View Across the Great Basin of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
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Classification:
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Date:
1893-1894
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, white priming, oil paint, pastel, and graphite on paper mounted on canvas (removed from stretcher)
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 29 1/16 in. (40.6 x 73.8 cm)
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Ketchum Smith
Object Number:
1968.49
Marks:
Signed at lower left in blue pastel: "Lydia Field Emmet."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in blue pastel: "Lydia Field Emmet."
Provenance:
Commissioned by McKim, Mead, & White; in Emmet's account book for 1894; donated by the wife of James Ketchum Smith, a later partner of Lawrence White, son of Stanford White, and a prominent architect in the firm.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
14421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Park Row and St. Paul's Chapel, New York, New York
Classification:
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Date:
1806
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink, and gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. ( 41.9 x 59.1 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Evelina Deyo, in memory of her father, Robert E. Deyo
Object Number:
1943.523
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right:"J. Eichholtz / 1806"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "J. Eichholtz. / 1806."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
14420
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Florentine Landscape with Mountains and Tower; verso: fragmentary sketch of building and foliage
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Classification:
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Date:
1842
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 13 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.235
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "A.C. Morse, Florence, 1842"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "ACMorse. Florence 1842"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
14419
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Italian Landscape on the Arno River, Florence
Classification:
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Date:
1842
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 16.8 x 21.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.234
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "A.C. Morse, Nov. 14, 1842/ Florence"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "A. C Morse Nov. 14. 1842 / Florence" (over erased inscription)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
14418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Governors Island and New York Harbor from the Battery, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1835
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, glazing, white lead pigment, and touches of black pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 34.9 cm )
mat: 14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1928.97
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown ink: "T. C Millington"; inscribed at center: "New York Bay and Battery"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
14416
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View of Lake George from Sabbath Day Point, New York
Classification:
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Date:
1853
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with touches of black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 17 in. ( 25.1 x 43.2 cm )
mat: 16 x 21 7/8 in. ( 40.6 x 55.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Margaret Peters
Object Number:
1959.105
Marks:
signature: lower left: "No. 7 W. R. Miller"
inscription: lower right: "[erased] Roger's Slide/from Sabbath Day Point/Lake George July 21st 53"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "No 7."; signed to the right in graphite: "W R. Miller."; inscribed at lower right: "[erased] Rogers Hills. / from Sabbath-Day-Point / Lake George July 21st 53."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
14415
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View of 79th Street and Ninth Avenue, New York City
Classification:
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Date:
1879
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, and white chalk on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 37.8 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 20 x 15 7/8 in. ( 50.8 x 40.3 cm )
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Object Number:
1983.38[dup]
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in graphite: "W. R. Miller / 79th St"; inscribed at lower left inside image: "On the 9th Ave Ny / Jany 25th 1879"; at upper center outside image in graphite: "12 x 9 1/2[?]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
14414
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Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)
Classification:
Date:
1797
Medium:
Pastel and charcoal(?) on blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (23.5 x 18.6 cm)
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Object Number:
1952.353
Marks:
Wood panel backing of frame inscribed in black pastel: "J. Sharples / Cap Boids Sloop / May Holland[?]"; below in brown ink: "Drawn by J Sharpless. 1797"
Inscriptions:
Wood panel backing of frame inscribed in black pastel: "J. Sharples / Cap Boids Sloop / May Holland[?]"; below in brown ink: "Drawn by J Sharpless. 1797"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States, and Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston) Jay. He studied law and practiced in New York. Like his father, he was a staunch Federalist and held several minor public offices. He was a trustee of Columbia College, his alma mater, and served as the president of The New-York Historical Society from 1840 to 1842.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1797
eMuseum Object ID:
14413
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Landscape with Road in Catskill Clove, New York
Classification:
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Date:
1856
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 36.2 cm )
mat: 16 x 21 7/8 in. ( 40.6 x 55.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Margaret Peters
Object Number:
1959.103
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W.R. Miller, Augt 1856/Cattskill Clove No. 9"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "W. R. Miller. Augt. 1856. / Cattskill Clove. no. 9."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
14411
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Sketch of Trees
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 37.5 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1955.153d
Marks:
inscription: upper center: "10 1/4 x 6 3/4 -- 3/4"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center outside image in graphite: "10 1/4 x 6 3/4 -- 3/4"; various color annotations throughout
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
14410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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