View of the Bronx River near Williamsbridge, Bronx, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1870-1889
Medium:
Charcoal and crayon with eraser on paper, laid on paper, sandwiched between boards
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 3/8 x 37 3/8 in. ( 69.5 x 94.9 cm )
Object Number:
1937.1771
Marks:
signature: lower right: "R. Schelling"
inscription: on mount: "In the Bronx (near Williamsbridge)"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in charcoal: "R. SCHELLING"; ettiquette on mount inscribed: "In the Bronx (near Willaimsbridge.)"
Gallery Label:
In this view the Bronx River passes thorugh a clearing in the woods.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
22004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of the "Savant" on Board the "Eurydice"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1816
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 8.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.257
Marks:
inscription: lower, brown ink: "Le Savant de L'Eurydice qui croit/que l'Eau du Canal de Behama/est bouillante"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below oval in brown: ""Le Savant de L'Eurydice qui croit / que L'Eau du Canal de Bahama / ess Couillante."
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1816
eMuseum Object ID:
22003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study of a Tree Branch
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite on paper laid on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/16 x 4 3/8 in. ( 12.9 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Landscape detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1935.172
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
21999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lydstep Cavern, South Wales, United Kingdom
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, and graphite on pale green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 33.7 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1955.147
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, Augt 7th 1892, 744 Broadway"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] Marines/"The Lydstep Cavern, South Wales"/(Basis Picturesque America)/Augt. 7th 1892/ 9 x 7"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. 1892."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No Marines. / 'The Lydstep Carvern, South Wales.' / (Basis Picturesque America.) / Augt. 7th 1892. / 4 x 7"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
21985
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking Across the Hudson from Broadway at 116th Street, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910-11
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 15/16 x 9 7/8 in. ( 35.4 x 25.1 cm )
mat: 18 x 13 5/8 in. ( 45.7 x 34.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1982.53
Marks:
signature: lower left, pencil
inscription: lower left, graphite: "looking across the Hudson from B'way at 116th St."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in charcoal: "L.G. Hornby."; along lower edge: "Looking across the Hudson from B-way at 116th St."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
21981
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape, White or Catskill Mountains, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1856-59
Medium:
Watercolor on blue paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 9.8 x 14 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.190
Marks:
signature: lower right, mount: "T.H. Hotchkiss/White Mts--/or Catskills"
Provenance:
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
21936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Corner of Pine Street and Broadway in 1847, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Black ink and wash, black crayon, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 11 7/8 in. ( 25.4 x 30.2 cm )
Description:
Cityscape: In this view Trinity Church is in the distance and Sutphen & Co., No 1 Pine Street, is at left
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.592
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "Corner of Pine Street and Broadway, 1847. Trinity Church"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in black ink and graphite: "Corner of Pine Street and Broadway 1847 Trinity Church"; verso inscribed and signed: "Corner of Pine St and Broadway / about 1847. / Drawn by W.H.W. from an Old Sketch / Trinity Church."
Gallery Label:
This odd-angled and undated rendition was drawn "from an old sketch."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
21851
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sam Cabos, Jr.: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
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 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.4 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-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.2564jjj
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 62"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 62"; at lower left: "1806 / [cut]"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
21850
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Chief of the Little Osage
Classification:
Date:
1804
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, black pastel, black and white chalk, Conté crayon over graphite on pink prepared paper, nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. ( 57.8 x 42.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Object Number:
1860.93
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Indien chef / des petits osages."; at lower right: "indien Chef / des petits osages"
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
21844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Philip Schuyler (1788-1865) Family
Classification:
Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 12 in. (23.8 x 30.5 cm)
Description:
Group portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Elizabeth Harison
Object Number:
1952.81
Marks:
Label on backing of former frame inscribed in ink: "Picture painted at Schuyler / ville by a travelling artist / - Philip Schuyler / - Grace Hunter Schuyler / - Ruth - Grace / - Elizabeth - Catherine & Harriet. / artist Ambrose Andrews. 1824. Grt. Barring
Inscriptions:
Label on backing of former frame inscribed in ink: "Picture painted at Schuyler / ville by a travelling artist / - Philip Schuyler / - Grace Hunter Schuyler / - Ruth - Grace / - Elizabeth - Catherine & Harriet. / artist Ambrose Andrews. 1824. Grt. Barrington"
Gallery Label:
Philip Schuyler (1788-1865) was the only son of John Bradstreet Schuyler (1765-95) and Elizabeth (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler and a grandson of Major General Philip John Schuyler. In this group portrait, Philip Schuyler is pictured with his wife, Grace (Hunter) Schuyler, and their five daughters, Ruth, Grace, Elizabeth, Catharine and Harriet. The family is represented in the parlor of their Schuylerville home, which is now part of Saratoga National Historical Park.
Provenance:
Elizabeth Harison, New York City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
21835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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