Album with 106 Folios, 2 blank, containing sketches, "Types Drawn from Life in Subways, Parks, Lectures, Cafeterias, Beaches, etc. N.Y.C. and Vicinity"

Classification: 
Medium: 
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 29.2 x 18.4 x 4.4 cm )
Description: 
Scrap book of sketches, titled and dated.
Object Number: 
INV.15054
Inscriptions: 
Various annotations throughout
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1952
eMuseum Object ID: 
7685
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Old Stump and Boulders, Botanical Park, Bronx, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1915
Medium: 
Graphite on beige paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 4 x 5 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 14.3 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.2016.10l
Marks: 
dated: lower left: "APRIL / 17/15" inscribed in ink: below image: "OLD STUMP AND BOULDERS. BOT-C PARK."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "APRIL / 17/15"; below at right on page in black ink: "OLD STUMP AND BOULDERS. BOT-C PARK,"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1915
eMuseum Object ID: 
7631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tintype

Classification: 
Date: 
1860-1870
Medium: 
Tintype
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 1 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 

Tintype of a woman in profile.

Object Number: 
INV.5392
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
7630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Boulder Bridge Over Bronx River, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1915
Medium: 
Graphite and black ink on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 4 x 5 5/8 in.; mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number: 
Z.2016.10m
Marks: 
dated: lower left: "APRIL. 17/15" inscribed in ink: below image: "BOULDER BRIDGE. OVER RIVER."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in black ink over graphite: "APRIL 17/15"; below at right on page in black ink: "BOULDER BRIDGE. OVER RIVER,"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1915
eMuseum Object ID: 
7585
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bergen House, Brooklyn, New York City

Classification: 
Date: 
1919
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and touches of gouache on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. ( 27.3 x 40.3 cm )
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
Object Number: 
1921.59
Marks: 
Signed and dated: at lower right:"T. O. Fraenkel, 1919"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "T. O. Fraenkel 1919"; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Bergen House, about 1655 / Flatlands Brooklyn (Bergen Beach) / March 21--1919 / T O Fraenkel"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1919
eMuseum Object ID: 
7560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Maria Dorsey: Silhouette

Classification: 
Date: 
1804
Medium: 
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions: 
image height: 1 15/16 in. ( 4.9 cm ) sheet: 3 5/8 x 3 in. ( 9.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description: 
Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line: 
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number: 
Z.2564nn
Marks: 
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 41" inscribed in ink: lower left: "MR[?] 1804."
Inscriptions: 
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 41"; at lower left: "M. R. 1804."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1804
eMuseum Object ID: 
7559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Venezia

Classification: 
Date: 
1848
Medium: 
Lithographic ink on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19 x 25 1/8 in. ( 48.3 x 63.8 cm )
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Waldron K. Post
Object Number: 
INV.14832
Marks: 
inscriptions: information printed lower center
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1848
eMuseum Object ID: 
7474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

illustration of school

Classification: 
Medium: 
paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm )
Object Number: 
INV.10279
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
7397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Manhattanville, New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1879
Medium: 
Graphite and white chalk on light brown paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. ( 27.3 x 37.5 cm ) mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description: 
Landscape
Credit Line: 
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number: 
1955.112
Marks: 
inscription: lower right: "Manhattanville, N.Y./Jany 20th 1879"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Manhattanville N.Y / Jany 20th. 1879"
Gallery Label: 
Manhattanville was located in the general area of West 125th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and the Hudson River, New York City.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1879
eMuseum Object ID: 
7364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mandan (Infant, Woman, and Man)

Classification: 
Date: 
1866-68
Medium: 
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description: 
Group portrait. Studies of Native Americans: this tribe was decimated by smallpox within a year after Catlin painted these portraits.
Credit Line: 
Purchased by the Society
Object Number: 
1872.23.33
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 33. / Mandan"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "109 108"
Gallery Label: 
The 2,000 Mandans on the west bank of the Upper Missouri River were all destroyed by smallpox the year following Catlin's painting of these portraits
Provenance: 
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1868
eMuseum Object ID: 
7267
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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