Two Powder Horns: The Hunters, German Flask and The French Priming Flask, Two Sides Depicted (F-42)
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 11 in. ( 38.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.438
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed at bottom: Drawn in London by G. P. Gaskell Artist London, for Rufus A. Grider....
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center in brown ink: "No. 310 PRIMING FLASK. French -- 17th Century -- made of IVORY..."; below: "No. 311 The HUNTERS. This beautiful POWDER FLASK is / made of IVORY has raised figures- GERMAN...Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. in 1890."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: The Adam and Eve, German (F-41)
Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and copper metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. ( 38.9 x 28.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.437
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider 1891.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center inside image in white gouache: "Rufus A. Grider / 1891."; inscribed at upper left in brown ink and graphite: "ADAM & EVE / This rare and beautiful / POWDER HORN was made / in Germany during the 16th / Century..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
15147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still Life with Flowers
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 15 x 1 in. ( 35.6 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Still life
Object Number:
INV.1205
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
15146
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shahaka (Sheheke or Big White c. 1766-1812), Chief of the Mandans
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Classification:
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Date:
1806-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and black and white chalk on pink prepared paper, nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/8 x 17 in. ( 56.8 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Object Number:
1860.95
Marks:
inscription: lower left, graphite: "Indian dis...[indecipherable]"
inscription: left: "Indian of the Iowas of the missapiris (?)"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in graphite: "Indian of the Iowas of the Missouris"; at lower left: "Indien des iowas / du missoury"
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
15145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Male Delaware, possibly Montgomery Montour
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1806-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and touches of black and white chalk on buff paper, formerly nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 17 in. ( 56.5 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Object Number:
1860.97
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "essieu (?) Delaware"
inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: "un delaware 1801 fact a Philadelphia"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "indien Delaware" at lower right: "Delaware Indian"
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1801
eMuseum Object ID:
15144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locomotive "DeWitt Clinton" in 1831
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Black ink and watercolor on paper, whose verso is printed with a patent license application, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (28.6 x 45.4 cm)
mat: 22 x 23 in. ( 55.9 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
A scene of the various transportation systems associated with the Erie Canal and Mohawk and Hudson Railroad in 1831-32.
Credit Line:
Gift of Estate of Hilda R. Williamson
Object Number:
1975.3
Marks:
Inscribed and signed at end of copious inscription at lower right in black ink: "David Matthew."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at end of copious inscription at lower right in black ink: "David Matthew."
Gallery Label:
The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Company laid its original seventeen-mile stretch of track between Albany and Schenectady in upstate New York in 1831 and first operated with horse-drawn cars, but the success of the southern railroads with locomotives resulted in the company placing an order in April 1831 for a locomotive with the West Point Foundry Association in New York City. It was given the name De Witt Clinton and was the first used in New York State.
Provenance:
Collection of Fred E. Williamson, President of New York Central Railroad, 1931-44
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
15143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Phoebe Harriet Crane Eames (1822-1892)
Classification:
Date:
1894
Medium:
Charcoal, crayon, and chalk on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 16 in. ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )
mat: 50 1/4 x 26 1/4 x 3 in. ( 127.6 x 66.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Bequest of Wilberforce Eames
Object Number:
1940.331
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right with eraser: "Marlowe / 94"; reputedly old label on verso inscribed: "Ed. Marlowe / Crayon Artist / 130 East 50th St."
Gallery Label:
Phoebe Harriet Crane was the wife of Nelson Eames and the mother of Wilberforce Eames, the donor of her portrait.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
15142
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lakeside Scene in Massachusetts
Classification:
Date:
1877
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and scratching out with selective glazing on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 11.4 x 17.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number:
X.466
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "R. Mansfield/1877"
inscription: lower left: "Lakeside, Mass."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Lakeside, / Mass"; at lower right: "R.Mansfield / -- 1877."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
15141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) as President Elect
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1869
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 11.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1896.54
Marks:
signature: left, with monogram: "J M"
inscription: lower: "General Grant/ President Elect of the U.S./Drawn by/John Maher/Toronto, Jan. 10, 1869."
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle left in brown ink: "JM"; inscribed below: "GENERAL GRANT. / President Elect of the U. S. / Drawn by / John Maher"; at lower left: "Toronto, Jan 10, 1869"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
15140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
James (1777-1852) and Sarah Clark Tuttle (b. 1779)
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Classification:
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Date:
1836
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (24.8 × 37.5 cm), irregular
Description:
Double portrait
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.1715
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "James Tuttle. Aged 58. September 15th 1835"; at lower center: "Painted AT Strafford / Jany 25th. 1836."; at lower right: "Sarah Tuttle. Aged 56. Octbr. 25. 1835"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
15137
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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