Assorted Vignette Sketches
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Graphite on two sheets of beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 27 x 34.6 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Marine details
Credit Line:
Gift of The Misses Margaret and Ellen Peters
Object Number:
1951.739f
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W. R. Miller/March 23, 1841"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "W.R. Miller / March 23d. 1841"; inscribed along upper edge in graphite: "Very pleasing woodsy Scenery down betwixt Woot. and ...[?] / July 6th 1842"; various other annotations near images, including "Tues. near London"
Gallery Label:
This is a series of interesting little thumbnail sketches, mostly of sailboats, and a few of people. One small study is inscribed: "Trees near London."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
39041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Liberty," the New York City to Lakewood, New Jersey Coach: Study for a Poster
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1903
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on brown paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 7/8 x 44 1/4 in. (42.9 x 112.4 cm)
mat: 24 1/8 x 51 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 61.3 x 131.8 x 1.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1947.90
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink with a monogram and below: "EDWARD PENFIELD"
Gallery Label:
This is the original study for the poster illustration advertising the run of the four-horse public coach "Liberty" between New York and Lakewood, New Jersey, from March 31 to May 15, 1903. The coach was built by Guiet of Paris for James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), a coaching enthusiast who maintained the run. The Society also has a series of twelve watercolors of the "Liberty" by Max Francis Klepper (1861-1907), who was commissioned by Mr. Hyde to depict scenes on the coach run (1960.28-39).
Provenance:
James Hazen Hyde, NYC
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1903
eMuseum Object ID:
39023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
West Point, New York, Taken from the North Barrack
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1830-39
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 19.4 x 23.5 cm )
mat: 10 x 14 in. ( 25.4 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.326
Marks:
inscriptions: Title at bottom: Taken from the North Barrack, Rue de Cockloft
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Taken from the North Barrack, Rue de Cockloft"; verso inscribed at upper right in graphite: "View of West Point by Mr Pemberton"
Gallery Label:
The North Barrack from which this early nineteenth-century view was taken was erected at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1817 and was demolished in 1851. A pen-and-ink sketch of the barrack, 1827, by James Barnes (1801-1869) is owned by the Society (X.327). "Mr. Pemberton" may be John Clifford Pemberton (ca. 1814-1881), who graduated from the Academy in 1837.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
39020
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Anderson: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1803-1810
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
sheet: 4 5/8 x 4 in. ( 11.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564www
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "75"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "75"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Trenton, New Jersey.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
39016
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The "Half Moon"
Classification:
Medium:
Black, gray, and white gouache, black crayon, and graphite on heavy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. ( 59.1 x 42.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
X.281
Marks:
signature: lower right: "HAOgd"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in gray gouache: "H.A. Ogd[cut]"
Gallery Label:
This shows the 1909 replica of Henry Hudson's Half Moon of 1609 in the Hudson River. The Half Moon was the ship in which he discovered the river in 1609. Beside it is the Hudson River Day Line steamer Hendrick Hudson, launched at Newburgh, New York, in 1906.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
39009
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The "Half Moon"
Classification:
Date:
1909
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on heavy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/4 x 28 in. ( 61.6 x 71.1 cm )
mat: 51 x 42 3/4 in. ( 129.5 x 108.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
X.274
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in black gouache: "COPYRIGHT 1909 BY / H.A. Ogden"
Gallery Label:
This watercolor shows the 1909 replica of Henry Hudson's Half Moon of 1609, the ship in which he discovered the Hudson River. In the background are New York City skyscrapers including the Singer Building at the right. This was drawn by Ogden at the time of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in 1909.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
39007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scenes of Battle in the Bois de Belleau, France
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1918
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 37.8 x 25.1 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.6 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Vignette studies of American soldiers fighting in Belleau Wood in 1918, during World War I, under Lieutenant-General James Guthrie Harbord, sent to him by the artist, a member of the 5th Marines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James G. Harbord
Object Number:
1948.613
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Bois de Belleau--1918/O.W."
inscription: top left: "To General James G. Harbord/from one of the 5th Marines/John W. Thomason jr."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in black ink: "Bois de Belleau -- 1918 / JWT"; at upper left: "To General James G. Harbord / from one of the fifth warriors. / John W Thomason jr[?]"
Gallery Label:
This contains vignette studies of American soldiers fighting in Belleau Wood in 1918, during World War I, under Lieutenant-General James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
39004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.400
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm. R. Miller 1884"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/(No [?] Series)/"Blarney Castle nr Cork, Ireland"/Composed April 25th 1884/10 1/2 x 8--20 x 16"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1884"; inscribed at lower left inside image: "No"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / (No Diaz Series) / 'A Blarney Castle nr Cork, Ireland' / (Composed April 25th 1884. / 10 1/2 x 8 = 20 x 16."; various annotations outside image
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
39002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
An English Roadside Inn
Classification:
Date:
1886 [1872]
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. ( 36.2 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
Architecture/genre
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.399
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W. R. Miller, 1872 & 1886"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/(The Black Swan Inn)/"An English road side Inn"/Composed Feby 13th & 14th 1872/10 1/2 x 7 1/2"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink over graphite: "W. R. Miller. 1872. & 1886."; inscribed at lower left inside image: "No Strengthen Landlord."; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / (The Black Swan Inn) / 'An English road side Inn.' / (Composed Feby 13th & 14th 1872 / 10 1/2 x 7 1/2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
39001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lane Cottage, Hell Gate Near Yorkville, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1854
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and brown ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. ( 35.2 x 51.4 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1947.94
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, lower left: W.R.Miller, Morrisania, N.Y./PAinted for Rufus Prime, Esq.; lower right: Lane Cottage, Hell Gate...
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "W. R. Miller. Morrisiana, NY. / Painted for Rufus Prime Esq."; at lower right: "Lane Cottage. Hell Gate / nr Yorkville, NY / Octr. 1854."
Gallery Label:
Rufus Prime (1806-85), for whom this study was painted, was a son of Nathaniel I. Prime (1768-1840), the original owner of the Hell Gate property whose country residence stood between 88th and 89th streets. Miller rendered a companion view of this property in November 1854 which is also in the Society's collection (1943.488). Rufus Prime's address from 1846 to 1854 was listed at 113 (later 147) West 14th Street, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
38988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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