Capture of the H.M.S. "Macedonian" by the U.S. Frigate "United States"
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper, laid on canvas, nailed to a stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 3/8 x 19 7/8 in. ( 39.1 x 50.5 cm )
mat: 16 1/2 x 23 x 5/8 in. ( 41.9 x 58.4 x 1.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer, Jr.
Object Number:
1976.51
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in ochre gouache: "UNITED STATES & MACEDONIAN."
Gallery Label:
This is a view of the engagement between the British frigate Macedonian, 38 guns, Captain John S. Carden, and the United States frigate United States, 44 guns, Commodore Stephan Decatur. The ninety-minute battle took place in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles west of the Canary Islands on October 25, 1812. This shows the end of the engagement after the surrender of the British frigate.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
39167
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Portrait of John Cox, Jr. (1756-1825)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1810
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of white gouache, glazed, on paper, laid on wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 7 in. ( 22.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox, his great-granddaughter
Object Number:
1935.153
Gallery Label:
The eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Palmer) Cox, the subject of this portrait lived in the vicinity of Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York, from 1776 until 1790, when he bought a farm in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County. The portrait was a gift to the Society from his great-granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
39157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Boiler Factory and Houses on Centre Street near Worth Street, New York City; verso: sketch of plan
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Classification:
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Date:
1899
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 11 in. ( 21.3 x 27.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.555
Marks:
signature: lower left: "WHW"
inscription: lower left: "Old Boiler Factory and/and other old Houses/on Centre St/near Worth, 1899"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black wash: "WHW / Old Boiler Factory and / and other old houses / on Center St / near Worth / 1899"
Gallery Label:
A note by Wallace states that the buildings were "Destroyed by fire about 1910," and a second note states that the "Buildings [are] now gone--1915."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
39155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Yellowstone River Near Fort Keogh, Montana Territory
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1877-82
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and touches of red gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 22 1/4 in. ( 35.6 x 56.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.180
Marks:
signature: lower right: "H. Stieffel co. K. 5 U.S. Inf."
inscription: lower center: "The Yellowstone River near Fort Keogh, Montana"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in black ink: "H. Stieffel Co. K. 5. US Inf."; at lower center outside image: "'The Yellowstone River near Fort Keogh, Montana."
Gallery Label:
For an identical view, with variations, owned by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., see E. M. Howell, "Hermann Steffel," United States National Museum Bulletin 255 (1960): 14.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
39144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Bad Lands Near Fort Keogh, Montana Territory
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1877-82
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. ( 32.7 x 53 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.179
Marks:
signature: lower right: "H. Stieffel co. K. 5th Inf."
inscription: lower center: "Bad Lands near Fort Keogh, Montana"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in black ink: "H. Stieffel Co. K. 5th. Inf."; at lower center outside image: "'Bad Lands' near Fort Keogh,
Montana."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
39140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Dam of Carll's Mill, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York; verso: two studies of Gothic windows and a pulpit
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1893
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 12 in. ( 24.4 x 30.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.426
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "In the Cemetery Tarrytown, Aug. 93/Showing the dam of Carl's Mill"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "In the cemetery Tarrytown, Aug. 93 / showing the dam of Carls mill --"
Gallery Label:
See William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893) for a watercolor of Carl's Mill, sketched in 1851, also in the Society's collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
39116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wooded Landscape with South Mountain, Nyack, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1898
Medium:
Watercolor on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. ( 28.6 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.425
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "South Mountain/Nyack"
inscription: lower right: "South Mountain, Nyack, 1898"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "South Mountain / Nyack"; at lower right: "South Mountain Nyack 1898"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
39115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape with Brook on Eaton's Property at Nyack, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.420
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Brook on Eatons. May, 95"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Brook on Eatons May -- 95"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
39110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Piermont Marshes, Piermont, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. ( 14 x 23.2 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.418
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W. H. Wallace"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown watercolor: "WHWallace"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1929
eMuseum Object ID:
39108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Norham Castle, Northumberland, England
Classification:
Date:
1875
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, selective glazing, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 17.1 x 12.1 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Estate of Mrs. Thomas Iselton Miller
Object Number:
1951.418
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W. R. Miller, 1875"
inscription: verso, on cardboard: "This is my first/Encaustographic Pict [ ]/Norham Castle on the [ ]/Engl [ ]/Presented to Miss [ ] by her Papa [ ]/Wm. R. [Miller]/806 [Broadway]/No. 1/Indelible Imita
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "W.R. Miller. 1875"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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