Portrait of Ethel Merman (1909-1984)
Classification:
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.219
Marks:
inscription and date: lower left: "Dutch Treat Club / Nov 10/36"
inscriptions: lower center: "Sincerely / Ethel Merman" and lower right: "ETHEL MERMAN / Red, Hot & Blue"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge: "Dutch Treat Club / Nov 10/36 / ETHEL MERMAN / Red. Hot & Blue"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Sincerely / Ethel Merman"
Gallery Label:
Famous for her deep, powerful singing voice and comic abilities, Merman began performing on stage with Jimmy Durante in the 1920s. She continued to perform on stage and in movies and television until her death in 1984.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
44610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Two Portraits of Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) and Profile of a Probocis Monkey
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.220
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat / Club / Nov 10/36"
inscription: upper left: "Great / J. . . y / Durante"
inscriptions: lower left: "Ape in / Martin Johnson / [Picture?] same day" and lower center: "JIMMIE DURANTE"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat / Club / Nov 10/36"; at lower left: "Ape in / Martin Johnson / Pictures same day. / JIMMIE DURANTE"; signed by sitter at upper left: "Great / Jimmy Durante"
Gallery Label:
Durante was a musical comic who appeared in movies as well as on stage. He was born in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
44611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait Leo A. Kieran (1899-1952)
Classification:
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.216
Marks:
signature: right: "Wm.H.Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Dutch Treat Club / Oct 27/36"
inscriptions: lower center: "LeoAKieran" and lower left: "(N.Y. Times) Around World in 20 days"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Oct 27/36"; at lower left: "(N.Y. Times) around world in 20 days"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Leo A. Kieran"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
44609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait John Alan Villiers (1903-1982)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.215
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Wm. H. Walker"
inscriptions: lower left: "Dutch Treat Club / Alan Villiers / Oct 27/36 / 'not much more than a little bird flying / around - you had seen it & died young' / Capt. Alan Villiers of the last Square Riggers 'Joseph C
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / (N.Y. Journal)"; inscribed at lower left: "Dutch Treat Club / Alan Villiers / Oct 27/36 / Capt. Alan Villiers of the last Square Riggers 'Joseph Conrad'"; at lower center by sitter: "'not much more than a little bird flying / around -- you had seen it & died young'"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Australia, went to sea at the age of fifteen and sailed for five years in the Cape Horn trade. In the 1920s he turned to journalism, and became recognized as a leading writer on maritime subjects.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
44608
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snail
Classification:
Date:
1816
Medium:
Watercolor with glazing on paper laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. ( 8.9 x 11.3 cm )
Description:
Animal figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.53
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Brett. 1816"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink over chalk: "Brett. 1816"
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.
Provenance:
Thomas Seir Cummings
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1816
eMuseum Object ID:
44599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Untitled [male head with helmet]
Classification:
Date:
c. 1810-20
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. ( 5.9 x 4.6 cm )
Description:
Bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.52
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:
44598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tropical Landscape with Figure, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 6 in. ( 10.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.50
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:
44597
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marine Scene with a Fishing Boat and Ship, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. ( 9.7 x 14.8 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.49
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Agat[e?]"
inscription: lower left: "Agate"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown ink: "Agate"; below in graphite: "Agate"
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.
Provenance:
Thomas Seir Cummings
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
44596
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Soldier with Gun Fighting Arab on Horseback, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1828-38
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Figures
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.48b
Marks:
signature: lower right: "H. J. Morton."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "H. J. Morton."
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:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
44595
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wooded Landscape, from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1827-32
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/16 x 4 1/2 in. ( 10.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.48a
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Morton"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J Morton"
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:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
44594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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