Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967)
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Black, white, and beige chalks and charcoal on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/8 x 21 in. ( 72.1 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Object Number:
1941.1038
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "E. de Groot"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the younger of two daughters born to William and Elizabeth King (Hawley) de Groot of New York. She studied art in Paris and about 1920 began to collect paintings, eventually assembling a collection of about 150 works by leading French artists from Delacroix to Braque, which she donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She gave a sizable collection of portraits of her family to The New-York Historical Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
11552
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Perforated music box for discs
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 10 5/8 in. ( 27 cm )
Description:
Perforated metal music box disc.
Object Number:
INV.8669
Marks:
printed(?): on obverse: "Air bal(?) of Verdi's / Il Trovatore" [also in French and German] and "Brevele(?) / PATENT S.G.B.G. PATENTED"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
11354
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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), Havell plate no. 276
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of white lead pigment, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 11/16 x 38 1/8 in. (65.2 x 96.8 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.276
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 56. Plate 276."; at lower center: "KING DUCK, male 1, Female 2. / FULIGULA SPECTABILIS, LATH."; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; at lower right in graphite: "56"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
11197
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Head of Clove, Haine's Falls, Kaaterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1898
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and touches of gouache on heavy watercolor paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 34.9 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.185
Marks:
signed: lower right: "Lucy M. Durand Woodman"
inscribed: lower left: "Haine's Falls, Catskill Mts/New York"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Lucy M Durand Woodman"; inscribed at lower left: "Haine's Falls Catskill Mts / New York"; erased inscription at lower center
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
11193
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Sketchbook with 31 Folios, 5 blank, and 5 inserted sheets, many of Lake Mohegan, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1881-83
Medium:
Graphite, charcoal, white chalk, and black ink on paper
Dimensions:
with accessory: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 26 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Sketchbook
Credit Line:
Gift of Conrad Martens, son of the artist
Object Number:
1986.6
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, with title, on first page. Artist Materials label stamp inside front cover. Numbered to page 29 (#27 loose, not bound)
Inscriptions:
Recto of first page inscribed at center in black ink: "Jas. Wm Martens Jr. / Lake Mohegan"; occasional inscriptions throughout
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1881
eMuseum Object ID:
11176
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Edward Everett (1794-1865)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1856
Medium:
Oil on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 19.4 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles and Lindley Eberstadt
Object Number:
1970.35
Gallery Label:
Edward Everett was a clergyman, educator and statesman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1825-35) and as the governor of Massachusetts (1836-39). After serving four years as U.S. minister to Great Britain, he returned to Harvard, his alma mater, as president of the college (1846-49). Everett was a celebrated orator; one of his best-known speeches was delivered just prior to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
10658
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Rocky, Wooded Brook, Cornwall, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 30.2 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.227
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Cornwall N.Y."
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
9373
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Rocks in Woodland Setting
Classification:
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 8.3 x 13 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1944.413
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. W."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "WHW."
Gallery Label:
This setting was probably in Rockland County, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1929
eMuseum Object ID:
9366
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Temple, Fifth Avenue and 76th Street, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1913
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 13 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number:
Z.2016.11a
Marks:
dated: lower left: "APRIL-5-13."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "TEMPLE FIFTH AV. / 76th ST."
inscribed in pencil: below image: "FROM N. E."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "APRIL. 5 -- 13""; at lower center: "TEMPLE FIFTH AV. / 76th ST."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1913
eMuseum Object ID:
9365
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Hell Gate Ferry at 86th Street, New York City, in 1860
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1914
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 9.8 x 14.6 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.2016.17g
Marks:
dated: lower right: "Nov 26-14"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "HELL GATE FERRY - 1860 - 86th ST."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink over graphite: "HELL GATE FERRY -- 1860 -- 86th ST."; at lower right: "Nov 26-14"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
9205
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