Lager and Flag Presentation; from "Scenes, Sports, and Incidents in Camp Graham, near Washington, D.C."
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
December 14, 1861
Medium:
Graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 35.9 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 11 January 1862 (XIII:320):120; 2 of 6 vignettes under the title:
"Scenes, Sports and Incidents in Camp Graham, Near Washington, D.C., Headquarters of the Twenty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment, on the Occasion of the Presentation of Regimental Colors, by the State of Pennsylvania, Saturday, December 14--."
The accompanying article, on page 119, was titled "Camp Graham and Its Festivities."
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.52
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Lumley fecit"; at center: "LAGER"; at lower center: "FLAG PRESENTATION"
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
16250
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Camp Oven, Built by the 19th New York Volunteers, General Banks' Division, in Western Maryland; verso: sketch of a landscape and a man in profile
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
14 September 1861
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. ( 20 x 21.4 cm )
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. Drawn by a Special Artist attached to Gen. Banks' Command, see also 1945.580.33. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 September 1861 (XII:304):284, as "Fresh Bread: The Camp Oven, Impromptu Oven Built by the 19th New York Volunteers, General Banks' Division, in Western Maryland"
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.1
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "6 in block"; along lower edge: "The Camp Oven. Fresh bread for the volunteers. / Enterprise of the N.Y. 19th. volunteers."
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
16249
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hoisting Barrels and Boxes: Three Views of Docks
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1861-65
Medium:
Black ink wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. ( 17.9 x 22.2 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.2
Inscriptions:
Signed at center in graphite: "H.A.G."; inscribed clockwise beginning at upper right: "an old canal boat."; "an old (barge) canal boat"; "bow of a / vessel."; "Hoisting barrels & boxes into a vessel."
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
16247
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe of Black Moccasin, Chief of Minatarrees
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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; the long, three section pipe of Minnatarree Chief Black Moccasin, with a war scene, a buffalo hunt scene and cloth or leather wrappings and tassles
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.214
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 214. / Pipe of Black Moccasin, Chief of Minatarrees"; all three sections numbered in graphite: "83"
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16246
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe Stems (Sioux)
Classification:
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; pipes with stems or 'calumets' decorated with images of buffalo, hunting or war scenes, geometric patterns of leather or woven wickerwork wrapping, spiral carved stems, and a stem carved into a snake
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.211
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 211. / Pipe Stems (Sioux)"; pipes numbered from upper to lower in graphite: 58 to 64
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16245
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sioux and Ojibbeway Pipes
Classification:
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; sixteen pipe bowls carved into human faces, an eagle head, dogs, mythological beasts with human bodies and animal heads and sometimes paws or tails, reclining human figures
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.207
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 207. / Sioux and Ojibbeway Pipes."; pipes numbered from upper left to lower right in graphite: 19 to 34
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Primitive Pipes in Stalactites and Pot Stone
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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; eighteen pipe bowls, ten with no ornamental carving, all drawn with a 'cut-away' view to show internal construction methods
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.206
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 206. / Primitive Pipes, in Stalactites & Pot Stone."; bowls numbered from upper left to lower right in graphite: 1 to 18
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16243
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
An Omaha Robe (Facsimile)
Classification:
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 markings on an Omaha buffalo skin robe; a scene of contact with Euro-Americans and a drunken revelry that followed: drunk warriors sprawl on the ground around an empty whiskey keg, unconscious, vomiting or raising cups while four men in Euro-American costume chase fleeing women and gather weapons from the inside wigwams
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.203
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 158. / An Omaha Robe. (fac-simile)"
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pawnee Doctor's Robe (Facsimile)
Classification:
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 markings on a Pawnee Medicine Man's buffalo skin robe; a complex series of images: at center, a mounted medicine man with a feathered spear and shield with long tassles; above: the same man deflects rifle shots and performs a ceremonial song and dance; below: the mounted man spears an archer on the ground; small images decorate the sides: animals, men vomiting, a man singing under a sky full of celestial wonders-suns, moons and starbursts
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.200
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 200. / Pawnee Doctor's Robe. (fac-simile)"
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:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
16241
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Three Powder Horns: Canadian Indian, Oghnawera, both with Carving Unfurled, and Bill Hill (I-9), with Printed Vignette Portraits of Two Indian Men
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Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, collage, gray wash, graphite, gouache, and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/16 x 14 3/4 in. ( 30.6 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.393
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. 1891."; inscribed at upper right: "The / CANADIAN INDIAN. / OGHNAWERA..."; below: "BILL HILL...", followed by brief histories of the horns
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16240
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


