The Briggs House, Knightsbridge Road, Fordham, Bronx, New York; verso: sketch of forested landscape
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1911
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 8 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 21.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.599
Marks:
inscription: lower: "The Briggs House, Fordham/1911"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown watercolor: "The Brigg's House"; at lower left in graphite: "The Briggs House Fordham / 1911"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
13643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Old Brewery, Five Points, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1868
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 15.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Object Number:
X.414
Marks:
signed: lower right: "Aug. Will, fec. "
inscribed and dated: lower left: "The "Old Brewery", Five Points, New York, 1868"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right of center in graphite: "AUG. WILL. FEC."; at lower left: "THE 'OLD BREWERY' FIVE POINTS, NEW YORK. 1868"
Gallery Label:
This sketch of the Old Brewery was drawn sixteen years after its demolition.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
13642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Boots Cleaner
Classification:
Date:
1840-44
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper, once bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 37.1 x 26.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 13 5/8 in. ( 45.7 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1980.23
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower center in brown ink: "The Boots Cleaner"; at lower left margin vertically in graphite: "43 "
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leech, London
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
13641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shakespeare Tavern at Nassau and Fulton Streets in 1830, New York City
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 7 7/8 in. ( 25.4 x 20 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.595
Marks:
inscription: verso: "The Old Shakespeare Tavern/On the South West corner of/Fulton St. and Nassau./It stood..to about 1830"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center in black ink: "The Old Shakespeare Tavern. / On the South West corner of / Fulton St. and Nassau. / It stood down to about 1830 / and in the early part of the / 19th century the Seventh Regt. / National Guard was formed / here. The drawing is from a / drawing made by an officer / of the Regt."
Gallery Label:
Wallace states that this sketch was taken from a drawing made by an officer of the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard. The regiment was organized at the tavern in 1824.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
13640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1896
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 21.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Object Number:
X.296
Marks:
inscriptions: lower right: "Portrait of Alex Hamilton /copied from Trumbull painting in possesion/of Chambers of Commerce ag/Hug Will"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Portrait of Alex Hamilton / copied from Trumbulls painting in possession / of Chamber of Commerce by / Aug. Will."
Gallery Label:
This drawing was made as a model for a gravure print.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
13639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of the Public Square, Oswego, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1839
Medium:
Watercolor, scratching out, black ink, glazing, gouache, and graphite on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. ( 34.6 x 52.4 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Townscape
Object Number:
X.292
Marks:
inscribed: lower center: "The Public Square, Oswego, N.Y."
signed and dated: lower right: "Dr. Silas Wood, jr. 1839"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right outside image in black ink: "By Silas Wood jr. 1839."; at lower center outside image: "THE PUBLIC SQUARE. OSWEGO, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
13638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A Confederate Military Prison, Salisbury, North Carolina
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1864
Medium:
Graphite and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. ( 14 x 20 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Marguerite Weidenman
Object Number:
1952.342
Marks:
inscribed: lower: "C. S. Mil: Prison for Prisoners of War at Salisbury, N.C."
signed: lower right: "Drawn by Fred Will, 20th. Mass. Vol: / Prisoner of War"
inscribed: upper right, pencil: "Schuster"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed along lower border outside image in brown ink: "C. S. Mil: Prison for Prisoners of War at Salisbury N.C. / Drawn by Fred. Will 20th. Mass. Vol. / Prisoner of War."; at upper right outside image in graphite: "Schuster"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
13637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A Southwest View of Kingston, Ulster County, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
mid-eighteenth century
Medium:
Graphite and brown ink on two sheets of paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. ( 22.5 x 75.9 cm )
Mat: 11 7/8 x 32 3/8 in. ( 30.2 x 82.2 cm )
Description:
This is an eighteenth-century view of colonial Kingston, NY. Townscape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles A. Clinton
Object Number:
1855.2
Marks:
inscriptions: signed, lower right: J. Wilkie, fecit.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown ink, "J.WILKIE FECIT."; inscribed along lower edge outside image in brown ink: "A SOUTHWEST VIEW OF KINGSTON. THE CAPITAL OF ULSTER COUNTY. IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK. IN AMERICA."; verso inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "A Southern View / Of Kingston In / Ulster Co."
Gallery Label:
This drawing was found among the papers of Colonel Charles Clinton (1690-1773) of Little Britain, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
13636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
House East of Morris Mansion, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1900-10
Medium:
Oil, encaustic, or casein on thin board
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 23.5 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor Wilbour
Object Number:
1920.135
Marks:
signed: lower right: "V. W."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "V.W."; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "HOUSE EAST OF MORRIS / MANSION / by Victor Wilbour"
Gallery Label:
This is probably an old farmhouse located near one of the Morris mansions in the Bronx.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
13634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of Grand Street Looking East with the Elevated Station, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1884
Medium:
Black ink, white gouache, collage, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 12 in. ( 22.9 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman??
Object Number:
1910.62
Marks:
label: upper left, ink: "[typed notations]"
inscription: verso, ink: "Charles Magnus Esq. Sso Pearl Str"
inscription: verso, graphite and ink: "[notations]"
stamp: verso: "[2 pink N-YHS stamps]"
Inscriptions:
Verso of card signed at lower center inverted in brown ink: "Chas. Magnus Esq / 550 Pearl str."; various publication annotations
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
13633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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