Old Post Office, from Clark Street, Paterson, New Jersey

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1936
Medium: 
Black ink over graphite with scratching out and touches of gouache on Bristol Board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 22 1/16 x 14 15/16 in. ( 56 x 37.9 cm )
Description: 
Townscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Thomas W. Dewart
Object Number: 
1981.170
Marks: 
Signed: at lower right:" Inscribed: "Paterson 1936"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Vernon Howe Bailey / Paterson 1936"; at lower left in graphite: "From / Clark St. Ward St up hill"; verso inscribed at lower center: "Paterson -- / The Old Post Office. / From the Clark St. -- / ward Street / passing at side, up hill."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1936
eMuseum Object ID: 
32461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

North East Corner of Third Avenue and 88th Street, New York City

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1907
Medium: 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 6 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 15.6 x 17.5 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number: 
Z.2016.7c
Marks: 
dated: lower right: "22d D[EC] / 1907" inscribed in ink: on obverse: "NORTH EAST CORNER OF / THIRD AV. AND 88th ST."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in black ink: "NORTH EAST CORNER OF / THIRD AV. AND 89th ST."; above at right (parrtially under tape): "22d... / 1907"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1907
eMuseum Object ID: 
32423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

North East Corner of Third Avenue and 88th Street, New York City

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, tapped on right edge to a page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 6 x 6 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 15.9 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number: 
Z.2016.7b
Marks: 
dated: lower left and right: "JUNE 20-10" inscribed in ink: on obverse: "N.E. CORNER THIRD AV. 88th ST / IN 1910."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "N.E. CORNER THIRD AV. 89th St / IN 1910."; at lower left: "JUNE 20 - 10."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
32421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Elysian Fields (24)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1852
Medium: 
Graphite and orange watercolor wash on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 8.3 x 12.1 cm ) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number: 
1912.45x
Marks: 
inscriptions: Bottom right: J. Bornet 1852. Elysian Fields.
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right of center inside image in graphite: "JBornet 1852."; at lower right: "Elysian Fields"
Provenance: 
Daniel Parish, Jr., New York City
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1852
eMuseum Object ID: 
32393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Study of Tree Branches, Fishkill Landing, New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1860
Medium: 
Graphite on gray Bristol paper
Dimensions: 
Paper: 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm)
Description: 
Landscape detail
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number: 
1918.61
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Fishkill Landing / set"
Provenance: 
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
32340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Dog Feast (Sioux)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1866-68
Medium: 
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description: 
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a rare celebration performed for Catlin and the three other men in Euro-American dress who sit in the background; men sit in a circle inside the shelter of a large three-peaked open-sided wigwam, iron pots and crockery bowls are arranged in lines around a central flag pole hung with a banner and two long crossed pipes.
Credit Line: 
Purchased by the Society
Object Number: 
1872.23.177
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 177. / Dog Feast. (Sioux)"
Gallery Label: 
Feast given by the chiefs at Little Missouri in 1832 to Catlin, John F. A. Sanford, the indian agent, Pierre Chouteau, and Kenneth McKenzie
Provenance: 
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1868
eMuseum Object ID: 
32118
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ball Play by Women. (Sioux)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1866-68
Medium: 
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description: 
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a celebration after the tribe received a government annuity; women use sticks to keep in play to two balls connected by a string. The women compete for prizes from a display of textiles, beads, pots and manufactured items while the clearly drunk men, holding liquor bottles and laying among wooden kegs, cheer raucously from the sidelines
Credit Line: 
Purchased by the Society
Object Number: 
1872.23.166
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 166. / Ball Play by Women. (Sioux)"
Gallery Label: 
After receiving their governemnt annuity, the Souiz display a collection of calicoes and trinkets for which the women play, to the great amusement of the men who enjoy their keg of whiskey
Provenance: 
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1868
eMuseum Object ID: 
32116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Green Corn Dance (Minatarree)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1866-68
Medium: 
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description: 
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: around a central tripod of branches hung with corn cobs over bowls full of corn, long haired men dance holding cornstalks and hand rattles.
Credit Line: 
Purchased by the Society
Object Number: 
1872.23.159
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 159. / Green Corn Dance. (Minatarree)"
Gallery Label: 
When the green corn (maize) is old enough to eat, the first kettlefull is scrificed to the Great Spirit
Provenance: 
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1868
eMuseum Object ID: 
32079
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

North East Corner of Third Avenue and 89th Street, New York City

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1908
Medium: 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 6 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 15.9 x 14.9 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number: 
Z.2016.7a
Marks: 
dated: lower left: "JULY 24/08." inscribed in ink: lower left: "N.E. CORNER THIRD AV. 89th ST."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "N.E. CORNER. THIRD AV. 89th ST. / JULY.24/08."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1908
eMuseum Object ID: 
31687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Landscape, Barrytown, New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1865
Medium: 
Graphite with stumping on brown paper
Dimensions: 
Paper: 12 3/16 x 18 1/2 in. (31 x 47 cm)
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number: 
1918.191
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Barrytown July 10th. 1865"
Provenance: 
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1865
eMuseum Object ID: 
31405
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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