Ebenezer Rockwood: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
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: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-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.2564rr
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 46"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1806. June"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 46"; at lower left: "1806. June"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Boston.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
5665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Livingston
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 8.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. E.C. Trask
Object Number:
1955.299
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Mrs Livingston"; verso inscribed vertically: "Sketch by Charles Ingham."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5530
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blackbird (Turdus merula), Female
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 11 9/16 in. (27 x 29.4 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.1
Marks:
Inside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center: Merle femelle [on separate etiquette, laid on album page above sheet] 2 / >>
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Augustus Brown
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Pastel on paper, mounted on stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 30 in. ( 63.5 x 76.2 cm )
frame: 42 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 107.3 x 94.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walston Brown
Object Number:
1987.1
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black pastel" "Sarony"; inscribed at middle left in black pastel: "NS[monogram] -- 1889".
Gallery Label:
Napoleon Sarony was a New York lithographer, protrait painter and photographer. Augustus Brown, husband of the subject, was an important New York investment banker. The Brown family was living on West 42nd Street in 1862.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
5243
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketchbook:
Classification:
Date:
Early 19th century
Medium:
watercolor, graphite
Description:
Sketchbook
Object Number:
1953.810 a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anne ("Nancy") Cary Randolph Morris (1774-1837)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
after 1810
Medium:
Pastel and gouache on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 7 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Gerald Hughes
Object Number:
1949.72
Gallery Label:
This is a very accurate replica or copy of the likeness Sharples took of Mrs. Morris in May 1810. It may well be by James Sharples or one of his family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
5234
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study of a Covered Goblet with Grape Leaves and Acorn Finial
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1876-77
Medium:
Graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 31.4 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.277
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Object drawing no.4/F.G.Woodman, 76"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Object drawing no 4 / F.G. Woodman 1876-7."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
5149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Normandy Girl Caught in a Shower
Classification:
Date:
c. 1861
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-241
Marks:
initialed: lower right: "G. HB."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in red gouache: "G.HB."
Provenance:
Robert L. Stuart, New York City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
5025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Hemlock City" Fishing Village, Brooklyn, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1918
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. ( 23.5 x 34.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
Object Number:
1921.65
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right:"T. O. Fraenkel, 1918"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "T O Fraenkel 1918"; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Hemlock City, Flatlands / Fishing Village / T O Fraenkel 1918"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
5024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Harlem River and Inwood Hill, new York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1917
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Cityscape: The view of the river and the Harlem Ship Canal looking west from the high ground west of Broadway at 225th street, showing the Johnson Foundry which was later obliterated by a recutting of the Ship Canal. Baker Field, owned by Columbia University, appears at the left, and in the far distance Inwood Hill, capped by the spire of the Episcopal House of Mercy.
Credit Line:
Gift of Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
Object Number:
1921.58
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower left:"T. O. Fraenkel, 1917"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "T O Fraenkel 1917"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
5023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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