St. Luke's Church, Greenwich Village, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1821
Medium: 
Conté crayon and stumping on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 38.7 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Harriet I. Toland
Object Number: 
1929.158
Marks: 
inscriptions: Not signed. Title on slip of paper pasted at bottom: St. Luke's Church, Greenwich Village, 1821
Inscriptions: 
Paper label glued to lower center and inscribed in brown and black ink: "St Luke's Church, Greenwich Village 1821."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1821
eMuseum Object ID: 
16605
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)

Classification: 
Medium: 
Black and white chalk and charcoal on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 x 15 7/8 in. ( 50.8 x 40.3 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1927.141
Marks: 
inscriptions: Inscribed on secondary support, back: Gen. Scott / September 24-1927
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16604
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947)

Classification: 
Medium: 
Charcoal, black and white chalk, and stumping on beige paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 41 x 33.7 cm )
Description: 
Portrait: Wife of (Stephen) Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the U.S., the only president to marry while in office.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1927.140
Marks: 
inscriptions: Bottom right: Mrs. Grover Cleveland
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Mrs. Grover Cleveland"
Gallery Label: 
Frances C. Folsom was the daughter of Oscar Folsom, the law partner of Grover Cleveland, and Emma C. (Harmon) Folsom. Miss Folsom married President Grover Cleveland in the Blue Room of the White House on June 2, 1886.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Schooner "Oak Leaf"

Classification: 
Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Gouache, watercolor, black ink, graphite, and selective glazing pm paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/4 x 23 7/8 in. ( 47.6 x 60.6 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1927.138
Marks: 
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom left: Schooner Oak Leaf
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "SCHOONER 'OAK LEAF"'
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16602
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Livingston Mansion, Dobbs Ferry, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 3/8 x 8 3/16 in. ( 16.2 x 20.8 cm ) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1927.133
Marks: 
inscriptions: On reverse, in ink: Sketched January 23, 1874. At bottom, in pencil: The Livingston Mansion at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. / Outpost of American Army in the Revolution, / & place of Conference between Washington, Gov. (George) Clinton, and / Sir Guy
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed along lower edge outside image in graphite: "The Livingston Mansion at Dobbs Ferry. N.Y. / Oldpost of American Army in the Revolution / & place of Conference between Washington, Gov. Clinton and / Sir Guy Carlton on the terms of surrender of New York, 1783."; verso inscribed at center in black ink: "The Livingston / Mansion at / Dobbs Ferry. / Sketched -- January 23d. 1874. / Washington's Headquarters & C. / Stephen Archer bought the place from Van Brugh / Livingston in 1822. Originall
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
16601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Murray Street in 1822, New York City

Classification: 
Medium: 
Black crayon on heavy board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 1/2 x 26 3/8 in. ( 52.1 x 67 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Susie Cruickshank Snyder
Object Number: 
1925.163[dup]
Marks: 
inscriptions: Not signed. Title at bottom center
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center outside image in black crayon: "MURRAY STREET N. Y. 1822."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Guion-Allaire House, New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1873
Medium: 
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 10 in. ( 17.8 x 25.4 cm ) mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1923.169
Marks: 
inscriptions: Lower left: The Huntington House / New Rochelle, 1873
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "The Huntington House / New Rochelle. 1873."
Gallery Label: 
The house is known as the Guion-Alliare House. At the time of the drawing, it was owned by the Huntington Family. Is no longer extant.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1873
eMuseum Object ID: 
16599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

View of the Presbyterian Church on the Old Post Road to Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), New Jersey

Classification: 
Medium: 
Black ink and wash with scratching out on paper, laid on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 14 5/8 in. ( 27.9 x 37.1 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number: 
1923.134
Marks: 
inscriptions: Title, bottom center in pencil: The old post road in Elizabethtown, showing the Presbyterian church
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed along lower edge outside in graphite: "The old post road to Elizabethtown -- showing the Presbyterian Church. -- "; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Put about the centre of the page / R. E. B."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Brunswick Artillery and Prussian Menzel Artillery

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1912
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/4 x 8 in. ( 21 x 20.3 cm ) mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.160
Marks: 
inscription: : "[notations of details of dress]"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed with extensive color and style annotations in graphite, brown and black ink, with 4 detail sketches; inscribed at middle right in brown ink: "From contemporary colored prints / in 'Memoirs of / Reidesel', N.Y.P.L."
Gallery Label: 
This unpublished watercolor shows details of uniform dress with diagrams and notations.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1923
eMuseum Object ID: 
16586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scenes from the American Revolution: Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown; verso: George Washington on Horseback

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1912
Medium: 
Gouache, watercolor, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. ( 47.3 x 64.5 cm ) mat: 30 x 40 in. ( 76.2 x 101.6 cm )
Description: 
History
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.122
Marks: 
inscription: lower left, pencil: "[illegible marks]"
Gallery Label: 
This painting is unfinished and unpublished. An unfinished sketch on the reverse depicts Washington on horseback with his officers near Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1923
eMuseum Object ID: 
16585
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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