Fox's Lane, Morrisania, Bronx, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1877
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. ( 32.4 x 47.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.283
Marks:
signature: lower left: "George Holston"
inscription: lower right: "Fox's Lane/1877"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "George Holston"; inscribed at lower right: "Fox's Lane / 1877"; verso inscribed at lower left: "Fox's Lane Morrisania / 1876"
Gallery Label:
Fox's Lane was a favorite route to the East River and Oak Point Beach. The site is now East 167th Street east of Union Avenue, Bronx, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
14355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dyckman's Creek, Kingsbridge, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1875
Medium:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 33.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.281
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "G.H. '75"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "GH/75"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Dyckmans Creek. Kingsbridge / 1875"
Gallery Label:
A rural scene where the Harlem River Ship Canal now cuts through the neck of land at the north end of Manhattan Island, just south of Marble Hill.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
14354
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bend in the Bronx River at Williamsbridge, Bronx, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1869
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 13.7 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.280
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Wms bridge, G.H. 1869"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "Wmsbridge GH 1869"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "by / George Holston / 1869"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
14353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Bronx River Between West Farms and Morrisania, Bronx, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1880
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 10 5/16 in. ( 16.2 x 26.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.278
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "G.H. '80"
inscription: lower left: "Bronx River"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in gray watercolor: "Bronx River / ...[illegible]"; signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "GH 80"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Bronx River 1880 / on the Bronx"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
14352
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Geis' Farm, Morrisania, Bronx, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1875
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 10 in. ( 14.6 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number:
1949.277
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "George Hoston 75"
inscription: lower right: "Geis Farm"
inscription: verso, pencil: "Morrisania. 169th St./ 8th St. Union Av.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "George Holston -- 75"; at lower right in brown watercolor: "Geis Farm"; verso inscribed at lower center at in graphite: "Morrisana -- 169th St / 8th St Union Ave"
Gallery Label:
Geis' Farm was located at what is now Union Avenue and 169th Street, Bronx, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
14351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
U.S. Post Office, Patchogue, Long Island, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1935
Medium:
Black ink over graphite with touches of gouache on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16 in. ( 56 x 38.3 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
1981.103
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right and inscribed: Patchogue/1935
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Vernon Howe Bailey Patchogue / 1935"; at lower left outside image in graphite: "Patchogue. U.S. Post Office 424"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1935
eMuseum Object ID:
14348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Barrier Gate, McGown's Pass, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and scratching out with touches of gouache on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.17)
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (29.8 x 78.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York
Object Number:
1889.16
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown ink: "Gate at McGowan's [sic] Pass."; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 10."
Gallery Label:
In 1814, in order to provide protection for the city of New York against a British invasion by way of the Long Island Sound, a series of entrenchments, blockhouses and barrier gates were constructed across upper Manhattan. This is an interior view of the Barrier Gate with the blockhouse above in the line of entrenchments between Fort Clinton and Nutter's battery. The roadway is the old Post Road.
Provenance:
The City of New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
14347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Mr. Pipp on the Riviera": Illustration
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 29 5/8 in. ( 50.8 x 75.2 cm )
Description:
Genre
Object Number:
1946.387
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, lower right: C. D. Gibson. Not dated.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "C.D. Gibson"; verso has various technical publication instructions
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
14345
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Union Square Hansom, New York City
Classification:
Date:
c. 1910-11
Medium:
Charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 7 in. ( 25.1 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 18 x 13 5/8 in. ( 45.7 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1982.20
Marks:
signature: lower center
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle right of image in charcoal: "L.G. Hornby."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
14346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still Life with Fruit
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 9 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 25.1 cm )
Description:
Still Life
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1947.520
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center in graphite: "White"
Provenance:
Gordon Lester Ford, Brooklyn, New York before 1879; Mrs. Russell Skeel, Jr., Harriman, New York and Tucson , Arizona, by 1947
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
14344
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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