View of Broadway at Bowling Green with the Government House, New York City
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1797
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink, selective glazing, and graphite on paper, laid on oriental paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Object Number:
X.285
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "C. Milbourne Delnt/Et Excud./1797"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "C. Milbourne, Delint-Et-Excud. / 1797"
Gallery Label:
This building was erected in 1790 as the intended residence of the President of the United States at the foot of Broadway opposite Bowling Green. After the removal of the seat of federal government to Philadelphia, the house was briefly used as the official residence of the governors of the state of New York. It became the Custom House in 1799, and served as the second home of The New-York Historical Society from 1809 until its demolition in 1815.
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0
Date End:
1797
eMuseum Object ID:
38942
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View of an Old House
Classification:
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 22.5 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.407
Gallery Label:
This depiction might be of an old house in Rockland County, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1929
eMuseum Object ID:
38939
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William Seabury (1805-1833)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Graphite on card mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 12.1 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Andrew Oliver
Object Number:
1963.19
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. S. Mount"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "W. S. Mount"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the third son of Rev. Charles Seabury and Anne (Saltonstall) Seabury. He was born in New London, Connecticut, and in 1814 moved to Setauket, Long Island, with his family. He suffered from poor heath, became blind, and died at an early age.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
38929
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Profile Portrait of a Young Man
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. ( 24.1 x 19.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1947.416
Marks:
signature and date: lower center: "Wm. S. Mount Del/Nov. 10th 1841"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Wm. S. Mount Del. / Nov 10th 1841"
Provenance:
J. C. Maguire Collection, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Dowling, Washington, D. C., 1888
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
38928
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Design for a Schoolhouse; verso: Schoolroom Floor Plan and Layout of Desks with Notations
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Brown ink and wash with touches of graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
1939.605
Marks:
inscription: lower left, pencil: "W. S. Mount/from family Stoney brook/L.I."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed with many design measurements and notations, elevation and distance scales, and comments in brown ink; at middle in graphite: "W. S. Mount -- / from family Stoneybrook -- / L. I."
Gallery Label:
This is a plan for a schoolhouse, measuring 24 x 34 feet, with an exterior view on one side of the font and side. On the reverse is a floor plan and sketch of desks, with detailed notes and description of the interior seating arrangement and proposed division of the outside schoolyard.
Provenance:
Purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries; the Mount Family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
38926
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Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1700
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash with red chalk, white lead pigment, black chalk, and tracing impressions from a stylus on ivory paper, inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 18.4 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucius Wilmerding
Object Number:
1949.45
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in brown ink: "N. AMSTERDAM ou N. IORK / in Ameriq—."
Gallery Label:
This original drawing in reverse, apparently executed by "Pieter Mortier," was probably drawn ca. 1700 for the copperplate engraving of New York as it appeared in 1673. It was published in Amsterdam by P. Mortier, whose signature on the engraving appears as "P. Mortier, cum Privil." A copy is in the Society's Print Room. The prototype of the Mortier view is the so-called Restitutio View of New Amsterdam, which was drawn to celebrate the recapture of the city by the Dutch in August 1673.
Provenance:
Ogden Goelet, New York; Lucius Wilmerding, New York, 1949
Bibliography:
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 189-92
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
38921
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Winter Scene, Little Falls, New York
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, and graphite on blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 in. ( 25.4 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 27.3 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.390
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower right: Wm. R. Miller, 1884
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1884"
Gallery Label:
This study of a small house in a winter setting is a detail from Miller's larger oil of the Erie Canal at Little Falls, painted in 1884 from an earlier 1849 study, also in the Society's collection (1949.4). It was probably intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape. It has been cut down and framed.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
38918
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Passaic Falls, Paterson, New Jersey
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Black ink on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.387
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1882"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/No 3 [?]/treatment/"Passaic Falls, New Jersey"/Composed Decr. 16th 1882/10 x 8"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1882."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / (No 3. Diaz / Treatment) / 'Passaic Falls, New Jersey.' / Composed Decr. 16th 1882. / 10 x 8."; annotation inside image
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
38914
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In the Woods of Weehawken, New Jersey
Classification:
Date:
1881
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 7/8 in. ( 38.1 x 27.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.384
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm. R. Miller/ 1875-81"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/No [blank] Colour & Effect/ "In the Woods of Weehawken, N.J."/Recomposed Jany 30th 1881/(Basis of Comp. No [blank])/9 1/2 x 7 Pt. 16 x 12"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. Del / 1875-81."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems / (No colour & Effect) / 'In the Woods of Weehawken, N.J..' / Recomposed Jany 30th 1881 / (Basis of Comp No ) / 9 1/2 x 7 Pt 16 x 12"
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
38913
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A Westchester Wood Scene, New York
Classification:
Date:
1881
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on gray green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number:
1950.383
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W. R. Miller 1881, N.Y."
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/(Miller-Corot)/"A Westchester Wood Scene"/Composed April 8th 1881/10 x 7 Pt. 14 x 10"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "W. R. Miller 1881. N.Y"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / (Miller-Coròt) / 'A Westchester Wood Scene.' / Composed April 8th 1881. / 10 x 7 Pt 14 x 10"; annotation inside image
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape. In his signature, Miller calls attention to his adherence to the artistic precepts of Jean Baptiste Camille Cort (1796-1875). See also Mill's similar signature on his sketch In the Woods, Weehawken, 1881, also in the Society's collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1881
eMuseum Object ID:
38912
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