Battle of Lake Champlain
Classification:
Date:
1815
Medium:
Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on two sheets of sketchbook paper, with center binding holes, laid on heavier paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 22 5/8 in. ( 21.6 x 57.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.65
Marks:
Inscribed: at lower left: "View of Plattsburgh & Cumberland fort / from Cumberland head at the farm now / belonging to Com. MacDonough Drawb /sat, Feb. 2d 1815 / H. Denraye / in comp. with W. H. Pett."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "View of Plattsburgh & Cumberland fort / from Cumberland head or at the farm now / belonging to Comr. MacDonough. Drawn Saty. Fey. 2d 1815 / H. Denray / in Compy. With Wm. H. Pitt."; various inscriptions in image in gray wash: "British Sloops / with spectators / from Montreal / & St Johns --"; "Ticonderoga";
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
34680
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View of Broadway Between Howard and Grand Streets, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1840
Medium:
Black ink and wash on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. ( 28.3 x 51.8 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Susie Cruickshank Snyder
Object Number:
1925.146
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
34677
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United States Hotel, Pearl Street, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Gray ink and wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 4 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 10.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1903.18
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
34675
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Atom Bombing of Washington, D.C.; preparatory for "Washington Under the Bomb" in Collier's, October 27, 1951
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1950
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 5/8 x 32 5/8 in. ( 42.2 x 82.9 cm )
Description:
Landscape that depicts the devastation of nation's capital after the atomic blast; the bomb set many landmarks in D.C. on fire including the Pentagon; it also cracks many of the structures of many landmarks including the Capitol and the Washington Monument.
Credit Line:
Gift of Chesley Bonestell
Object Number:
1956.9
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in oil: "Chesley Bonestell"
Gallery Label:
This picture of a devastated Washington was used to illustrate the article "Washington Under the Bomb" by Hal Boyle, an Associated Press Columnist. The article and picture were part of Collier's thematic issue on World War III.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1951
eMuseum Object ID:
34669
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Study of Classical Female Bust-Length Cast
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Charcoal on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. ( 64.1 x 47.9 cm )
Description:
Bust
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Object Number:
1946.394
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "E. K. Hawley"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "E.K. Hawley"; verso inscribed at left center: "Psyche, Apollo vc"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
34617
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Portrait of Unidentified Youth
Classification:
Medium:
Black and white chalk and charcoal on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. ( 48.9 x 32.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Object Number:
1946.388
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "E. K. Hawley"
Inscriptions:
Signed at the lower right in charcoal: "E.K. Hawley."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
34616
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U.S. "Monitor" Riding out a Gale During the Blockade off Charleston, South Carolina
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Gouache and watercolor over graphite on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 in. ( 19 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Marine
Object Number:
X.499
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "J.O. Davidson"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in white gouache: "J.O. DAVIDSON."; inscribed at lower center outside image in graphite: "The U.S. Monitors riding out a gale during the blockade off Charleston South Carolina"; below at left: "..[partially erased] taken out 1/2 mount on smoke and added to … ship"; at right: "Dec call E. about all titles"; various other printing notations; verso inscribed at upper left in blue pencil: "Davidson"; at middle left: "Monitor's Riding out a Gale"; various other prin
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
34602
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West-Town Boarding School, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1879
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. ( 21.6 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
X.329
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "J. Collins / 1879"
Inscribed: at bottom center:"West-Town Boarding School"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "J.COLLINS / 1870"; card inscribed at lower center: "WEST-TOWN BOARDING SCHOOL."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
34594
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Sketch of Four Palm Trees; verso: partial male profile; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
c. 1828
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 in. ( 10.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.51
Marks:
signature: lower left:"Cole"
inscription: lower right: "Reed St. Friday Evening"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Cole."; inscribed at lower right: "Reed St. Friday Evening"
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Provenance:
Collection of Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-1894)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
34593
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Shipwreck Scene (Allegory of Fortune/Hope), Folio 11 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1828
Medium:
Conté crayon and graphite on paper, laid on an album page, bound into and album
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (8.4 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Allegory
Credit Line:
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post
Object Number:
1944.376
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right:"T. Cole---1828"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in graphite: "T Cole --1828."; below image partially erased: "Hope afraid in…the..."
Provenance:
John Ludlow Morton, New York City; Harriet E. Morton Ellison; Emily Ellison Post, Jackson Heights, New York City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
34589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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