Woman Reading, from the Economical School Series; verso: sketch of a man and sketch of two figures
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1810-14
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on light blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 19.7 x 14.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 12 in. ( 35.6 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.274q
Gallery Label:
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
38016
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Young Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1810-14
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 19 cm )
mat: 11 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( 30.2 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.274p
Gallery Label:
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
38015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Ferry and Railroad Piers of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey, West Street along the Hudson River, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1880
Medium:
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 30.8 cm )
mat: 13 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( 33.7 x 46.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1904.21
Inscriptions:
Various publication annotations within image and on card
Gallery Label:
This view south along West Street toward the Battery from the corner of Cortlandt Street shows the ferry and railroad piers of the Pennyslvania Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey. the Society owns the original photograph from which this view was taken.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
38007
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42nd Street and North Side of Eighth. Avenue, New York City
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Date:
c. 1879
Medium:
Black ink, collage, white gouache, and graphite on two sheet of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 33.7 cm )
Object Number:
X.516
Inscriptions:
Various publication annotations
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
38004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Grenadiers, Hessian Regiments von Rall and von Specht
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, collage, black ink, and graphite on two boards
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. ( 37.8 x 28.6 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.118
Marks:
signature: Cut off signature lower right: "Chas. M.L."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. L[cut]"; inscribed at lower left: "Captured at Trenton '76"; along upper edge: "Grenadier Regt. von Rall. Hessian 1776 Grenadier Regt. von Specht 1777. Canada"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
38001
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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Private, Erb Prinz Fusileer Regiment of Hesse-Cassel
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.9 x 35.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.117
Marks:
signature: lower right:"Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Erb Prinz (Fusileer) Regt. 1776-83. Hessian A Private"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
38000
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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, Johnson's "Royal Greens", New York Loyalist Regiment
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 49.2 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.115
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Johnson's Royal Greens 1776 A Private"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
37998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Cavalryman, "DeLancey's Refugees", British Army
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.114
Marks:
signature: lower right:"Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: " 'Delancey's Refugees' of the 'Cow Boys' 1780. British Army"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
37997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, Butler's Rangers, British Army, 1777
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.113
Marks:
signature: lower right:"Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Butler's Rangers British Army 1777 A Private"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
37996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Drummers, 10th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1775
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1921.111
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Drummers of the 10th Foot British Army 1775-77."
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1921
eMuseum Object ID:
37995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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