View of the Bad Lands Near Tongue River, Montana Territory
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1877-82
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 21 3/8 in. ( 34.6 x 54.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.181
Marks:
signature: lower right: "from Nature by H. Stiffel Co. K/5th U.S. Inf."
inscription: lower center: "View of the "Bad Lands" near Tongue River, Mont."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right outside image in black ink: "from Nature by H. Stieffel Co. K. / 5th. US. Inf."; at lower center outside image: "'View of the 'Bad Lands' near Tongue River. Montana."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
13113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Standing Laborer at Rest
Classification:
Date:
1878
Medium:
Watercolor and white lead pigment on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. ( 33.7 x 22.5 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Figure
Object Number:
X.503
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "B. T. Thulstrup/N. Y. 78."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in gray watercolor: "B. T. THULSTRUP / N.Y. 78."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
13112
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of Fort Keogh, Montana Territory
Classification:
Date:
1878
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and touches of red gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 7/8 x 22 3/4 in. ( 42.9 x 57.8 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.177
Marks:
signature: lower right: "H. Stieffel co. K. 5 Inf.1878"
inscription: lower center: "Fort Keogh, Montana T."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in red ink: "H. Stieffel Co. K. 5th. U.S Inf. 1878"; at lower center outside image in black ink and red, yellow, and purple watercolor: "FORT KEOGH, MONTANA T."
Gallery Label:
For a similar view by Stieffel see E.M. Howell, "Hermann Stieffel," United States National Museum Bulletin 225 (1960): 12.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
13111
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of Cheyenne Camp, Tongue River, Montana Territory
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1877-82
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and touches of red gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. ( 24.8 x 42.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.176
Marks:
signature: lower right: "H. Stieffel co. K. 5 Inf."
inscription: lower center: "Cheyenne Camp, under Chief Two-Moon, on Tongue River, Montana"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in black ink: "H. Stieffel Co. K. 5 Inf."; at lower center outside image: "Cheyenne Camp, under Chief Two-Moon, on Tongue River, Montana."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
13110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fraktur: "Hier ist mein herze hand und mund...(Here are my heart, hand, and mouth . . .)", Prayer
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1822
Medium:
Gouache, brown ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. ( 19 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Fraktur: Vertical rectangular sheet with handwritten German text enclosed between red and yellow pillars at lower center; arch shape above enclosing a pentagon within a triangle, with yellow, red, dark and light blue sections.
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.1807
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed in German at lower center in brown ink: "Hier ist mein herze hand und / mund di's soll bis ich erkalte / das was ich jetzt gelernet hab' / in reiner treu behalten weg / fleisches lust weg Eitelkeit an / lernen hab ich meine freud, bis / soll mir sein ergeben bis ich / einmahl aus dieser welt hinfahre / in das himmels zert in jenes / bes're leben / Jacob Währ"
Inscribed in another hand at lower right in brown ink: "In the / year 1822"
Gallery Label:
The Pennsylvania Germans practiced a manuscript art called Frakturschrift or Zierschrift in German ("fraktur" in museum and collecting terminology). This art form, combining calligraphy with decorative motifs in ink and watercolor, was produced widely in Pennsylvania and in German settlements in other states from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
13106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trinity Church (The Second Structure), New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
before 1838
Medium:
Brown ink and wash over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 in. ( 20.3 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1908.38
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "Drawn by A.J. Davis"; at lower center in brown ink: "OLD TRINITY 1790-1839."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
13096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Niagara Falls from Below
Classification:
Date:
c. 1766
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scratching out on paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. ( 34.3 x 52.4 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott and Foster-Jarvis Funds
Object Number:
1954.3
Gallery Label:
Earl of Derby; Old Print Shop, N.Y.C.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1766
eMuseum Object ID:
13095
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yard in Rear of 160 East 92nd Street, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 14 x 7.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number:
Z.2016.1e
Marks:
dated: lower left: "Sept 21, 08."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "YARD IN REAR OF / 160 EAST 92d ST."
inscribed in pencil: below lower left corner of image: "ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink over graphite: "Sept 21 08."; at lower right: "YARD IN REAR OF / 160 EAST 92nd ST."; below at left on page in graphite: "ORIGINAL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
13087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
St. Nicholas Place, New York
Classification:
Date:
1972
Medium:
Black ink and wash, black marker, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 16 7/8 in. ( 35.6 x 42.9 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Hansi Bohm
Object Number:
1982.69
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "Charlton St. H. B.'72"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black marker: "Mot[crossed out in red marker] H.B.'72"; verso inscribed at lower right in red marker: "St. Nicholas"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
13085
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henderson Place
Classification:
Date:
1973
Medium:
Black ink, black marker, crayon, and tempera on blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. ( 38.7 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Hansi Bohm
Object Number:
1982.67
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "H. B. '73"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black marker: "H.B.'73"; verso inscribed at lower right in red marker: "Henderson Pl"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
12935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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