Looking West at Sundown (Winter)
Classification:
Date:
1943-47
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Edith Bry
Object Number:
1974.43
Marks:
inscriptions: Signature lower right in ink: Bry
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Bry"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
16071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: J. B. Clough (R-88), with Vignettes of Indian Scalp Trophies
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, brown ink, graphite, and gold and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/16 x 14 3/8 in. ( 30.6 x 36.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.267
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: rufus A. Grider/ of Canajoharier N.Y. Sept. 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider / of Canajoharie / N.Y. Sept 1891."; inscribed at upper right: "The J.B. CLOUGH....", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center above vignette: "SCALPS.", followed by an extensive history
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16068
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Powder Horn: John Smith Sanborn (R-86), with a Portrait Vignette of Naval Captain James Mugford
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, gouache, black ink and wash, graphite and bronze metallic pigment on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. ( 32.1 x 36 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.265
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: 1891 RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "The SANBORN...1891. RA Grider", with a brief history of the horn's owners; inscribed at center above vignette: "CAPTN. JAMES MUGFORD..."; at upper left: "THE STORY OF THE FIRST NAVAL VICTORY OF THE U.S...."; followed by an extensive history of the battle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16067
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Powder Horn: The Lexington (R-85), with Vignettes of the Statue of a Minuteman, Concord, and a Scene of Battle in 1775, Lexington, Massachusetts
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1888
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, gouache, brown ink, graphite, bronze and gold metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 32.1 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.264
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center above vignette in brown ink: "BRITISH ATTACK AT / LEXINGTON..."; inscribed at upper right: "The LEXINGTON. / was found under the ground...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "MARBLE STATUA [sic] / OF A MINUET [sic] MAN..."; at lower center: "AT THIS SPOT ON APRIL 19 1775...", and at lower left: "NEAR THIS SPOT / SAML WHITTEMORE..."; followed by brief histories of the Revolutionary battle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
16066
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
West Building, General Theological Seminary, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1927
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and graphite on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 21 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 55.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
1927.111
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in red gouache: "Rudolph F. Bunner"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1927
eMuseum Object ID:
16065
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City Hotel, Broadway, New York City: Study for Plate 1A 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: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix
Object Number:
1881.3
Marks:
Inscribed: on reverse, in ink: "City Hotel"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "City Hotel"
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:
16064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A Buoy with Ship and Seagull; verso: study of boat
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1842
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. ( 8.6 x 16.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Marine detail: On the reverse of this watercolor is a quick sketch of a beached rowboat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.222
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "Florence 1842 / G. L. Brown"
Signed and dated: on reverse in pencil: "Brown Sep 11 4[2]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Florence 1842 / GL Brown"; verso inscribed at lower right: "Brown Sep 11.4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
16063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Interior of a Florentine Church
Classification:
Date:
1842
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. ( 14 x 18.7 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture/interior view
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.221
Marks:
Signed and dated: on reverse: "Geo. L. Brown / Sep. 11 4(2)"
Inscriptions:
Verso signed and inscribed in graphite: "Geo. L Brown / Sep. 11. 42"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
16062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cottage Row, New York
Classification:
Date:
1924
Medium:
Water, gouache, and graphite on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 20 in. ( 38.1 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
1924.137
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Rudolph F. Bunner."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
16061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, British Army, 43rd Regiment, 1775
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 37.5 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.6 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1920.150
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower center: "Uniform worn at Bunker hill, 1775."; along upper edge: "Private 43rd Regt. British Army 1776-83. Field dress 1775-77"
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:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
16060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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