New-York Historical Society

Mrs. Sarah Joyce

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

c. 1795-98

Medium:

Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper inlaid into a larger sheet

Dimensions:

Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 6 cm ) mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )

Description:

Portrait: The artist's grandmother

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.

Object Number:

1912.18

Marks:

Inscribed: at bottom: "Mrs. Sarah Joyce 1787."

Inscriptions:

Inscribed along lower border in black ink: "Mrs. Sarah Joyce"; in graphite: "1787"

Gallery Label:

The subject of this portrait was the grandmother of the artist. The date inscribed is probably not accurate, for in 1787 Anderson would have only been twelve years old. It is more likely that this sketch was made ca. 1795, for the artist made other similar sketches of members of his family at that time.

Date Begin:

Date End:

1795

eMuseum Object ID:

16849

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Entrance Gate to the White House Garden with Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

1821

Medium:

Graphite on paper laid on blue paper

Dimensions:

Overall: 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 20 x 26.7 cm )

Description:

Cityscape/architecture detail

Credit Line:

Purchase

Object Number:

1953.233

Marks:

inscription: lower, ink: "Pennsylvanian [sic] Avenue, Washington, et La Porte du Jardin du President, 1821"

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Pensylvanian[sic] avenue Washington et La Porte de Jardin du Prèsident 1821"

Gallery Label:

This shows the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the entrance gate and the White House garden.

Provenance:

De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953

Date Begin:

Date End:

1821

eMuseum Object ID:

16832

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pawnee and Sioux Pipes

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

1866-68

Medium:

Graphite and black ink on prepared card

Dimensions:

Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )

Description:

Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin's reproduction of the carving and construction of Native American pipes; twelve pipe bowls carved into dogs, human figures, a coiled snake and mythological beasts with human bodies and animal heads and sometimes paws or tails; several have two, three or even four bowls for loading tobacco on the same pipe

Credit Line:

Purchased by the Society

Object Number:

1872.23.208

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 207. / Pawnee & Sioux Pipes. In red Stone"; pipes numbered from upper left to lower right in graphite: 35 to 46

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:

Date End:

1868

eMuseum Object ID:

16827

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani), Havell plate no. 86

Collections:

Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

c. 1829-30

Medium:

Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card

Dimensions:

Paper: 37 3/16 x 25 13/16 in. (94.5 x 65.6 cm) Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)

Description:

Male, above; female, below

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon

Object Number:

1863.17.86

Marks:

Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILL

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Black Warrior Male 1. F. 2. / Falco Harlani"; at lower right: "No 18. Plate 86. / John. J. Audubon / F.R.S. F.L.S. --"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"

Date Begin:

Date End:

1830

eMuseum Object ID:

16825

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Study for "Youle's Shot Tower", New York City

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

1844

Medium:

Graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Overall: 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (34 x 26.4 cm)

Description:

Architecture

Credit Line:

Watson Fund

Object Number:

1978.51

Marks:

Signed and dated: at lower right: "J. F. Cropsey, Oct. 1, 1844"

Inscriptions:

Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "J. F Cropsey Oct. 1. 1844. --"; above: "C Road / B… / flowers"

Provenance:

The artist's family; Mrs. H. Brown Reinhardt, Wilmington, Delaware; Jeffery R. Brown, North Amherst, Massachusetts, 1978

Date Begin:

Date End:

1847

eMuseum Object ID:

16772

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Rural Scene with Sunset

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

1792

Medium:

Black ink and wash with touches of scratching out on paper, laid on paper, glued on a stretcher

Dimensions:

Overall: 8 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. ( 20.5 x 31.8 cm ) Framed: 14 3/4 × 20 1/4 × 3/4 in. (37.5 × 51.4 × 1.9 cm)

Description:

signed "Jn. VanderLyn Fecit/ August 18th 1792."

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. Rodman C. Rockefeller

Object Number:

1981.8

Marks:

inscriptions: Title and date, lower right.

Inscriptions:

Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Jno VanderLyn Fecit / August 18th 1792."

Date Begin:

Date End:

1792

eMuseum Object ID:

16755

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Pedlar; verso: small sketch of a reclining figure

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Medium:

Graphite on paper with traces of binding at left

Dimensions:

Overall: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 31.8 cm )

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Feld

Object Number:

1981.25

Marks:

inscriptions: upper edge: "the pedlar"

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "the pedlar"

Date Begin:

Date End:

eMuseum Object ID:

16754

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Schuyler Family Coat-of-Arms

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Medium:

Watercolor, black ink and wash, graphite, and pink crayon on paper, laid on patterned paper

Dimensions:

Overall: 7 x 5 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 14 cm ) mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )

Description:

Heraldry

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Nathaniel McLean Sage

Object Number:

1974.13

Marks:

inscriptions: none

Inscriptions:

Inscribd at lower center on banderole in black ink: "SEMPER FIDELIS"

Date Begin:

Date End:

eMuseum Object ID:

16752

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Disembarkment Near Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1745

Classification:

DRAWINGS

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Date:

19th century?

Medium:

Watercolor, black ink and wash, gold metallic pigment, gouache, on paper, edged with brown tape

Dimensions:

Overall: 14 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. ( 37.5 x 53.7 cm )

Description:

On the verso-"The Landing the New England forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton 1745/ recovered to the British Empire".

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Ethel McCullough Scott, Mr. John G. McCullough, and Mrs. Edith McCullough Heaphy

Object Number:

1971.130

Marks:

inscriptions: Title, lower center in ink.

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at lower center outside image in black ink: "DEBARCAMÉT, Y PRESA DEL CAP BRETON 1745."; verso inscribed at lower center in graphite: "The Landing the New England forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton 1745. / recovered to the British Empire"

Date Begin:

Date End:

1745

eMuseum Object ID:

16750

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.