Mrs. George James (Caroline) Cornell (c. 1825-after1871)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1856
Medium:
Pastel on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. ( 31.1 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Webb
Object Number:
1944.142
Marks:
signature and date: at bottom: "fagnani 1856"
inscription: on back: "Caroline Elliott / wife of George James Cornell / by / Fagnani"
Gallery Label:
Caroline Cornelia Greele Elliott was the adopted daughter of her uncle, Augustus Greele, and the wife of George James Cornell (ca. 1821-1857). She resided at 56 West 17th Street after her husband's death.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
17015
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Paperlace with portrait medallion of christ in center
Collections:
Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
paper cut-out, watercolor
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 14 x 2 in. ( 30.5 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1343
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:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17012
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Unidentified Chief of the Little Osage ("Soldat du Chêne" ["Soldier of the Oak"?])
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1807
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. ( 18.4 x 16.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Abbott Fund, with the help of Forsythe Wicks, John E. Parsons, and Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1954.101
Marks:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "St. Memin fecit."; verso of old mount inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "Ozage"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "St. Memin fecit."; verso of old mount inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "Ozage"
Provenance:
Sir Augustus John Foster, Washington D.C.; descent through Foster's family; Sotheby's, London, 1826; Godspeed's Bookshop, Boston, 1927; Mr. And Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, Greenwich, Conn.; Sold Parke-Bernet Gallery, Luke Vincent Lockwood Sale, item #439, May 13-15, 1954
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
16983
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Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Beige paper cut-out
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. ( 6.8 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Cutout female bust silhouette from lightweight cream paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
INV.13940
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
16980
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View of Newark, New Jersey
Classification:
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. ( 21 x 34 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Norvin H. Green Fund
Object Number:
1955.305
Marks:
inscription: upper right: "Newark from Mr. Ford's House"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: Newark from Mr. Ford's house"
Gallery Label:
In 1847 Whitefield published a lithograph View of Newark, N.J., From the North (date depicted, 1845-46), which differs from the Society's pencil study.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
16972
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View New York Harbor from Battery Park, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1897
Medium:
Graphite on beige card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 9.2 x 14.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Castle Williams on Governors Island is in the distance.
Object Number:
X.494
Marks:
inscribed: upper right: "View from Battery Park,/1897"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "AUG. WILL fec."; at upper right: "View from Battery Park / 1897"; at lower right: "112"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
16971
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The Auctioneer in Public Streets
Classification:
Date:
1840-44
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, once bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (26.4 x 37.5 cm)
mat: 13 5/8 x 18 in. ( 34.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1980.34
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower center in brown ink: "The Auctioner in public streets"; on wall at upper left: "CHATAM [sic] Square / 102"; at lower right margin in graphite: "15"; various other fragmentary inscriptions
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leech, London
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
16957
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Powder Horn: William Blodget (FW-50), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Ticonderoga Village, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 30.8 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.49
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at upper left above vignette in brown wash: "View of Ticonderoga Village, where July 6, 1758, Lord Howe...sketd July 10. 1887. by Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y."; signed at center inside vignette image and at lower right after inscription; inscribed at lower right: "The WILLIAM BLODGET.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16951
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Mark Tapley from "Martin Chuzzlewit"
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of gouache over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 21 cm )
Object Number:
1937.1801
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Joseph Hanks 1882"
inscription: lower left: "Mark Tapley"
inscription: lower right: "Martin Chuzzlewit"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Joseph Hanks 1882."; at lower left in graphite: "'Martin Chuzzlewit'"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
16936
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Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Havell plate no. 45; sketch of a bird beak
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Classification:
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of pastel, black ink, and gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (47.1 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Audubon originally named this bird Traill's Fylcatcher for Thomas S. Traill (1781-1862; Orcadian professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh), who introduced Audubon in Edinburgh and whose name persists in the Latin species name.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.45
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 9. Plate 45. -- / Fort of Arkansa / April 17th 1822. John. J. Audubon"; at lower right in graphite: "Traill's Flycatcher -- / Muscicapa Traillii / [line erased and scraped out]"; below in brown ink: "Muscicapa palustris / Plant Vulgo. Sweet Gum. / Liquidamber Styraciflua"; to right of tail feathers: "12"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
16916
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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