Mayor Beame Looks Longingly Through a Window at President Ford's Thanksgiving Dinner
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1975
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper with a printed label pasted on
Description:
Cartoon was published in the Public Employee Press
Credit Line:
Gift of Mark Gotbaum
Object Number:
2001.39
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "M.G."; on label at lower center printed in black: "Thanksgiving 1975"; various publication annotations in margins
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
17722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), Havell plate no. 32
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 7/16 x 24 3/16 in. (49.4 x 61.4 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Female left; male right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.32
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in graphite[erased]: "no. 32"; at lower right: "11 1/4[?] Inches / 14[?] 3/4 " -- " "; at lower right: "No. 33"; at middle right: "Weight...[illegible]"; above: "Male / 1"; at left of center: "2. female"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
17667
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Niagara Falls from Above; verso: sketch of Niagara Falls Area
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1766
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing; graphite
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (34.3 x 52.7 cm)
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, Traveller's Fund, James S. Cushman, and Foster-Jarvis Fund
Object Number:
1954.2
Marks:
Verso: graphite sketch, inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Falls of Niagara"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Falls of Niagara"
Provenance:
Earl of Derby (from an album of 50 drawings), Knowsley, Lancashire, England; Christie's London, October, 1953; Frank T. Sabin Gallery, London; Old pPrint Shop, New York City, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1766
eMuseum Object ID:
17659
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View of Philipsen's Castle, Tarrytown, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1860
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, selective glazing, and touches of gouache on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 8 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 3 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. ( 8.3 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
Architecture: Sneden's watercolor encompasses the view toward the house and mill from across the mill pond near the Albany Post Road.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.814
Marks:
inscriptions: bottom, center: "Philipsen 's Castle" near Tarrytown, N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in black ink: "'PHILIPSEN'S CASTLE' near Tarrytown NY. 1860."
Gallery Label:
Philipsburg Manor, Upper Mills, was a stone dwelling and mills erected by Frederick Philipse in the 1680s on the Pocantico River at what is now North Tarrytown, New York, on a ninety thousand acre manorial estate covering one third of the present Wetchester County. The Philpse estate was confiscated by the state of New York in 1779 because of the family's adherence to the British crown and was sold at auction in 1785.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
17561
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Mott Haven Historic District, 301-303 139th St. East
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1972
Medium:
Black ink and wash, tempera, and charcoal on blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/16 x 22 9/16 in. ( 38.9 x 57.3 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Hansi Bohm
Object Number:
1982.85
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed vertically at lower left in black crayon: "301-303 / 139 st E"; to the right in red marker: "Mott Ave"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
17513
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fort Washington Park and View of Palisades, Bronx, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1908
Medium:
Graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 10.2 x 13.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number:
Z.2016.11f
Marks:
dated: upper left: "MARCH 28-08"
inscribed in pencil: below image: "FORT WASHINGTON PARK, AND VIEW OF PALISADES."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left graphite: "MARCH 26 -- 08."; below on page: "FORT WASHINGTON PARK. AND VIEW OF PALISADES."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
17512
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Study Rocks and Trees in Ice Glen, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Classification:
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Date:
ca. 1851-1852
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Description:
Landscape details
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.251
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "set"; at lower right: "Ice Glen-"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
17511
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Escape of the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" from a British Squadron off New York, July 18, 1812
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1838
Medium:
Black ink, wash, and graphite on paper inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( 14.9 x 23.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Naval History Society Collection
Object Number:
1925.127
Marks:
Signed: at lower left, in pencil: "T. Birch."
Inscribed: at bottom, in ink: "Escape of the Constitution from Africa-64 Guns, Shannon-38 Guns, La Guerriere-38 Guns, Belvidera-38 Guns, Aeolus-32 Guns. A close chase of 3 days & nights."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "T Birch"; inscribed along lower border in brown ink: "Escape of the Constitution from {Africa -- 64 Guns / Shannon -- 38 -- ' -- / LaGuerrier -- 38 -- ' -- / Belvedere -- 38 -- ' -- / Acolus -- 32 -- ' -- [}] a close chase of 3 days & 3 nights"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
17440
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View Across Central Park Eastward with Belvedere Castle from Rooftop of 50 West 93rd Street, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. ( 14 x 36.5 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Cityscape: This view is toward the East River and Long Island. The woods of Central Park are in the foreground. The artist lived at 50 West 93rd Street from 1897 to 1904.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.565
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. H. W."
date: verso: "1895"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "W.H.W"; verso inscribed at center: "View from a housetop -- 50 W. 93d St near / Columbus Av. in 1895 -- Showing East river and Long Island. Part of woods of Central Park / in foreground --"
Gallery Label:
The artist lived at 50 West 93rd Street from 1897 to 1904.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
17404
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George Henry Remsen (1768-1804)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1795-1800
Medium:
Watercolor(?) on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge
Object Number:
1954.139
Marks:
inscription: on back of mounting: "George Henry / Remsen (1768-1804) / Son of Henrick [sic] Remsen"
Gallery Label:
This likeness was probably based on a virtually identical although smaller miniature on ivory by John Ramage in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
17398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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