Four Oval Vignette Scenes
Classification:
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on four oval sheets, mounted on a single sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 32.4 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.9 x 35.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1962.19
Inscriptions:
Right vignette inscribed in brown ink: "In sloop from Kidwelly to / Bristol / steal apple dumpling"; lower vignette inscribed: "Pool-hall. / Poney, Parson miss! / ..ennell, Kite! to Coton"; left vignette inscribed: "Roebuck at Sea bound to / America"
Gallery Label:
This study consists of four scenes cut in oval shape and pasted on the mounting sheet. One is an untitled shipboard scene. A second scene, showing a vessel at sea, is inscribed: "Roebuck at sea bound to/America." A third is of a beached vessel and is inscribed: "In sloop from Kidwelly to/Bristol/Steal apple dumpling." The fourth shows a rider on horseback in front of an estate gateway and is inscribed: "Pool-Hall/Poney Parson miff/[?] Kite."
Date Begin:
1831
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
38430
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sam Patch Jumping Off Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. ( 19.7 x 31.4 cm )
mat: 13 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. ( 35.2 x 47 cm )
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1962.17
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Genesee falls"; at upper right in brown ink: "Rochester / Scene of "Lorie Todd"; at lower center: "Sam Patch jumping off."
Gallery Label:
Sam Patch (ca. 1807-29) who gained fame for his spectacular daredevil diving feats, made his last, fatal dive on Novemer 13, 1829, from a platform erected on the brink of Genesee Falls. His body was not recovered until March 17, 1830, when it was found broken and frozen in a cake of ice at the mouth of the river. The body was buried at Charlotte, after which Patch passed into the speech and folklore of the nation. A woodcut and description is in the Boston Columbian Centinel, November 18, 1829.
Date Begin:
1831
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
38429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
American Wood Scenery near Niagara, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
mat: 13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 34.9 x 47 cm )
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1962.16
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "American wood Scenery / near Niagara october 1831"
Gallery Label:
The scene is a primitive clearing and log house, with stumps in the field, a cornfield, and a split rail fence.
Date Begin:
1831
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
38428
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Niagara River, New York
Classification:
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. ( 16.8 x 28.9 cm )
mat: 13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 34.9 x 47 cm )
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1962.13
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Colt Platform. Devils hole / half way to Lewistown 13th oct. 1831 River Niagara"
Date Begin:
1831
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
38425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Moonrise at Rondout Creek, New York
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 7/8 in. ( 38.1 x 27.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1955.103
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink over graphite: "Wm. R. Miller Del. / 61 Bleeker Street. NY.; at lower center inside image: "raise distant hill 18' to make deeper"; at lower right inside image: "no 1000 Gems. / April 20th 1889"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / 'Moonrise on the Rondout Creek.' / (Wawarsing, N.Y.) / Composed April 26th 1889. / 10 x 8."
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
1889
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
38423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A Westchester Road Scene, New York
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1955.102
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in brown ink over graphite: "Wm. R. Miller. July.1885"; at lower right inside image: "no"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / 'A Westchester Road Scene.' / (nr West Farms) / Composed Jany 28th 1884. / 12 x 8."; various annotations inside image
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
1887
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
38422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketches of Fifteen Women, Girls, and Children
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1840
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 in. ( 27.3 x 37.8 cm )
mat: 14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Figures
Credit Line:
Gift of The Misses Margaret and Ellen Peters
Object Number:
1951.739d
Date Begin:
1840
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
38419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fisherman's Cottage on Rondout Creek, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1882
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1947.101
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1882."
inscription: upper right: "No. [blank] 1000 Gems/"A Fisherman's Cottage on the Roundout."/Composed Decr. 19, 1882./11 x 7"
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. / 'A Fishermans Cottage on the Rondout.' / Composed Decr.19th 1882. / 11 x 7"; various annotations inside image
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landsape.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
38414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Britton's Mill, Staten Island, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1877
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. ( 26.7 x 18.7 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1947.99
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1877"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/"Britons Mill, Staten Island"/Composed Nov.r 11th 1877/8 x 6--9 x7"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1877."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: " No. 1000 Gems. / 'Brittons Mill, Staten Island.' / Composed Nov. 11th 1877. / 8 x 6 = 9 x 7"
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
38413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cromwell Farmhouse, Bronx, New York
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and brown ink on gray heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. ( 29.5 x 41 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1947.96
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W.R. Miller/ Augt. 24,1855, Morrisania"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "W. R. Miller / Augt. 24th. 1855. Morrisana"
Gallery Label:
The Cromwell farmhouse was erected about 1760 in the valley at the head of the now-obliterated Cromwell's Creek near the present Cromwell and McClellan avenues in the borough of the Bronx. The house was still standing in the early 1920s. In 1948 the Kennedy Galleries, New York City, had an undated oil of the same subject by Miller. Sheep were substituted in place of the woman, child and dog seen at the lower left of the Society's study.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
38412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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