Battle of Lake Champlain

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1814-16
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on heavier paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 x 7 7/8 in. ( 15.2 x 20 cm ) mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number: 
1963.42
Gallery Label: 
This shows Commodore Thomas Macdonough's victory over the British fleet commanded by Captain George Downie in Plattsburgh Bay on Lake Champlain on September 11, 1814. This study is attributed to Reinagle as a sketch for his larger painting of the battle which was engraved and published in Philadelphia by Benjamin Tanner (1775-1848) on July 4, 1816. A copy of the engraving is in the Olds collection (no. 298) in the Society's Print Room.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1814
eMuseum Object ID: 
38407
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jimmy Carter Restores Head to the Statue of Liberty

Classification: 
Date: 
1976
Medium: 
Black ink and graphite on paper
Description: 
Cartoon was published in the Public Employee Press
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mark Gotbaum
Object Number: 
2001.37
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in black ink: "M.G."; various publication annotations in margins
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1976
eMuseum Object ID: 
38400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

View up Broadway, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Black crayon, gouache, and black ink on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 3/4 x 6 in. ( 24.8 x 15.2 cm ) mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Victor Semon Perard
Object Number: 
1941.226
Marks: 
signature: lower left: "Victor Perard"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Victor Perard"
Gallery Label: 
This is a view up lower Broadway from the roof of the Washington Building, no. 1 Broadway, at the northwest corner of Broadway and Battery Place.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
38398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

American Artillery and Infantry

Classification: 
Medium: 
Black ink and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 28.3 x 15.6 cm ) mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number: 
1936.820
Marks: 
inscription: lower left: "Artillery & Infantry, 1783-1796"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Artillery & Infantry. 1783-1796."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
38394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doorway of Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Classification: 
Date: 
1917
Medium: 
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 3/16 x 8 5/8 in. ( 28.4 x 21.9 cm ) mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description: 
Architecture detail
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number: 
1936.819
Marks: 
inscription: lower: "Doorway of/The Craigie-Long-fellow House- Cambridge- Mass. etc..."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Doorway of / the Craigie-Longfellow House. / Cambridge -- Mass...."
Gallery Label: 
Washington and his wife Martha are on the doorstep. This preliminary study includes a note by the artist that it was done for the Campbell Art Co., November 15, 1917.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1917
eMuseum Object ID: 
38393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Corner View of the Eckford-Inman House, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1844-47
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 10 in. ( 17.8 x 25.4 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1908.31
Marks: 
inscription: verso: "The Inman Homestead/7th Ave cor 28th St/by John O'Brien Inman"
Gallery Label: 
This structure was erected prior to 1819 on the north side of West 25th Street west of Seventh Avenue and partly in the line of the street. It was the residence of Henry Eckford, the noted shipbuilder, from about 1825 to 1827 and was later the home of the Inman family. John Inman, editor of the Commerical Advertiser and brother of artist Henry Inman, lived here from about 1844 to 1847. The house was demolished before 1850.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1896
eMuseum Object ID: 
38381
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Side View of the Eckford-Inman House, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1844-47
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 10 in. ( 17.8 x 25.4 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1908.29
Gallery Label: 
This structure was erected prior to 1819 on the north side of West 25th Street west of Seventh Avenue and partly in the line of the street. It was the residence of Henry Eckford, the noted shipbuilder, from about 1825 to 1827 and was later the home of the Inman family. John Inman, editor of the Commerical Advertiser and brother of artist Henry Inman, lived here from about 1844 to 1847. The house was demolished before 1850.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1896
eMuseum Object ID: 
38379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Grenadier, 10th Regiment of Foot, British Army

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1910
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm ) mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.146
Marks: 
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in gray watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; with 2 detail sketches; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Dress of = / A grenadier of the 10th British Regt., / as worn at 'Bunker Hill' "
Gallery Label: 
This unpublished watercolor shows the British uniform worn at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 1775.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1923
eMuseum Object ID: 
38359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Musician for the Federal Procession, 1788

Classification: 
Date: 
1912
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 x 7 in. ( 25.4 x 17.8 cm ) mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.143
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts/ 1912"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1912."; inscribed below: "MUSICIAN FOR THE FEDERAL PROCESSION 1788. U.S.A."; with 5 detail sketches and extensive color and style annotations
Gallery Label: 
The Federal Procession of July 23, 1788, was an elaborate public parade and demonstration held in New York City in support of the adoption of the United States Constitution. Lefferts's watercolor is an unpublished study of a musician for the procession.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1912
eMuseum Object ID: 
38358
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Pennsylvania Associators, the "Quaker Blues"

Classification: 
Date: 
1912
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 20 x 13 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.142
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts/1912"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1912."; inscribed along left edge vertically: "Uniform of 'Quaker Blues' Phila 1775."; with 3 detail sketches and extensive color and style annotations
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1912
eMuseum Object ID: 
38355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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