Study for a Country Villa
Classification:
Date:
1828
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. ( 36.2 x 50.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1927.107
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge in gray watercolor: "STUDY FOR A COUNTRY VILLA. A.J.D, / IMPERFECT.[scratched out]"; at lower right in black ink: "N.Y. 1828."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
18438
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Inclined Boat Mechanism
Classification:
Date:
1797
Medium:
Black ink and wash on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 19.7 x 33.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr.
Object Number:
1976.61
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right in black ink: "Rob. Fulton / 1797"
Provenance:
Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., Old Westbury, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1797
eMuseum Object ID:
18407
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Sleighing in Old New York
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 22 in. ( 63.5 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Scene depicts a horse-drawn sleigh being driven through a street in New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Delancy Thorn Grant
Object Number:
1990.3.1
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Max F. Klepper"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Max F. Klepper"
Gallery Label:
Klepper specialized in magazine illustration and animal paitnings. These may have been commissioned to illustrate a story or magazine article dealing with the popular theme of New York cityscape transformations. Both are in matching frames.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18406
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Sleighing in New York
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 7/8 x 25 in. ( 63.2 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Delancy Thorn Grant
Object Number:
1990.3.2
Marks:
signature: lower right: " Max F. Klepper"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Max F. Klepper"
Gallery Label:
Klepper specialized in magazine illustration and animal paitnings. These may have been commissioned to illustrate a story or magazine article dealing with the popular theme of New York cityscape transformations. Both are in matching frames.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18405
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Harbor Scene, New York City
Classification:
Date:
1946
Medium:
Charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 40 in. ( 66 x 101.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1946.292
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower left: Gordon grant / 46.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in charcoal: "Gordon Grant / '46"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1946
eMuseum Object ID:
18375
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Hessian Prisoners Marching Past Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1776
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. ( 79.4 x 60.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
1936.870
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right front. 3 collectors'stamps, back. Inscribed lower right front: Hessian prisoners from Newton Marched past the State House (independence Hall) Philadelphia 31st Dec. 1776
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "H.A. Ogden"; inscribed at lower center: "Hessian prisoners from Trenton / marched past the State House (Independence Hall) Philadelphia / 31st Dec 1776"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18371
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Portrait of a Man
Classification:
Date:
1807
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 8.3 cm )
mat: 7 x 6 in. ( 17.8 x 15.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hon. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II
Object Number:
1970.72
Marks:
signature and date: right: "Jarvis / 1807"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at left in graphite: "JARVIS / 1807"; verso signed and inscribed in graphite: "JW. Jarvis No 122 Broadway / New York Sep 1807"; below: " JW Jarvis No 122 Broadway / New York Sep 1807"
Gallery Label:
The subject may be a member of the De Lancey family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
18369
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Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1865-69
Medium:
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 32 3/4 in. (57.2 x 83.2 cm)
frame: 27 5/8 x 37 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 70.2 x 96.2 x 6.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1946.174
Marks:
Signed at lower left in black oil: "Th: Nast."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black oil: "Th: Nast."
Gallery Label:
The Society's study is a preliminary rendition for the finished original.
Provenance:
Bennett Book Studios, New York City, 1946
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold, ed. "Lincoln and New York." New York: The New-York Historical Society and London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2009.
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18357
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Elizabeth Teackle: 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: 3 1/8 in. ( 8 cm )
sheet: 4 11/16 x 3 5/8 in. ( 11.9 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of female 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.2564mmm
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 65"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "June 1807"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 65"; at lower left: "June 1807"; embossed at lower center reversed: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Georgetown.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
18341
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Double-Inclined Plane with Boat Carried to an Upper Canal Level; verso: mechanical detail drawings
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1797
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite with scratching out on card; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (26.4 x 40.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr.
Object Number:
1976.60
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Rob. Fulton / May 1797"; verso inscribed at upper left in black ink: "The figures in the Boat to be / made perpendicular to the horizon / And the perspec Of the Lower Canal / Corrected ie. The Lower Canal to / be made parallel to the horizontal line R.F. --"; at lower left in graphite: "Rods extending from the Fans to / Regulate the Water on the Wheel / ABC may be marked In the / engraving. / The new outline will do / Very well...[illegible]."
Provenance:
Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., Old Westbury, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1797
eMuseum Object ID:
18340
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