionel S Reiss" inscription: lower right: "Plaza"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower center in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Plaza"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
44740
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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