Side View of Path Through the Pine Woods, Saratoga, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and yellow gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.179
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink: "Saratoga New York / Lucy M Durand Woodman / 1892."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
40046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
European Village Scene
Classification:
Date:
1875-6
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 21.3 x 25.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.273
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "F. G. W., 1875-6"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "FGW. 1885-6"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Classification:
Date:
1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal with touches of black and brown ink and white gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/16 x 4 1/8 in. (11.3 x 10.5 cm)
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
frame: 15 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna R. Fairchild
Object Number:
1910.20
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed and signed at upper center in brown ink: "Likeness of W. C Bryant. / -- By Inman 1827. --"
Gallery Label:
This portrait was made while Bryant was still a young man, not long after he had assumed his editorial position with the New York Evening Post. There are two engravings by G. Parker after this portrait in the Print Room of the Society; one appeared originally in the New York Mirror and the other in the U.S. Magazine and Democratic Review in 1842.
Provenance:
Descent through sitter's family, Anna R. Fairchild, New York City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
39912
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Mrs. Benton
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 9.5 x 7.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand
Object Number:
1944.284
Marks:
signature and date: right: "J. Phillip Schmand '10"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
39793
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mr. Benton
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.9 x 7.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand
Object Number:
1944.283
Marks:
signature and date: right: "J. P. Schmand '10"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
39792
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dr. William David Coolidge (1873-1975)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Graphite and red chalk on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. ( 59.7 x 47.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.233
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Coolidge was a specialist in physico-chemistry at the General Electric Co. in Schenectady and in 1932 became the director of the research laboratory there. In 1941 he was appointed to the group working on the atomic bomb and five years later was made head of the atomic research and development laboratory at Hanford, Washington. This portrait is part of Kaufman's series of notable American men and women, many of whom were connected with the first atomic bomb and with the research that followed.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
39783
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Church of the Strangers, New York City
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 23.2 x 18.1 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1910.51
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Aug. Will, fec. 1898"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Aug. Will fec. 1898."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
39767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
City Garbage Docks, Canal Street, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 22.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Object Number:
X.493
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Aug. Will, 1891"
inscribed: upper: "City Garbage Docks, Canal St.--also Coal Docks"
inscribed: upper: "No. 111"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Aug. Will 1891"; along upper edge: "CITY GARBAGE DOCKS CANAL ST. -- ALSO COAL DOCKS No 111"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
39730
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Post Office from the Corner of Liberty and Nassau Streets, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1855
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 15.6 x 20 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.490
Marks:
inscribed: upper right: "P[ost] O[ffice] from corner. Libery and Nassau Sts./Aug. Will, fec. 1855"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at upper right in black ink and graphite: "P.O. from cor. Liberty and Nassau Sts. / Aug Will fec. 1855. / No 86"; verso inscribed and signed at upper center in black crayon: "NY -- P.O / PO Cor Liberty and Nassau Str / Aug Will del / 1855."
Gallery Label:
Will made this sketch during the period in which the Middle Reform Dutch Church, Nassau Street, N.Y.C., was occupied by the U.S. Post Office.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Willow Tree Inn, Third Avenue, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1900-10
Medium:
Oil, encaustic, or casein on paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 21.9 x 14.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor Wilbour
Object Number:
1920.134
Marks:
signed: lower right: "V. W."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "V.W."; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "WILLOW TREE INN / ON THIRD AVENUE / by Victor Wilbour"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
39681
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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