Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Havell plate no. 71
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, collage, pastel, black ink, red chalk, and touches of black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/16 x 38 9/16 in. (63.7 x 97.9 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.71
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in in graphite [erased]: Havell...[illegible]; below in brown ink: "No 15. Plate 71. / Published 1829. --"; at middle left of center: "Winter Hawk. Male adult. / Circus hyemalis. -- / Bull Frog. --"
Gallery Label:
Frog and hawk's foot are pasted onto the drawing
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
17900
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Lady Washington at Valley Forge, 1778
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, and gray wash on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 32.1 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
1936.850
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17898
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Mohigan (Man and Man in Euro-American Dress)
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Not promoted
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: males in both Euro-American and native costumes
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.57
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 57. / Mohigan"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "171 172"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
17897
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Proposed Audubon Memorial Tablet, Washington Heights, New York City
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 11 in. ( 31.8 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
This shows a proposed memorial tablet commemorating "Minniesland", on the shore of the Hudson River at the foot of West 155th Street on upper Manhattan Island. The tablet was never erected.
Object Number:
X.363
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed, inscribed bottom: Audubon Memorial. Typed label affixed to mount on back.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in graphite: "AUDUBON MEMORIAL"; memorial lettered in watercolor over graphite: "ON THIS SITE STOOD / 'MINNIESLAND' / THE HOME OF / JOHN JAMES AUDUBON / THE GREAT AMERICAN NATURALIST / AT THAT TIME SITUATED IN / CARMANSVILLE 'A LITTLE VILLAGE / A FEW MILES FROM NEW YORK' / ERECTED BY / NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY / 1917"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
17888
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Powder Horn: John McGraw (R-64); with a Vignette view of the Mohawk River at Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler), Rome, New York
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/16 x 13 5/8 in. ( 28.1 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.243
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Jan.20th, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Jan. 20th. 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The J. McGRAW.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right of center beside vignette: "The J. McGRAW. / The MOHAWK RIVER & portion of the / grounds of Ft. STANWIX..."; at lower left: "JOHN McGRAW was a Private..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
17882
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Head of Clove, Haine's Falls, Kaaterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1898
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 29.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.186
Marks:
signed: lower left: "Haine's Falls/Head of Clove/Catskill Mountains by Lucy M. Durand Woodman"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in graphite: "Haine's Falls. / Head of Clove. / Catskill Mountains by Lucy M Durand Woodman"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
17875
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Profile Portrait of an Unidentified Man
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Classification:
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Date:
early 19th century
Medium:
Black ink wash on paper with embossed decorative border
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 4 in. ( 12.4 x 10.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.327
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17857
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Collection of 13 Watercolor, Ink, and Gouache Drawings
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1892-1920
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on boards
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 40 x 26 in. ( 2.5 x 101.6 x 66 cm )
Description:
Nine signed "H.A. Ogden", one signed "O"; subjects depicted include early football, horseback riding, leap year 1892, five drawings of French and German military scenes, one with Napoleon, one Civil War scene, and one with late nineteenth century U.S. uniforms
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
INV.14710.1-.13
Inscriptions:
Nine signed "H.A. Ogden", one signed "O"; subjects depicted include early football, horseback riding, leap year 1892, five drawings of French and German military scenes, one with Napoleon, one Civil War scene, and one with late nineteenth century U.S. uniforms
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
17852
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Mess Tent, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Tuckahoe, New York; verso: Colonial music scene
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Black and white chalk on beige paper once nailed to a stretcher; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 33 3/4 in. ( 59.7 x 85.7 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1220
Marks:
inscriptions: charcoal sketch on back
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at left margin (once folded over stretcher) vertically in graphite: "V.C.A Camp Tuckahoe"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
17847
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Powder Horn: Modern Powder Flask (F-9)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 13 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.413
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right in graphite: "MODERN POWDER / FLASK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17819
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