East Side of Broadway, Between Wall and Pine Streets, New York City

Classification: 
Medium: 
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper laid on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/8 x 11 in. ( 18.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Object Number: 
X.346
Marks: 
inscription: lower center: "Broadway and Pine St./1848"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed below image in black ink: "PINE ST. 106 104 102 100 98 969 94 92 90 / BROADWAY AND PINE / 1848."
Gallery Label: 
These buildings are nos. 90 to 106 on Broadway. This watercolor was copied from Jones and Newman's Pictorial Directory of New York, 1848. (There is a copy in the Print Room, NYHS.)
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1848
eMuseum Object ID: 
14743
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Tombstone of William (1663-1752) and Elizabeth (1663-1731) Bradford, Trinity Churchyard, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1863
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash, graphite, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 21 7/8 x 17 in. ( 55.6 x 43.2 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape detail
Object Number: 
X.291
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Hosier,/ 63"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Hosier. /63"
Gallery Label: 
This is a rendition of the original tombstone of William Bradford (1663-1752), a New York printer, as it appeared in Trinity Churchyard, New York City, prior to being replaced with a new stone of Italian marble, which was dedicated in 1863. The original stone was presented by the Corporation of Trinity Chruch to The New-York Historical Society.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1863
eMuseum Object ID: 
14742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Stuyvesant Pear Tree, N.Y.C.

Classification: 
Date: 
1866
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash, graphite, watercolor, and black ink on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 21 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (55.2 x 39.1 cm)
Description: 
Cityscape detail
Object Number: 
X.280[dup]
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower right: Ab'm Hosier, fec.; lower left: June, 1866
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left inside image in brown ink: "June, 1866."; at lower right inside image: "Ab'm. Hosier. fec."; at lower below image in graphite: "Third Ave."; at loewr right outside image: "STUYVESANT PEAR TREE."; at lower right margin in graphite: "13th ST. [below arrow in graphite]"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1866
eMuseum Object ID: 
14741
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Holiday Windows

Classification: 
Date: 
1870
Medium: 
Black ink and wash, white gouache, graphite on beige card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 11 in. ( 30.5 x 27.9 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
Genre
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. R. S. Butler, niece of the artist
Object Number: 
1950.267
Marks: 
signature and date: lower right: "W.H. Low 1870" inscription: lower right: "Holiday Windows" inscription: verso, upper right, pencil: "Wm H. Low/Nov. 21st 1870/Holiday Windows" inscription: upper left: "Refused by [Harper?] Leslie"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at the lower left inside image in graphite: "WHLow 1873"; at lower right outside image in black ink over graphite: "'HOLIDAY WINDOWS.'"; verso inscribed at upper left: "Refused by Harper -- Leslie Hth & Home'; at upper right: "WmHLOW / Nov 21st. 1870 / 'Holiday Windows'"
Gallery Label: 
Street passersby are looking into a store window marked "artist's materials" with the street address of "201."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
14739
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Washington, Lafayette, and Young G.W. Parke Custis, On the Portico of Mount Vernon, 1784

Classification: 
Date: 
1917
Medium: 
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 29.2 x 21 cm )
Description: 
History
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number: 
1936.1002
Marks: 
inscriptions: Inscribed lower right: Ogden. Inscribed on back; center bottom
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Ogden"; inscribed at lower center: "On the Portico of Mt Vernon. 1784 / 'A very lttle gentleman ** holding fast to one finger of / the good general's remarkable hand...Lafayette to E.W.C Custis in 1825."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1917
eMuseum Object ID: 
14738
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Reformed Dutch Church, New Utrecht, Long Island, New York

Classification: 
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache, on heavy beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. ( 14.6 x 14.3 cm ) mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Object Number: 
X.373
Marks: 
signature: lower left: "B.J. Lossing Delt." inscription: upper left: "Benson J. Lossing" inscription: lower, pencil: "The Dutch Church, New Utrecht, L.I./From a sketch by A.J. Davis in 1825"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "B. J. Lossing Delt."; signed at upper left: "Benson J. Lossing"; along lower edge in graphite: "The Dutch Church, New Utrecht, Long Island / From a sketch by A. J Davis, in 1825"
Gallery Label: 
The Society also owns the original watecolor done by Alexander Jackson Davis (q.v.) on June 26, 1825. This church stood from 1700 to 1828.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
14737
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Woodland Path

Classification: 
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of brown and black ink on paper, mounted on Bristol card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 35.2 x 25.7 cm ) mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number: 
1950.369
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Addie Livingston / 1869"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in red watercolor: "Addie Livingston / 1869"
Gallery Label: 
The scene was probably located near "Teviot," the Livingston summer home near Tivoli, New York.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1869
eMuseum Object ID: 
14735
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

"Teviot", Tivoli, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1869
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of brown and black ink on paper, mounted on Bristol card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 25.7 cm ) mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number: 
1950.368
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower left: Addie Livingston / 1869
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Addie Livingston / 1869"
Gallery Label: 
"Teviot" was the summer home of Eugene A. Livingston (1813-93) near Tivoli, New York, The artist was his daughter.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1869
eMuseum Object ID: 
14734
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Two Powder Horns: The Italian and The 'Germania' (F-46)

Classification: 
Date: 
1891
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.6 x 36.8 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.442
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed left center: R. A. Grider/ 1891
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "R.A. Grider / 1891"; inscribed at lower right: "No. 305 THE 'ITALIAN.' SHOWING WORSHIP / BEFORE A CRUCIFIX. / No. 306 THE 'GERMANIA'...", with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
14733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893); verso: charcoal for transfer

Classification: 
Date: 
1882
Medium: 
Charcoal and touches of white chalk on gray paper, mounted on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 28.9 cm ) mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number: 
1953.68f
Inscriptions: 
Card inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Sixth Drawing of Edwin Booth / May 30th 1882."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1882
eMuseum Object ID: 
14732
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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