Self-Portrait
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Graphite, black chalk, and black crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. ( 20 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Bust-length self portait of the artist with bare shoulders, short cropped hair and a moustache.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Tauss family
Object Number:
2001.33
Marks:
Signed and dated: Lower right in graphite: "CHARLES TAUSS 1948"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Charles Tauss. 1948."; to the right: "1948"
Gallery Label:
According to Betty Spitz, the executor of the Charles Tauss estate, this self portrait was executed while the artist served as a corporal in Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron of the Army Air Force (July 6, 1945-January 12, 1947).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1946
eMuseum Object ID:
38302
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View of South Street at Market Slip, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1953
Medium:
Dark brown crayon and brown and black chalk on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. ( 39.1 x 34 cm )
mat: 18 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 47 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Otto Frederick Langmann
Object Number:
1962.92
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Otto F. Lanmann / 1953"
inscription: lower left: "South Str. at Market Slip"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "South Str at Market Slip."; signed at lower right: "Otto F. Langmann / 1953."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1953
eMuseum Object ID:
38301
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
High Bridge, Harlem River, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1920
Medium:
Brown and black ink on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 33.7 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Otto Frederick Langmann
Object Number:
1962.88
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Otto F. Langmann / 1920"
inscription: lower left: "Washington Bridge, N.Y.C."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Washington Bridge NYC."; signed at lower right: "Otto F. Langmann 1920"
Gallery Label:
This is a view of High Bridge looking across the Harlem River from Manhattan Island toward the Bronx. The artist is in error in calling this a view of Washington Bridge, which crosses the river several blocks north of High Bridge.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
38299
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scene of Boys Sleighing in Winter
Classification:
Date:
1850
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 9.8 x 15.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.231
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "L. Lang/1850"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "L Lang / 1850."
Gallery Label:
This sketch is from a collection which belonged to Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (q.v.), artist and grandfather of the donor.
Provenance:
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
38297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scene of Boys Throwing Snowballs
Classification:
Date:
1850
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 9.8 x 15.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.230
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "L. Lang, N.Y., 1850"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "L. Lang. N.Y. 1850"
Gallery Label:
This sketch is from a collection which belonged to Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (q.v.), artist and grandfather of the donor.
Provenance:
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
38295
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Hell Gate Ferry House, New York City; verso: sketch of landscape with house
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1867
Medium:
Black ink with touches of brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 17.5 x 15.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1957.4
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "Old Hell Gate Ferry House--1867. B. Lander"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center inside image: "Old Hell-Gate Ferry. House -- 1867 -- B. Lander"
Gallery Label:
This is the old ferry house on the East River shore at the foot of 86th Street, now included in Carl Schurz Park in Yorkville. A similar view was taken by Eliza Reatorex (1820-97), of which an etching, dated 1869, was published in her Old New York from the Battery to Bloomingdale, vol. 2 (1875), opp. p. 215.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1867
eMuseum Object ID:
38293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Residence of Ahasuerus Turk, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 33.7 cm )
mat: 15 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. ( 40.3 x 55.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
George F. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1963.167
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Wm. C. Kramp, Architect / Corner of Wall & Broadway"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on mount at lower right in black ink: "Wm. C. Kramp. Architect / Corner of Wall & Broadway"; verso of mount: "Sketch of the residence of / Ahasuerus Turk / Cor. Nassau & John Sts New York City / The architect's original drawing. / Mr. Turk was assistant engineer of New York City / Fire Dept. in 1793 & 1796. (see Costello. Our Firemen p. 54 & 392.) / His occupation was that of worker in ivory and his shop / is the addition to the house, shown in sketch. He was / buried under sidewalk at
Gallery Label:
The residence of Ahasueras Turk was located at 69 Nassau Street, at the southwest corner of John Street. An inscription on reverse written by the great grandson of Ahasueras Turk, on December 22, 1899, notes that Turk was Assistant Engineer of the New York City Fire Dept in 1793 and 1796; he ran an ivory shop that was connected to his house; and he was buried under the sidewalk at William and Fulton St.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
38255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Equestrian Statue of King George III, Bowling Green, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1912
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on heavy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 50.5 x 35.9 cm )
mat: 28 x 22 in. ( 71.1 x 55.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.113
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts/ 1912"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1912"
Gallery Label:
This is a modern reconstruction by the artist from contemporary data of the gilded lead statue of King George III, which was executed by Joseph Wilton (1722-1803) for the New York Assembly and erected in Bowling Green, New York City, on August 16, 1770. The statue was pulled down by the Americans on July 9, 1776, after the Declaration of Independence had been read to the Continental Army at New York. Lead fragments of the statue are owned by The New-York Historical Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
38217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch of Louisa Seated, from a disassembled album
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1815
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 13 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.287e
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Louisa hotel Sinel, 1815"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Louisa hotel Sinet 1815."
Gallery Label:
This drawing is from the sketchbook of the Baroness Hyde de Neuville.
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
38184
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Scenes from the American Revolution: Victory Celebration with George Washington, Cover Illustration
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1911
Medium:
Gouache and black ink over graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 20 in. ( 48.9 x 50.8 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.114
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in red gouache: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Gallery Label:
This watercolor of American soldiers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century military dress, with flags and civilians, was painted by the artist for a leaflet entitled American Youth to Honor George Washington for the George Washington Memorial Building on Yorktown Day, Oct. 19th, 1911. The upper part of the illustartion has been cut off, making it smaller than originally designed.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
38172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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