Betrothal Portrait of Miss Frances Taylor and Her Fiancé
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink with areas of glaze on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 20 cm), irregular
Description:
Folk Art Celebration Scene
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.1721
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "Miss Frances Taylor's / Picture Bought / A.D. 1831."
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
18688
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Study of a Man in Profile Seated on a Divan Reading; verso: sketch of a seated woman reading
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Classification:
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Medium:
Graphite on paper bearing the name and address of the de Neville's in Paris
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. ( 19 x 25.1 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.260
Marks:
inscription: verso, ink: "Mrs Julia 9"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left margin vertically in brown ink: "Madam hyde de Neuville / rue d'Antin no.10"[currently covered with restoration]; verso inscribed: "Mrs Julian 9"
Gallery Label:
This profile of a man seated on a sofa was drawn on sheet of paper bearing the name and address of Mme. Hyde de Neuville, Rue D'Antin 10, which was the Paris residence of the de Neuville family.
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:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
18681
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The Great Falls of the Genesee, Rochester, New York, with a Double Rainbow
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Classification:
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Date:
after 1808, probably 1828-30
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/16 x 15 1/2 in. (30.6 x 39.4 cm)
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Watson Fund
Object Number:
1981.5
Marks:
Inscribed and signed on verso at lower left in red ink: "The Great Fall of Genessee: / Sketched by William Constable on Saturday the 6th September 1806. / Copied by him after his return to England in 1808, probably between / 1808 and 1820[phrase crossed o
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed on verso at lower left in red ink: "The Great Fall of Genessee: / Sketched by William Constable on Saturday the 6th September 1806. / Copied by him after his return to England in 1808, probably between / 1808 and 1820[phrase crossed out], and, as I find from a mem-dum in his / hand writing, begun on Sunday the 7th September 1828 and / finished on Sunday the 4th July 1830. / The figures above are intended to represent the brothers Daniel & William Constable. / Clair J. Grece"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family to Lewis F. Grece, England; Reigate Town Hall Museum, Reigate, England; Sotheby's London, 1980; Kennedy Galleries, New York City, 1981
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
18666
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"The Old Beekman" Restaurant, New York City
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1900-10
Medium:
Encaustic, oil, casein ? on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 7 in. ( 25.4 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor Wilbour
Object Number:
1915.30
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, lower right: V.W.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in gray ink over graphite: "V.W."; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Beekman House / at Beekman & William Sts. / By Victor Wilbour."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
18664
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Wooded Landscape, Geneseo, New York
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 13 15/16 in. ( 25.4 x 35.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.157
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Set"; at lower right: "Geneseo June 25th. 1859"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
18663
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Study of Rocks in a Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1848
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 13/16 x 14 13/16 in. ( 24.9 x 37.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.160
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Set / Catskill Mts"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
18662
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Early Fall Scene in the Catskills, New York (verso: oval vignette with autumn landscape in the Catskills)
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1860-88
Medium:
Oil with varnish on card; oil on textured paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (25.1 x 38.4 cm)
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Gertrude O. Tubby, daughter of the artist
Object Number:
1951.353
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in blue oil paint: "Joseph Tubby"; verso of card support signed at lower right: "Joseph Tubby"; inscribed above on card support below textured paper in graphite: "July 15 [?]"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; Gertrude O. Tubby, Montclair, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
18601
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Lord's Prayer
Classification:
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 8 x 1 in. ( 22.9 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1948.114a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18594
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Mount Vernon, Virginia
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper laid on a second sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. ( 31.4 x 43.5 cm )
Description:
Possibly a copy after Bennett.
Credit Line:
?
Object Number:
1900.12
Marks:
inscriptions: On paper mount, lower right, in pencil in what is apparently a later hand: by W.J.Bennett; lower left: ca. 1840. On reverse of paper mount, in pencil: M. Vernon / Washington Residence.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on second sheet at lower left in graphite: "ca 1840."; at lower right: "Oct 26 1900. by W.J. Bennett"; verso of seond sheet: "Mt Vernon / Washington's Residence"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18562
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View of Trenton Falls, West Canada Creek, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1854
Medium:
Charcoal, stumping, and erasing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 18 3/4 in. ( 33 x 47.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Waldron K. Post
Object Number:
1950.428
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "Trenton Falls / R.de T. / 1854"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "Trenton falls / R. de T. 1854"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
18557
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