Shanties on 69th Street
Classification:
Date:
1879
Medium:
Graphite, black ink, and lead white pigment on Bristol card
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 15 in. ( 28.6 x 38.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Abraham Hatfield, Jr.
Object Number:
1930.71
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Lungren / '79"
inscription: verso, stamped: "Scribner & Co./743 & Broadway/New York/(Third Floor)"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in graphite: "Lungren / /79"; at middle right outside image: "Shanties on 69th St. / "Shanties[town crossed out]'"
Gallery Label:
This drawing was probably intended to illustrate an article on "Shantytown" in Scribner's Magazine, October 1880, but was not used. A similar watercolor illustration of shanties at the corner of 11th (new West End) Avenue and 68th Street by Louis Oram (q.v.), March 1894, is in the Society's collection (1925.171).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
37934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), Havell plate no. 321
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1831-32; 1836
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on Japanese paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 1/8 x 35 11/16 in. (58.7 x 90.6 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult, breeding plumage; the background, only a vague sketch in the watercolor, was finished for Havell plate no. 321, probably by George Lehman, ca. 1800 – 1870 or the engraver Robert Havell Jr.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.321
Inscriptions:
On verso at upper right in graphite, revealed after removal from mount: "[cut] to end of[illegible] / to end of claws -- 36 " -- / Alar extent -- 51" -- / weight -- 3-- lb 14 ozes. / Florida Keyes May 23d 1832 / J.J A / drawn at London 1836"
Gallery Label:
In danger of extinction at the beginning of the 20th century, it survives today because it is protected by conservation laws
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
37933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Havell plate no. 315
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 x 18 13/16 in. (30.5 x 47.8 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male, summer plumage, left; female, winter plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.315
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Red breasted Sandpiper. 1 Male Spring plumage / 2. Female in Winter. / Tringa islandica, L."; below, diagonally: "4th Volume"; at middle left: "1 Spring plumage / 2 Winter plumage --"; birds numbered left to right respectively: "1"; "2"; to right of upper bird's head: "X" [instruction to engraver for reorientation of upper bird on copper plate]
Gallery Label:
The Havell engraving eliminated sailing ship and calmed the seas; bird #2 pasted on
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
37932
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 281
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink, scratching out, and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 3/4 x 38 15/16 in. (65.4 x 98.9 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult. The white color morph of the Great Blue Heron, found mostly in the Florida Keys, and sometimes referred to as the Great White Heron.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.281
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in graphite: "Keep closely to the Sky in depth and colouring! / have the water of a Pea-green tint / Keep the divison of the scales on the / legs & feet white in your engraving -- / The colouring over these will subdue / them enough.--"; below: "Finish the houses better / from the original / which you have."; at lower center in brown ink: "No 57. Plate 281. / Ardea occidentalis. / male adult spring plumage. / View, Key-West."; at lower right of center in graphite: "Scale lighter edges--"; at lower right: "*have the upper back h…tor[?] / only mellowed in the outline.[second asterisk above back]"; below: "57"
Gallery Label:
Until 1973, the Great White heron was considered a separate species, it is now known as a form of the Great Blue heron
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
37931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1809
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 18.1 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.273
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Mde angelica C. Window in her absence august 1809. amboy"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed outside image in brown ink: "Mde angelica C. window in her absencE august 1809 amboy"
Gallery Label:
Chartered in 1718, St. Peter's Episcopal Church was erected in 1719 on a knoll overlooking Raritan Bay at what is now Rector and Gordon streets, Perth Amboy. During the American Revolution the church tower was used as a vantage point by the Americans to keep watch on British movements on Staten Island across the bay. It was demolished in 1852 to make way for the present structure, which was erected in 1853 on the same site.
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:
1809
eMuseum Object ID:
37905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of New York Harbor from the Ship "Golden Age" with Sandy Hook Lighthouse, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1807
Medium:
Gray wash, graphite, and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 16.2 x 25.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.272
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "fanal de New-york 20 Juin 1807. dessine sur L'age D'or Ship Americaine (golden age)"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown ink: "fanale de new-york 20 Juin 1807. déssiné sûr L'âge D'or Biét[?] americaine (golden age)"
Gallery Label:
The Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville boarded the Golden Age on May 2, 1807, and arrived in New York on June 20. From 1807 to 1814 they lived as Bourbon exiles in the United States during the Napleonic era. This view by the baroness, taken on the day of their arrival, looks across the lower harbor toward the Atlantic Highlands and the New Jersey shore. At the left is the Sandy Hook lighthouse, erected by the Province of New York in 1764 to mark the entrance to the harbor.
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:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
37903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study of Rice Grains and Unidentified Leaves
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, charcoal, and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 8 in. ( 14.6 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Plant study
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.267b
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Branche de riz"
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:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
37901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flower Studies
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, charcoal, and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. ( 19 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Plant studies: Botanical drawings indentified by the artist as (left to right),"passion's flower, anis, coriander". The fourth plant is unlabeled.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.266
Marks:
inscription: lower: "passion's flower/anis/Coriander"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below images from left in brown ink: "passion's flower. anis Coriander"
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:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
37900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Thomas Jones House, Massapequa, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 9 in. ( 14.9 x 22.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.330
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, upper left: Benson J. Lossing
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left: "B. J. Lossing Del."; signed at upper left in brown ink: "Benson J. Lossing"; inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "The Jones House, Fort Neck, Long Island. / From a pencil sketch by W. S. Mount, when a lad."
Gallery Label:
This house, in what is now Nassau County, was erected in 1696 on the Massapequa meadows on the south shore of Long Island by Thomas Jones (ca. 1665-1713), ancestor of the Long Island Jones's, on a tract of land deed to him by his father-in-law. Jones and his wife Freelove moved here from Oyster Bay when the area was still a wilderness. The building stood on Fort Neck between Massapequa and Jones Creeks, overlooking Great South Bay.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
37894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), Havell plate no. 120
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c.1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (47.9 x 29.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.120
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as apparently Sea-island cotton (Gossypium barbadense).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
37892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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