Powder Horn: Captain Nathan Hale (R-110), with Vignettes of Nathan Hale's Birthplace, Coventry Connecticut, his School in New London, and a Scene of his Capture on Long Island, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 28.9 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.289
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Augt. 1890/ Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Augt 1890. / Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at center below vignettes: "his birthplace at COVENTRY Conn. / his Capture at LONG ISLAND..."; at middle right below vignette: "The house in / which he taught / School..."; facsimilie signature at lower right: " 'Nathan Hale' / Powder Horn with its leather strap.", followed by an excerpt from a poem called Life of Nathan Hale
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
16172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rain Making (Mandan)
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: a medicine man, or spiritual leader, performs a ritual with a shield and bow on the top of a large round topped skin hut decorated with buffalo skulls. Tribe members on the ground and the tops of other huts watch this ceremony that continues unceasingly night and day until rain falls.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.174
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 174. / Rain making. (Mandan)"
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:
16173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Captain Gad Stanley (R-109), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignette Views of the 'Castle', Boston Harbor, in 1789, and the Old Powder House near Boston
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1893
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, graphite, and gold and green metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 14 in. ( 30.8 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.288
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie N.Y. 1893.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider / Canajoharie / N.Y. 1893."; inscribed at center: "Capt. GAD STANLEY...", followed by an extensive history of the horn's owners; at lower right below vignette: "The Stone POWDER HOUSE..."; at upper right: "The Capt. GAD STANELY / POWDER HORN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper left: "RECORD. Capt Gad Stanley of Farmington Conn...."; at middle left above vignette: "The CASTLE. / BOSTON HARBOR 1789."; ver
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
16171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine Man (Mandan)
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: a young man in an elaborately ornamented costume holding two feathered and decorated sticks performs a ritual over an elderly dying man, while his relatives sit weeping nearby and the villagers encircle the group, weeping and covering their mouths with their hands.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.172
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 172. / Medecine Man (Mandan)"
Gallery Label:
He is endeavoring to cure a dying patient by charms, while relatives and the village cry audibly
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:
16170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Foot War Party (Mandan)
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: long haired men lounge in a circle and share a long pipe, weapons of war lay around them-spears, shields, quivers and tomahawks
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.170
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 170. / Foot war party. (Mandan)"
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:
16169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Horse Racing (Minatarree)
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: a large group of men on horseback stand next to a group of women and children while watching young men in the distance racing horses in long lines
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.168
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 168. / Horse Racing (Minatarree)"
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:
16168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ball Play Dance (Choctaw)
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: this dance was performed through the night before the Choctaw Ball-Play game was played, see 1872.23.165 Men with LaCrosse-
like rackets dance in lines while a row of women carrying sticks or bats watch; drummers play on the side.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.164
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 164. / Ball Play Dance (Choctaw)"
Gallery Label:
This dance is performed throughout the night previous to the day of ball-play by the young men who are to play
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:
16167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Tchungkee (Mandan)
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: outside the village fence, long haired men compete to throw spears through a narrow, probably rolling hoop while women and children watch; a gambling game
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.163
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 163. / Game of Tchung=kee. (Mandan)"
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:
16166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dog Dance (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: men with long hair dance carrying spears, bows, tomahawks, bows and pipes while a drummer drums
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.161
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 161. / Dog Dance (Sioux)"
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:
16165
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Park Place and College Gate, New York City: Study for Plate 4A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1831
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, gray wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7 x 8.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix
Object Number:
1881.9
Marks:
Inscribed: on reverse, in ink: "Park Place & College"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed vertically along left margin in brown ink: "Park Place & College gate"
Provenance:
Library of William J. Davis, New York, 1844-65; Sold Bangs, Merwin & Co., April 17, 1865, Lot 1739.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
16164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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