Camp On Potomac Run, Stafford County, Virginia
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1863
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, red ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 in. ( 20.3 x 25.4 cm )
Object Number:
1923.170
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge inside banner below image in red ink: "This sketch of Lieut. WT Evers with the 11 privats[sic] with Mule forming the Rear Guard of Gen(?) McClellan's / Army of the Potomac was copied from a larger(?) drawing by Lieut. Evers and made up from memorandom[sic] ideas given / me by him, and is this Thursday November 27th 1862 Furnished(?) by me to him as a Thanksgiven[sic] offering to his Wife. from / the sincere regard that I have for her Husband / Co'rad Freitag / To Mrs. C.P
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
30560
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Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black underlay, and white gouache and black ink
Dimensions:
frame: 6 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 17.1 x 15.9 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine? from beige paper with details of costume painted in white on black underlay; hair painted on margin of cut-out; in oval window of black reverse-painted glass with gold border (eglomise) ; rectangular black-painted wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2352
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30540
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View of a House, Bermuda
Classification:
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 20 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1897.8k
Marks:
Inscribed: at lower right, in graphite: "ANON"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Avon"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
30463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
New York City and the Stevens Residence, as Seen from Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1857
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 14 in. ( 25.4 x 35.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Farquharson Griffiths MacDonald
Object Number:
1942.685
Marks:
Inscribed: at lower right, in pencil:" Hoboken / May 1857"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Hoboken / May 1857"; verso inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Oct. 19. 1942 / Stevens Castle, Hoboken, N.J. / By Achilles Begoden"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
30420
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bermuda Scene
Classification:
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 29.8 cm )
Description:
Landscape painting
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1897.8d
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. David E. Wheeler: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on card
Dimensions:
frame: 14 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 37.1 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 9 1/8 in. ( 23.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on cream paper; rectangular black-painted wood frame with gold-painted trim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Flora L. Hendley, 1939
Object Number:
Z.2517
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on paper backing of frame: "Silhouette of Mrs. David E. Wheeler / second wife of Mr. David E. Wheeler / of New York City"; on label affixed to verso of frame: "VENABLE'S / Fine Arts / 1307 H ST., N.W. / WASHINGTON / D.C."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John B. Kreischer (Board Member Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, 1937): Silhouette
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1900
Medium:
Black prepared paper laid on card
Dimensions:
frame: 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.9 x 12.4 x 1.9 cm )
image height: 3 7/8 in. ( 9.8 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject wearing hat, in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on white paper; cream mat in rectangular black-painted wood frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Louis Kreischer, 1949
Object Number:
Z.2393
Gallery Label:
John B. Kreischer was the son of George F. Kreischer and Clara (Hoff) Kreischer, who were married on September 7, 1871.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30358
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 and graphite
Dimensions:
frame: 5 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in. ( 13.7 x 11 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with black paper backing; details of hair and costume drawn in ink and graphite on margins of cut-out;brown kraft paper backing; rectangular wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2528
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and graphite
Dimensions:
frame: 5 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in. ( 13.7 x 11 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 2 13/16 in. ( 7.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with hand-coated black wove paper backing; details of costume drawn in graphite on margins of cut-out; rectangular wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2527
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Green (1873-1952)
Classification:
Date:
1940-45
Medium:
Black crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. ( 46.4 x 59.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.168
Marks:
inscriptions: Signature charcoal lower left; pencil lower left.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black crayon: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
William Green, a native of Ohio, began working in the coal mines at the age of sixteen and became associated with the United Mine Workers' Union, in which he soon became an officer. In 1906 he was elected president of the Ohio district, and from 1910 to 1914 he served in the state senate where he introduced legislation to improve laborers' working conditions. In 1913 he was named to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and was its president from 1924 until his death.
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:
30224
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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