Profile Portrait of Kathleen Norris (1880-1966)
Classification:
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Date:
1924
Medium:
Graphite on section of envelope
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in. ( 9.5 x 6.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.15
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W.H.W." and lower center: "Mar 25/24"
inscription: lower center: "Kathleen Norris"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "W. H. W."; signed by sitter at lower center: "Kathleen Norris / Mar 25/24"
Gallery Label:
Kathleen Norris was a prolific short story-writer. Her husband, Charles G. Norris, was also an author.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
44660
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Portrait of Ed Wynn (1886-1966)
Classification:
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.99
Marks:
signature: lower left: "WmHWalker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Ed. Wynn / 3/25/30"
inscription: upper left: "130 East End Ave"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm.H.Walker"; inscribed vertically at upper left: "130 East End Ave"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Ed. Wynn / 3/25/30"
Gallery Label:
An actor and comedian, Wynn began his career in vaudeville before joining the Ziegfeld Follies in the 1920s. He was a radio comedy and movie star in the 1930s and 40s. His Emmy Award-winning television variety show, "The Ed Wynn Show," first appeared in 1949 and ran through the 1950s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44650
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Half-Length Portrait of a Woman; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper, its verso dusted in sanguine chalk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 9.8 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.16c
Inscriptions:
Verso signed vertically at right in graphite: "Thomas Cummings"
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:
44649
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Half-Length Portrait of a Woman; from disassembled Cummings album
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Medium:
Graphite on paper backed with pink album paper over a dusting of sanguine chalk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.15a
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "May [Mary?]"
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:
44648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bust Portrait of a Woman; from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper with horizontal lines backed with blue album paper over a dusting of sanguine chalk
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. ( 7.5 x 5.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.14b
Marks:
inscription: lower left to right: ". . . bil Carter Mon. . ." (upside down)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower border upside down in graphite: "… bil Castor Mon…"[cut]
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:
44647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Floral Bouquet with Pink Rose; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 15/16 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7.5 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Still life
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.60a
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Cummings"
Inscriptions:
Signed on lower right leaf inside image in brown ink: "T.S.C."; inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Cummings"
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:
44646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broken Ionic Column, from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1818
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Architecture detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.59
Marks:
inscription and date: lower left: "New York. 1818"
inscription: lower left: "Earl."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "New York. 1818."; signed below in graphite: "Earl."; various numbers in graphite in image
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:
1818
eMuseum Object ID:
44645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Standing Man in Seventeenth-Century Costume, from disassembled Cummings album; verso: fragmentary sketch of uniform
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1815-20
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 18.1 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.58
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Earle"
inscription: lower right: "Earle"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Earle"; at lower right: "Earle"
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:
44644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of a Scene with a Bridge, from disassembled Cummings album; verso: two female figures (cut)
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1815-20
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.4 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Townscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.57
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Earle"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Earle"
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:
44643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Rubens Smith (1775-1849) Reclining, from disassembled Cummings album; verso: two female figures (cut)
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1815-20
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.56b
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "John R Smith by Earle"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in graphite: "John R Smith by Earle"
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:
44642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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