U.S. Frigate "Constellation"
Classification:
Date:
c. 1801
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. ( 26.4 x 34.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.165
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Isiah Whyte"
inscription: lower right: "Boston"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left inside image in red gouache: "Isiah Whyte"; inscribed at lower right inside image: "Boston"; at lower center outside image in black ink: "American Frigate 'Constellation' 1801 commanded by / comodore Thos. Truxton"
Gallery Label:
Construction of the 36-gun frigate Constellation was authorized by Congress in 1794. She was built at Baltimore, Maryland, and was launched in September 1797. The ship was rebuilt in 1805-12 and was broken up at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1854, when she was replaced by a second Constellation which is still afloat. This picture was probably painted in Boston around 1801.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1801
eMuseum Object ID:
13709
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Fragmentary Sketch of a Coach and Tree
Classification:
Date:
mid-19th century
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. ( 21 x 34 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line:
Norvin H. Green Fund
Object Number:
1955.306
Gallery Label:
This is an unfinished sketch.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
13708
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St. Ambrose Chapel, New York City
Classification:
Date:
1899
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. ( 24.4 x 30.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1910.52
Marks:
labeled: lower center: "1986 St. Ambrose Prot. Ep. Chapel Drawn by Aug will, May, 1899. Original"
Inscriptions:
Pasted on lower border old catalogue label, no. 1996 from the Edward Babcock Holden Collection, on sale at the American Art Galleries, New York, April 10, 1910; verso inscribed and signed at center in black ink: "ST. AMBROSE PROT. EP. CHAPEL. / Drawn by Aug. Will, MAY, 1899."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
13707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Landscape with Mountains
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with selective glazing on watercolor paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 20.3 x 25.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.190
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "N.DW."; mount signed at lower left: "Nora D. Woodman"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
13706
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View of Brooklyn, Long Island, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1846
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, black and wash on three sheets of paper, one larger folded in half; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. ( 21 x 34.3 cm )
mat: 11 x 46 5/8 in. ( 27.9 x 118.4 cm )
Description:
Cityscape: Three sheet drawing. This is a distant view of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island from the United States Hotel on New York City shore. The view extends from Wallabout Bay at the left to Red Hook at the right. Brooklyn Heights, crowned with its palatial Greek Revival mansions, overlooks the East River and New York harbor.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Norvin H. Green Fund
Object Number:
1955.38a-c
Marks:
signature: lower left: "E. Whitefield"
inscription: first section: "Brooklyn No.1"
inscription: second section: "Brooklyn No. 2"
inscription: third section: "Brooklyn No. 3"
Inscriptions:
Left sheet signed at lower left in graphite: "E. Whitefield"; inscribed at upper right: "Brooklyn No. 1."; middle sheet signed at lower left in graphite: "by / E. Whitefield"; inscribed at upper right: "Brooklyn No. 2"; right sheet signed at lower left in graphite: "E. Whitefield"; inscribed at upper right: "Brooklyn No. 3."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is a preliminary sketch for Whitefield's published lithograph. The sketch does not show the Manhattan Island shore and the Fulton Ferry slip which appear in the foreground of the published view.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
13705
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Preparatory Study for "Spinning Flax, Olden Times"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1861
Medium:
Black and white chalk and graphite with touches of red chalk on prepared brown board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. ( 42.5 x 55.2 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Franklin
Object Number:
1956.131
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Edwin White 1861"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black chalk: "Edwin White / 1861"
Gallery Label:
This is the artist's preliminary drawing for the finished oil now in the Robert L. Stuart Collection of the Society (S-142).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
13704
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Panoramic View of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1880
Medium:
Black ink, collage, white gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on card, crowned with a lunette extension of lined paper, and covered with a protective flap
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (15.6 x 32.1 cm)
Object Number:
X.510
Inscriptions:
Various publication annotations
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
13703
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study Preparatory for an Illustration: The Oliver House, Marbletown, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1888
Medium:
Oil and graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. ( 26.7 x 35.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of George William Nash
Object Number:
1920.137
Marks:
signature: lower center: "J. B. Weigandt/Kingston, N.Y."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left of center in brown oil: "J. B. Weigandt. / Kingston, N.Y."; verso covered with various inscriptions of a later date
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
13702
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Landscape in Van Cortlandt Park with Railroad Tracks, Bronx, New York; verso: landscape with trees
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1910
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 13.7 x 18.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.605
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Van Cortland [sic] Park/March 1910"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in blue watercolor: "Cortland Park / March 1910"; various color annotations on recto and verso
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
13645
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"In Shanty Town," New York City
Classification:
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 8 in. ( 15.2 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
This shows mid-Manhattan Island shanties.
Object Number:
X.495
Marks:
inscribed: upper: "In Shanty Town"
inscribed: upper left: "113"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "113. In Shanty Town."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
13644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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