5 Sketches of Horses and Equestrian Figures
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
each: 4 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 16.2 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Figures
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugenia Maurer Fuerstenberg
Object Number:
1939.610a-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Erie Canal, New York
Classification:
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Watson Fund
Object Number:
1967.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
17388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Shorebird (Black-bellied Plover?)
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of pastel and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (28.6 x 47.6 cm), irregular
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1863.18.25
Inscriptions:
Verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17384
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (46 x 58.1 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.15
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the left in graphite: "Nov 1821 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 -- / Length 20 inches -- / Breadth 2 1/2 feet -- / Tongue remarkable / Female / Stomach / nothing...gravel"; at right: "Nov 13 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 / Length 20 Inches / Tongue remarkable slender & bro[cut] / Female / nothing in the stomach gizzard full of g[cut]"; below in graphite[erased and painted over]: "Redbreasted Merganser / Mergus serrator"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Illustration: Couple Boarding a Venetian Gondola
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Black ink, gray wash, black crayon, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. ( 31.8 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Figures: Illustration in black ink of a man and woman boarding a Venetian gondola in the rain as they descend steps, a gondolier holding an umbrella to assist the woman holding a clutch purse, a striped gondola pole at the right.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.834
Marks:
black ink: lower right of the image: signed with a monogram, a lower "f" inside a circle
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in black ink: "f[in a circle]"; at lower right in graphite [erased]: "56 / Harper"; at upper left: "1[encircled]"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Lafayette Room of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1924
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 46.4 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Object Number:
X.310
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W. H. Shelton/1924"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black pastel: "W. H. Shelton / 1924."
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
17327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Havell plate no. 12
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1822-25
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, graphite, gouache, and red lead pigment [converted to gray] with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 11/16 x 18 11/16 in. (60.2 x 47.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Female, left; males, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.12
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?] [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite, inverted: "12"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as the Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipfera).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
17314
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The President's Mansion, Philadelphia, in 1790-97
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 11/16 x 12 9/16 in. ( 24.6 x 31.9 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
1936.1004
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom left: Ogden. Bottom center: The Presidents Mansion- Philadelphia 1790-1797
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left inside image in graphite: "Ogden"; inscribed at lower center outside image: "The President's Mansion -- Philadelphia 1790-1797"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Capture of H.B.M. Brig "Avon" by the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Wasp"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1814
Medium:
Black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out on paper inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 14 x 21 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Naval History Society Collection
Object Number:
1925.134
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "T. Birch."
Inscribed: at bottom center: "Wasp and Avon."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "T Birch"; inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Wasp and Avon"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Minniesland, Home of John James Audubon, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1925
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 21 1/8 in. ( 36.2 x 53.7 cm )
Description:
Architecture: View shows Audubon's home on the shore of the Hudson River at what was later Riverside drive between 155th and 156th streets. It was demolished in 1931.
Object Number:
1925.143
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in red gouache: "Rudolph F. Bunner"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
17034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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