Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Esplanade, Brooklyn, New York

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1971
Medium: 
Crayon, tempera, and graphite on blue paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 28.9 x 38.4 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Hansi Bohm
Object Number: 
1982.83
Marks: 
Signed and dated: at lower right: "H. B. '71"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in black ballpoint ink: "BROOKLYN HEIGHTS"; signed at lower right in black marker: "H.B.'71"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1971
eMuseum Object ID: 
16282
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

View of the Bay of New York from the Battery, New York City: Study for an Aquatint

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1844
Medium: 
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 17 3/8 in. ( 29.2 x 44.1 cm )
Credit Line: 
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number: 
1962.23
Marks: 
Signed: at lower right: "Bennett, fecit." Inscribed: on reverse, in ink: "Governor's Island."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Bennett fecit"; verso inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Governors Island"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1844
eMuseum Object ID: 
16281
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Drummers, British Army

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1910
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 23.8 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1942.483
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Gallery Label: 
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1923
eMuseum Object ID: 
16280
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Soldier, 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 28.9 x 18.1 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1927.135
Marks: 
signature and date: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts/ 10."
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 10"; verso inscribed at center in black ink: "Soldier of 13th Reg't / Pennsylvania / 1777 / Painted by Chas. M Lefferts / N.Y. City 1910"
Gallery Label: 
This unpublished painting is of a private of the regiment, 1777, painted for the donor, who was chairman of the Society's Field Expoloration Committee from 1918 to 1940.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
16279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Sergeant, Unidentified Regiment

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1912
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 19.7 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.163
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Sergt."
Gallery Label: 
This is an unpublished study.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
16278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The River Excursion of the "Columbia" with President Rutherford B. Hayes

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
after 1875
Medium: 
Graphite, black ink and wash, white gouache on gray paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. ( 19 x 25.1 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number: 
1945.580.27
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "The River Excursion -- on the Columbia / Pres. Hays (with about 6 others) by Pilot house hat in hand"; at lower left: "Hamilton Revenue cutter[?] / Band in bow of Columbia"
Provenance: 
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1861
eMuseum Object ID: 
16277
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ruins of the C & N Railroad Bridge across the Tennessee River at Running Water, between Bridgeport and Chattanooga

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
19 September 1863
Medium: 
Brown watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/4 x 9 5/16 in. (18.4 x 23.7 cm) mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Civil War Drawings Collection. Drawn by an unnamed engineer with Maj. General Bragg's staff. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 19 September 1863 (XVI:416):408, as "The War in Tennessee--Ruins of the Railroad Bridge at Running Water." The railroad bridge at Running Water Creek was a vital strategic link between Nashville and Chattanooga. In September 1863, Confederates destroyed the first bridge to prevent the Union from using it to transport supplies. Hooker, who had been given orders to prepare for his movement from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley sent engineers to repair the bridge over Running Water. 'Baldy' Smith, an engineer and general, immediately began studying options and on October 19, 1863, he determined it would be possible to build a bridge over the Tennessee without Hooker's force controlling the valley. Federal engineers constructed an engineering marvel, an almost 100-foot high wooden trestle bridge, and soon reopened the railroad. Confederate cavalry discovered the work in progress on the 26th and reported it to Braxton Bragg but he and Longstreet could not prevent the Union advance over the repaired bridge. Federal troops occupied the area, protecting the bridge for the remainder of the fighting.
Credit Line: 
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number: 
1945.580.26
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed along lower edge inside image in graphite: "Desn.[?] R. R. across Running Water ? C. & N. R. R. / between Bridgeport & Chattanooga --"
Provenance: 
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1863
eMuseum Object ID: 
16276
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Three Views of the Brunswick Field Yager Corps Uniform; verso: uniform details

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1912
Medium: 
Graphite and watercolor on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 24.1 cm ) mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1923.159
Marks: 
inscription: recto and verso: "[details of dress]"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed with extensive color and style annotations in graphite; verso inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "Notes from 'Memiors of Reidesel' NYP.L. / Brunswick Jager"; with extensive annotations in brown ink
Gallery Label: 
This unpublished picture consists of rough pencil sketches of an officer and privates with hand-written notes on uniform dress. Additional notations on the Brunswick Yagers from Riedesel's memoirs are on the reverse.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1923
eMuseum Object ID: 
16274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Powder Horn: Samuel Steel (R-151), with a Vignette View of 'Greenway Court', Home of Lord Fairfax, Virginia

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 14 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.328
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed upper right: Rufus A. Grider 1896 / Canajoharie N.Y. Center right: RA Grider 1897.
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at right of center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider 1896 / Canajoharie N.Y."; also signed inside vignette image; inscribed at lower right: "The SAMUEL STEELE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle right below vignette: " 'GREENWAY COURT' in Virginia..."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1897
eMuseum Object ID: 
16273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Powder Horn: Joseph Prentice (R-149), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette of the Sanford Tavern Sign, Hartford, Connecticut

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 28.3 x 36.8 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.326
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed center right: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N. Y./ Aug 6, 1890
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at middle right below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Aug. 6. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The JOSEPH PRENTICE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center beside vignette: "SWING TAVERN SIGN of the / SANFORD TAVERN at HARTFORD..."; verso has annotations in graphite
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
16272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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