Landscape of the Hudson River; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1818-28
Medium:
Graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 8 3/16 in. ( 11.1 x 20.8 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.45
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W. G. Wall"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "W. G Wall."
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:
44593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study of a Tree Trunk; from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1818-28
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 18.7 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.43
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. G. Wall"
inscription: on back: "sketch by Mr. Wall"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "W G Wall."; verso inscribed at lower left: "Sketch by Mr. Wall"
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, New York City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1818
eMuseum Object ID:
44592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mountainous Landscape with Boat and Two Cows; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 13/16 x 6 in. ( 12.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.42
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Durand"; inscribed at lower center: "AB Durand to T.A. Cummings. Esqr"
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:
44591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Classical Tholos and Bust-Length Caricature of a Man, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1830-32
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. ( 8.1 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Architecture/bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.41
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "S F B Morse"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "SFB Morse"
Gallery Label:
The monument depicted in this sketch has been identified as the Monument of Lysicrates in Athens (dedicated 334 B.C.). Though Morse never traveled to Greece, he may have encountered similar monuments in Italy during his sojourn there in the early 1830s. 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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
44590
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-1894)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1835-30
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 9/16 x 5 3/4 in. ( 16.7 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.40
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Ingham"
inscription: lower left: "[T?]S. C."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown ink over graphite: "Ingham"
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:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
44589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch of a Seated Man in Top Hat
Classification:
Date:
c. 1826
Medium:
Graphite on lined paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 10.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.39c
Marks:
signature: lower right: "E. C. Potter A.N.A."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "E.C. Potter A.N."; verso contains fragment of letter in brown ink
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:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44588
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Half Length Study of a Woman
Classification:
Date:
c. 1826
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. ( 12.2 x 9.7 cm )
Description:
Half figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.39b
Marks:
signature: lower right: "E. C. Potter A.N.A."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "E.C. Potter A.N.A."
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:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44587
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bust-Length Profile Portrait of a Man
Classification:
Date:
c. 1826
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/16 x 3 11/16 in. ( 10.6 x 9.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.39a
Marks:
signature: lower right: "E. C. Potter A.N.A."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "E.C. Potter A.N.A."
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:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Frankfurter and Lemonade, from an Album Compiled of works related to "Manhattan Crosstown"
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1945-46
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, white gouache, and graphite on paper, mounted on album page with overmat
Dimensions:
Image: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Genre/cityscape
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Object Number:
1976.12.8
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Lionel S. Reiss"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
44585
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Junk Yard, from an Album Compiled of works related to "Manhattan Crosstown"
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1945-46
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, white gouache, and graphite, mounted on album page with overmat
Dimensions:
Image: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Genre/cityscape
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Object Number:
1976.12.7
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Lionel [C?] S Reiss"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
44584
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


