Album with 106 Folios, 2 blank, containing sketches, "Types Drawn from Life in Subways, Parks, Lectures, Cafeterias, Beaches, etc. N.Y.C. and Vicinity"
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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.



