Lake George with Islands and Mountains, Bolton, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1863
Medium:
Graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/16 x 18 5/8 in. ( 31 x 47.3 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.186
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Bolton"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
31404
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Lake Memphremagog, Newport, Vermont
Classification:
Date:
1864
Medium:
Graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/16 x 18 7/16 in. ( 30.9 x 46.8 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.188
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Newport June 29th /64 / Memphremagog"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
31371
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Wooded Banks of a Stream, Factory Point, Vermont; verso: mountainous landscape with buildings
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1851
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. ( 25.2 x 35.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Landscape: On the reverse a view across the valley in pencil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.239
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "set"; at lower right: "Factory Po[cut]"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
31177
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Study of a Bare Tree, South Egremont, Massachusetts
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1851-1852
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in. (34.9 x 25.2 cm), irregular
Description:
Landscape detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.250
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "set"; at lower right: "Bash Bish"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
31175
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Colonel Henry Ludington: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1777
Medium:
Black ink and brown ink wash with touches of bronzing on beige paper
Dimensions:
frame: 14 x 17 x 3/4 in. ( 35.6 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm )
image: 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. ( 24.4 x 32.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure on horseback, in right-facing profile; silhouette in black ink with bronze highlights on costume; ground plane and stone wall in background painted in wash; rectangular wood frame with textured, carved and gilded inner molding.
Object Number:
Z.2526
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "Colonel Henry Ludington / 7th Regiment / Duchess County 1777"
signature: lower right: "F. [C.?]"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown ink: "F.C."; inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "Colonel Henry Ludington / 7th Regiment / Dutchess County 1777"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1777
eMuseum Object ID:
30831
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Sleighing in Central Park, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. ( 54.9 x 74.9 cm )
mat: 26 x 34 in. ( 66 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
Genre: This scene is in Central Park, New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1947.141
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W. Granville Smith/1896"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "W. Granville-Smith / 1896."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
30762
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Francois-Marie Arout de Voltaire (1694-1778) and Madame Marie-Louise Mignot Denis (1712-1790)
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
?1758-70
Medium:
Black, red, and white chalk on beige paper laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 13/16 x 6 11/16 in. ( 12.2 x 17 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Double portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Gallatin Family
Object Number:
1880.10
Marks:
inscribed: on paper attached to back of frame: "De Voltaire Et madame Denis Amis de Monsieur Et Madame Galatin a Phegni."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
30746
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Charles W. Bancker: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1807
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.8 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 in. ( 12.1 x 10 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564kkk
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 63"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1807 June"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 63"; at lower left: "1807 June"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
30729
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 14 x 1.9 cm )
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; image hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black underlay; hair drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; in octagonal window of black reverse-painted glass with gold border; oval wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2351
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: on label affixed to back of frame: "An old / New Yorker"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "An old / New Yorker"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30595
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Three Buildings of the John Street Methodist Church, New York City, (1768-1841): Study for a Lithograph
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1844
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper, laid on board, over-matted
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/4 x 39 1/8 in. (41.3 x 99.4 cm)
mat: 23 x 48 x 1 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Architecture: This view shows the three buildings of the John Street Methodist Church. A separate building at the bottom center is inscribed: "The Old Rigging Loft as it now /stands 120 William Street. 1844--/formerly Cart and Horse-Street". Each of the three buildings is separately identified, and the names of the "old" Board of Trustees and the Trustees of 1844 are included.
Object Number:
X.387
Marks:
signature: lower right: "J.B. Smith"
inscription: lower center: "Respectfully inscribed to the Trustees and Members of the/First Methodist Episocpal Church in John Street N. York"
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle right outside image in black ink: "J.B. Smith."; at lower center: "Respectfully inscribed to the Trustees and Members of the/First Methodist Episocpal Church in John Street N. York"; copious additional inscriptions, some in etiquettes
Gallery Label:
This is evidently the original drawing, with the buildings rearranged, from which a lithograph (19 1/8 x 27 1/4 in.) in colors was made in 1844 by Endicott, 22 John Street, New York (copy in Print Room, New-York Historical Society). The first church shown here was erected in 1768; the second was rebuilt in 1817 and later taken down to widen the street; and the third building was rebuilt in 1841.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
30580
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