Powder Horn: Captain John Hale (R-90), with Vignettes of a Portrait of Count Casimir Pulaski, the Pulaski Banner, and a Print of the Moravian Sisters Embroidering the Banner

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1891
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, brown ink and wash, collage, and gold, silver, copper, and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 x 14 7/8 in. ( 33 x 37.8 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.269
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Sept. 10, 1891
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Sept. 10 1891."; inscribed at upper right: "The / Capt. JOHN HALE..."; at lower right: "In the spring of 1778...", followed by an extensive history of Moravian contributions to the Revolution ; at center below banners: "The PULASKI BANNER..."; at lower left below laid on photographic print: "EMBROIDERING the PULASKI BANNER by / the MORAVIAN SINGLE SISTERS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
19724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Lake George with Islands, New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Graphite on brown paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 1/8 x 18 1/2 in. ( 30.8 x 47 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number: 
1918.211
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Sepr 12th 1874"
Provenance: 
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
19722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Study of Trees, Catskill Mountains, New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1848
Medium: 
Graphite on khaki paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. ( 35.4 x 25.2 cm ) mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number: 
1918.232
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Set"; at lower right: "Catskill Mts."
Provenance: 
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1848
eMuseum Object ID: 
19721
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

View of the New Haven Mountains, New Haven, Connecticut

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1813
Medium: 
Graphite with line in brown ink on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. ( 17.5 x 30.8 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.271
Marks: 
inscription: lower, ink: "Montagnes de new haven vues de la terrasse de mr Mixe"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left outside image in brown ink: "3 Montagnes de new haven vues dela terrassee Mr Mixe."
Gallery Label: 
A graveyard is seen at the lower left, with hilly country in the distance.
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: 
1813
eMuseum Object ID: 
19720
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of Mrs. Bonnard Seated and Two Profile Bust Studies of Mr. Bonnard; verso: Studies of " Indian Strawberries"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1808
Medium: 
Graphite and gray wash; watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm ) Overall: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. ( 18.7 x 31.4 cm )
Description: 
Portrait/plant study
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.241
Marks: 
inscription: lower left, pencil: "Mrs Bety(?) Bonnard and Mr Bonnard 1808"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed below left study in graphite: "Mis Bety[sic] Bonnard and Mr Bonnard 1808"; below watercolor images in brown ink: "indian 'straw-berrys / genessee"
Gallery Label: 
This pencil sketch of a seated young lady sewing includes two studies of a man's head in profile. On the same sheet is a watercolor inscribed in ink: "Indian-Straw-berrys/genesse."
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: 
1808
eMuseum Object ID: 
19718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of Seneca "Squaw" and Papoose, Western New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1808
Medium: 
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 18.7 x 14.9 cm )
Description: 
Figures
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.209
Marks: 
inscription: lower center, ink: "Squah of Seneca tribe with his(sic) papou. /aout 1808"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed along lower edge in brown ink: "Squah of Seneca tribe with his papou. / aout. 1808."
Gallery Label: 
This was drawn during a visit of the de Neuvilles to the Indian country of Western New York.
Provenance: 
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Bibliography: 
Kasprycki, Sylvia S., and Feest, Christian, trans. "On the Trails of the Iroquois." Berlin: Nicolai, 2013.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1808
eMuseum Object ID: 
19717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

City Hotel, Broadway, New York City

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and gouache on paper laid on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. ( 37.1 x 42.9 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Foster-Jarvis Fund
Object Number: 
1977.71
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "Hosier"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Hosier"; verso of board inscribed at upper center: "City Hotel 133 Broadway NYC"
Gallery Label: 
The City Hotel was erected in 1794 on the west side of Broadway between Thames and Cedar streets. The "New England House" at the left, on the southwest corner of Broadway and Thames Street, adjoined Trinity Churchyard at the extreme left. The hotel was demolished in 1849. This painting was copied from Jones and Newman's Pictorial Directory of New York (1848).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
19716
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Old Houses, Grove Street, New York City

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1938
Medium: 
Red crayon on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 1/4 x 11 in. ( 41.3 x 27.9 cm ) mat: 19 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Otto Frederick Langmann
Object Number: 
1962.89
Marks: 
signature and date: lower right: "Otto F. Lanmann , '38" inscription: lower left: "4-6-8-10 Grove Street / '38"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "4-6-8-10 Grove Street / '38"; signed at lower right: "Otto F. Langmann '38"
Gallery Label: 
A group of early nineteenth-century homes at 4, 6, 8, and 10 Grove Street between Hudson and Bedford streets in Greenwich Village.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1938
eMuseum Object ID: 
19715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scene of Boys with Bird's Nest

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1850
Medium: 
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 9.8 x 15.6 cm ) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number: 
1956.232
Marks: 
signature and date: lower right: "L. Lang, N.Y./ 1850"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "L. Lang N.Y / 1850"
Gallery Label: 
This sketch is from a collection which belonged to Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (q.v.), artist and grandfather of the donor.
Provenance: 
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
19714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Three Powder Horns: The J. Marsh, The Henry Walton, and The S. Kirkley (R-60, 61, 62), with a Landscape Vignette of the Ruined Tower, Jamestown, Virginia

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 36.8 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.241
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed botton left: RA Grider July 1890
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "R A Grider July 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "This horn was picked up on / the Battle Field of PORT HUDSON / ARKANSAS in 1863...", at upper left: "J. MARSH of STURBRIDGE MASS.", followed by a brief history of the upper horn; at center beside vignette: "The RUINED TOWER..."; at middle right: "No. 61 is owned at / RONDOUT, N.Y..."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
19711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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