Cirro Cumulus. Houses on a Tobacco Plantation. Virginia
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, selective glazing, and scratching out on paper laid on beige card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1947.501
Marks:
signed: lower right: "G. Harvey"
inscription: above picture: "Cirro Cumulus"
inscription: below picture: "Houses on a Tobacco Plantation, Virginia"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "G. HARVEY"; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "CIRRO CUMULUS."; below: "HOUSES on a TOBACCO PLANTATION. VIRGINIA."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
37073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sun near Setting. Jersey City from New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, gouache, and scratching-out on paper laid on buff card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Seascape
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1947.498
Marks:
inscription: above picture: "SUN near SETTING"
inscription: below picture: "JERSEY CITY from New York City"
Inscriptions:
Card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "SUN near SETTING."; below: "JERSEY CITY from NEW YORK CITY."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s. According to the artist, the view was taken from the foot of Cortlandt Street, looking west across the Hudson River.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
37063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sunset. The Outlet of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, New York
Classification:
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Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, gouache, and scratching out on paper formerly laid on buff card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1947.497
Marks:
signed: lower right, graphite: "G. Harvey"
inscription: above picture, watercolor or ink: "Sun Set"
inscription: below picture, watercolor or ink: "The Outlet of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in green watercolor: "G. HARVEY."; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "SUN SET."; below: "The OUTLET of CAYUGA and SENECA LAKES."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830-40s. According to the artist, the view represents the outlet of the lakes at the intersection with the Erie Canal. At the time of the artist's visit, he was informed that when the workmen were building the canal the rattlesnakes infesting the adjacent marshes were so numerous that the workmen had to bind their legs with hay bands for protection against the bites of the reptiles.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. "George Harvey's Anglo-American atmospheric landscapes." The Magazine Antiques 174 (2008): 112-121.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
37062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Indian Summer. Grist Mill on the Fredrictown Railroad. Maryland
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, scratching out, and touches of white gouache on paper laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1947.496
Marks:
signature: lower right: "G. Harvey"
inscription: above picture: "Indian Summer"
inscription: below picture: "Grist Mill on the Frederictown Railroad, Maryland"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "G. HARVEY."; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "INDIAN SUMMER."; below: "GRIST MILL on the FREDRICTOWN RAILROAD. MARYLAND."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s. According to the artist, the mill was built by a Swede in a section of Maryland which "had a great access of population from Sweden."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
37031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Proposed Design for Smallpox Hospital, Blackwell's Island, East River, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
early 1850s
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and scratching out on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( 21.9 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
1936.926
Marks:
signed: lower right, "Henry Hart/Architect & Engineer/168 Duane St./N.Y.
inscription: bottom center, on mount: "Perspective Sketch of Small Pox Hospital/Blackwell's Island.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in brown ink: "Henry Hart / Architect & Engineer / 168 Duane Street N.Y."; at lower center outside image in black ink: "Perspective Sketch of Small Pox Hospital: / Blackwell's Island.
Gallery Label:
Hart's plan was not adopted, and instead the smallpox hospital that was erected on what is now Roosevelt Island in 1854-56 was designed by James Renwick.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
37030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seamen's Retreat, Staten Island, New York City
Classification:
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor and brown ink on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. ( 39.7 x 48.7 cm )
Object Number:
1930.56
Marks:
signed: lower left: "G. Hart, del."
dated: lower right: "April 1832"
inscription: bottom center, ink: "Seamen's Retreat"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "G. Hart, del."; inscribed at lower right outside image: "April 1832"; at lower center outside image in graphite: "Seamen's Retreat"
Gallery Label:
This structure was opened in 1831 as a New York State hospital for the accommodation of sick and disabled seamen and passengers, and later was managed by the Marine Society of New York. In 1903 the property was purchased by the government, and is now operated by the United States Public Health Service. A later watercolor by Lars Christensen of the second building completed in 1836 on the same property is also in the Society's collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
37029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Philip Milledoler Beekman (1845-1846): Silhouette
Classification:
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Date:
1846
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, white chalk, and white gouache, laid on yellow prepared heavy paper with lithographic background and gray wash
Dimensions:
Image: 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 26 x 18.1 cm )
Frame: 19 1/2 x 16 x 1 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 40.6 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length figure of infant standing adjacent to chair in black cut-out paper with white line detailing, affixed to cream paper with lithograph of domestic interior with table in mid-ground at right and window in center background; gilded rectangular frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1948.515
Marks:
inscription: on mat: "PHIILIP MILLEDOLER BEEKMAN. / Second Son of James W. Beekman and Abian Steele Milledoler. / Born June 12th 1845. / Died Aug 15th 1846"
signature and date: lower right: "Augt Edouart fecit / Saratoga 1846."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Aug.st Edouart. fecit / Saratoga 1846."; verso inscribed at upper border in graphite: "Philip Milledoler Beekman / Second son of James W. Beekman / and Abian Steele Milledoler / Born June 12, 1845 / Died August 15, 1846"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
37028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seamen's Retreat, Staten Island, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor and brown ink on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. ( 37.8 x 51.4 cm )
Object Number:
1930.54
Marks:
signed: lower left, graphite: "G. Hart, fecit."
inscription: bottom center, graphite: "Seamen's Retreat, April May 1832"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "G. Hart. fecit"; inscribed at lower center outside image: "Seamen's Retreat April[crossed out] May -- 1832"
Gallery Label:
This view, looking northward, shows the south end of the original New York State hospital located on this site. The hospital, which opened in 1831, accommodated sick and disabled seamen and passengers and later was managed by the Marine Society of New York. New York harbor is to the right. The locale is the vicinity of the present Bay Street near Vanderbilt Avenue, Stapleton, Staten Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
37027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Happiness
Classification:
Date:
1847
Medium:
Gray wash, graphite, and gouache on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Description:
Drawn for the New York Sketch Club's last meeting in 1847, theme: Happiness. Boston, Daily Evening Transcript, 12 Dec 1847, 2:2.
Object Number:
X.498
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "New York Sketch Club"
inscription: lower right: "H.W. Greatorex"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in brown ink: "New York Sketch Club Happiness HW Greatorex"
Gallery Label:
Probably represents Henry W. Greatorex, a prominent NYC musician who married the artist Eliza (Pratt) Greatorex in 1849. He died in 1858.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
37026
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dick Swiveller from "The Old Curiosity Shop"
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1882
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of gouache over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. ( 26.5 x 21 cm )
Object Number:
1937.1802
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Joseph Hanks 1882"
inscription: lower left: "Dick Swibeller"
inscription: lower right: "Old Curiosity Shop"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Joseph Hanks 1882."; at lower left in graphite: "Dick Swiveller.'"; at lower right: "'Old Curiosity-Shop.'"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
37025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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