East River Between Baretto's and Oak Points, Bronx, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
1889
Medium:
Black ink with touches of white gouache on beige illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 22 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 57.2 cm )
Object Number:
X.364
Marks:
signed: lower right: "Hughson Hawley"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Hughson Hawley."; inscribed along lower border outside image: "Baretto's Point. Leggett's Point. Riker's Island. Oak Point."
Gallery Label:
This view was published in Harpers Weekly and identified as The Proposed Site at Oak and Barretto Points on the Sound for the International Exposition of 1892. The artist may have taken the view from the Whitelock (Casanova) Mansion ("Whitelock's Folly") near Oak Point, which is seen at the right with the name painted on the roof of a building. Oak Point was a well-known pleasure resort until 1905 when it was turned into a freight yard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
37260
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Portrait of an Unidentified Man
Classification:
Date:
c. 1888
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown ink, and gouache on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 8 3/8 in. ( 30.5 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Keppler, Jr.
Object Number:
1970.79
Gallery Label:
A label on the reverse stated that the watercolor was sketched by Keppler while travelling in the Tyrol, Austria, in 1888.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
37250
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Mount Pleasant (Beekman Mansion), New York City
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Date:
c. 1874
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Mat: 2 1/2 x 30 x 40 in. (6.4 x 76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1947.602
Marks:
signature: lower right: "A. Hosier"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in brown watercolor: "A. Hosier. D..."; mount inscribed flanking roundel in black ink: "MOUNT PLEASANT / Country Seat of James Beekman / Built 1763-4 on a high rock bluff or cliff on the East River about four and one quarter / miles from the then City of New York. Demolished by his grandson James W. Beekman. 1874, the then site / being 51st street and 1st Avenue -- Mount Pleasant during the English occupation of the City was British Head / Quarter
Gallery Label:
This house was erected between 1763 and 1764 by James Beekman (1732-1807) as a country residence on the East River shore of Manhattan Island near Turtle bay (now the northwest corner of First Avenue and 51st Street). From 1776 to 1777, the mansion was occupied by the British commander in chief, Sir William Howe. This undated watercolor was executed by Hosier for James William Beekman, and presumably dates from approximately 1874, the year the house was demolished.
Bibliography:
Ledes, Allison E., ed. "The Magazine Antiques: January 2005." New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2005.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1874
eMuseum Object ID:
37248
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View from Fort Fish, McGown's Pass, New York City
Classification:
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Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with touches of white gouache on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.12)
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 25 in. ( 25.4 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York
Object Number:
1889.13
Marks:
inscriptions: bottom center, ink: "View from Fort Fish at Mcgowan's [sic] Pass, looking towards Harlem"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown ink: "View from Fort Fish at McGowan's[sic] Pass looking towards Haerlem."; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 6"
Gallery Label:
In 1814, in order to provide protection for the city of New York against a British invasion by way of the Long Island Sound, fortifications were erected in upper Manhattan. This view is looking northeast toward the distant village of Harlem. The marshes of Benson's Creek and the East River are at the right. Nutter's Batter is seen at the left, and Fort Clinton at the right. Nutter's Battery apparently derived its name from Valentine Nutter, whose house stood nearby.
Provenance:
The City of New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
37234
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Fort Fish and Fort Clinton, McGown's Pass, New York City
Classification:
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Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.13)
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 21 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 54.6 cm )
Description:
Cityscape.
Credit Line:
Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York
Object Number:
1889.12
Marks:
inscription: upper center, in ink: "Forts Fish and Clinton"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed above image in brown ink: "Forts Fish and Clinton."; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 6"
Gallery Label:
In 1814, in order to provide protection for the city of New York against a British invasion by way of the Long Island Sound, a series of entrenchments, blockhouses and barrier gates were erected in upper Manhattan, including at McGown's Pass. In this view, Fort Fish is at the left, and Fort Clinton is at the right. Fort Fish was named in honor of Colonel Nicholas Fish, chairman of the New York Committee of Defense. Fort Clinton was named for Mayor DeWitt Clinton.
Provenance:
The City of New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
37231
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, graphite, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 3/4 x 19 in. ( 62.9 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.187
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Gallery Label:
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the daughter of Elliott and Anna (Hall) Roosevelt, was born in New York. Frankling D. Roosevelt was her fifth cousin. They married in 1905, while he was studying law at Columbia University. Mrs. Roosevelt was the author of several books, including "If You Ask Me" (1946), "This I Remember" (1949), and "On My Own" (1958). Long after she had left the White House, she was referred to as "the First Lady of the World."
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
37221
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Profile Portrait of a Woman and Study of a Ram at Bachelor Hall, New Jersey
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Classification:
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Date:
1810
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. ( 19 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Animal figure/portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.259
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Bachelor hall, 9 7bre 1810 Nr B..."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Bachelor-hall -- 9 7bre 1810. Ms B...."
Gallery Label:
According to the Baron Hyde de Neuville's memoirs, the de Neuvilles purchased a small piece of land in 1811, loosely identified as near New Brunswick, New Jersey and described as a sort of farm which the new owners had the good taste to transform into a pretty cottage. It is obvious, however, that they were in New Jersey before 1811, and it is suggested that Bachelor Hall was the name given to their country retreat.
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:
37219
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Claremont Hotel, Riverside Park, New York City
Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and red gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 21 x 24.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1936.925
Marks:
inscription: lower ceneter: "Claremont, many years the Residence of/Lord Courtney, afterwards Earl of Devon/Now in Riverside park, at 122nd St."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in black ink: "CLAREMONT, MANY YEARS THE RESIDENCE OF / LORD COURTNEY AFTERWARD EARL OF DEVON. / NOW IN RIVERSIDE PARK, AT 122ND ST."
Gallery Label:
This early nineteenth-century structure was located on the high ground overlooking the Hudson River on the line of West 126th Street, just north of Grant's Tomb. Originally the home of Michael Hogan, it was later occupied by Viscount Courtenay and was purchased by the Post family in 1821. This watercolor was probably copied (with modifications) from the lithography of Residence of the Post Family--Now Claremont Hotel in Valentine's Manual (1861).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
37217
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Tammany Hall, New York City
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. ( 31.8 x 45.4 cm )
mat: 13 x 18 in. ( 33 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1936.984
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "Tammany Hall Corner of Nassau & Frankfort Streets/1812"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown watercolor: "ST JOHN'S LODGE / NO. 1. SWAMP CHURCH PEWTER MUG PRESENT SITE OF THE SUN BUILDING / TAMMANY HALL CORNER OF NASSAU & FRANKFORT STREETS. / 1812"
Gallery Label:
This is the first Tammany "Wigwam" meeting hall used from 1812 to 1867. The artist's inscription also indicated St. John's masonic Lodge No. 1, the German Lutheran Church ("The Swamp Church"), and the Pewter Mug Tavern on Frankfort Street. A small lithograph of the Pewter Mug Tavern by Sarony, Major, and Knapp was published in Valentine's Manual (1861), opp. p. 444. The site of Hosier's view is now occupied by Pace University and the Manhattan approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
37214
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John William Davis (1873-1955)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940
Medium:
Red and black chalk and graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 38.7 x 26 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.234
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
A native of Clarksburg, West Virginia, and a lawyer by profession, Davis was active in the Democratic party and served in Congress from 1911 to 1915. From 1918 to 1921 he was the ambassador plenipotentiary to Great Britain, and 1924 he was the Democratic candidate for the presidency. For many years his home was in Locust Valley, L. I., and his law office at 15 Broad Street, in New York City.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
37197
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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