View of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
c. 1858-59
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, graphite, and touches of white gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 9 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 23.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Norvin H. Green Fund
Object Number:
1955.40
Marks:
signature: lower left: "From Nature by E. Whitefield"
inscription: lower right: "At Harrisburg, Pa., looking up the Susquehanna River"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink: "From Nature, by E. Whitefield"; at lower right: "At Harrisburg, Pa. looking up the Susquehanna River."
Gallery Label:
Whitefield's North American Scenery reproduces a lithograph View of Harrisburg, Pa. from the S.W. which differs from the watercolor owned by the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
39469
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View of the Mississippi River from Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1858-59
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 14.6 x 18.1 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Norvin H. Green Fund
Object Number:
1955.39
Marks:
signature: lower left: "From Nature by E. Whitefield"
inscription: lower center: "From Trempeleau [sic], Wisconsin/looking up"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in red ink: "From Nature by E. Whitefield"; card inscribed at lower center: "From Trempeleau, Wisconsin / looking up."
Gallery Label:
Another version of this same sketch appears in Bertha L. Heilbron's article, "Edwin Whitefield's Minnesota Lakes," Minnesota History, 33 (1953): 247-51, with six illustrations.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
39467
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The New York Public Library Steps, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1918
Medium:
Pastel, Conté crayon, gouache, charcoal, and watercolor on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 7/16 x 15 in. (54.5 x 38.1 cm)
Description:
A United States Army Tank Corps display is on the steps.
Object Number:
X.461
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Caroline van Bean/August 1918"
inscription: lower left: "The Library Steps, 5th. Ave./August 1918."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black pastel: "Caroline van H Bean"; inscribed at lower left inside image: "The Library Steps --5th ave / August 1918"; at lower right of center outside image: "2[encircled]"; at lower center outside image: " -- 2v --"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the artist's studies of New York City in wartime, 1918-1919.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
39460
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View of Hallways in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City; verso: view of a room with a desk
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Classification:
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Date:
1924
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. ( 41.9 x 31.4 cm )
mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.313
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W.H.S.--1924"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black pastel: "W. H. S. / June 1924"
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
39453
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View of the Big Gate at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City; verso: view of a room with a desk
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Classification:
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Date:
1924
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 18 1/4 in. ( 31.4 x 46.4 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Object Number:
X.317
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W.H. Shelton/1924"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black pastel: "W. H. Shelton / 1924."
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
39451
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Major John Coffin House in 1812
Classification:
Date:
1881
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 9 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of John E. Stillwell, M.D.
Object Number:
1925.174
Marks:
signature: lower right: "A.W.S."
inscription: lower center: "Major John Coffins' House in 1812"
inscription: upper right: "1881, now 5 story ware houses"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "A. W. S."; above: "Reade St."; inscribed at lower center: "Major John Coffins' House in 1812"; at upper left in brown ink: "1881. now 5 story / ware houses"; verso inscribed in black ink: "Major Coffin taught school in Frankfort St. while / the City Hall was being built -- He prepared many / of our Judges for Columbia College at about that time. / The war of 1812 broke up his School, / he having been called into government service / He was a good disciplinari
Gallery Label:
The following handwritten inscription by the artist is on the reverse of this drawing: "Major Coffin taught school in Frankfort St. while the City Hall was being built. He prepared many of our Judges for Columbia College at about that time. The War of 1812 broke up his school, he having been called into government service. He was a good disciplinarian, never without his cowskin under his arm of which I got a taste occasionally as well as the Judges & Generals..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1881
eMuseum Object ID:
39449
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First Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 18.7 x 24.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1918.52
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "R. V. B."
inscription: lower center: "Built in Brooklyn 1808 Demolished 1835 Court St."
date: upper left: "Sept 25 1918"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower center in red gouache: "R. VB."; old overmat inscribed in black ink: "THE FIRST REFORM DUTCH CHURCH / BUILT IN BROOKLYN 1808 DEMOLISHED 1835 COURT ST."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
39424
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Design for a Poster: "The Wandering Jew"
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1855
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and selective glazing on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/4 x 25 in. ( 90.8 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Emma Toedteberg
Object Number:
1936.1017
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Todteberg/1855"
signature and date: lower right: "Aug. Toedteberg/1855."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed twice at lower right in white gouache: "Aug. Toedteberg. / 1855."; "Töedteberg. / 1855."; at left of center in red gouache: "The Wandering Jew"; at center below image in blue, green, and brown watercolor: "THE WANDERING JEW"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Engagement between the "Bonhomme Richard" and "Serapis" on September 23, 1779
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Classification:
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Date:
1780
Medium:
Watercolor , black ink, and graphite on graphite, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. ( 20 x 34 cm )
mat: 15 7/8 x 21 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 40.3 x 53.7 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.142
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "D.S./1780"
inscription: mat: "Dominic Serres R A. 1722-1793"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "D.S. 1780."
Gallery Label:
This shows the Bonne Homme Richard, under Captain John Paul Jones, engaging the Serapis, Captain Richard Pearson, off Flamborough Head on the east coast of England on September 23, 1779. This encounter, whcih resulted in the capture of the Serapis after a battle of several hours, is one of the famous battles of American naval history.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
39411
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Landscape with Seeley's Cottage, Inwood, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1870-1889
Medium:
Charcoal and crayon with eraser on paper, laid on paper, sandwiched between boards
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. ( 54 x 90.2 cm )
mat: 29 3/8 x 41 3/8 in. ( 74.6 x 105.1 cm )
Description:
Though the view is cited as of City Island in the Bronx, the title is misleading. The building depicted is the old Abraham Seeley Cottage nea the Cold Spring in what is now Inwood Hill Park at the extreme northern end of Manhattan Island. The location was the south shore of the Harlem River. Inwood Hill appears in the background.
Object Number:
1937.1777
Marks:
signature: lower left: "R. Schelling"
inscription: on mount: "City Island"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in pink gouache over graphite: "R. SCHELLING"; ettiquette on mount inscribed: "City Island."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
39408
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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