James Bennett (1749-?)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Pastel on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. ( 59.7 x 45.4 cm )
mat: 31 x 25 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 78.7 x 64.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Louis F. Bishop, a descendant
Object Number:
1957.232
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
5017
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Paul Manship (1885-1966)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Watercolor and white gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. ( 61.6 x 46 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.190
Marks:
signature: Signature in ink lower left. In pencil lower right.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Manship, the sculptor of the colossal figure of Prometheus in Rockefeller Plaza, was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts he won a scholarship to the American Academy in Rome where he was to spend much of his long, productive career.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
4993
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Church and Village Street
Classification:
Date:
1878
Medium:
Graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 9 in. ( 29.2 x 22.9 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Townscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.281
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "F. G. W./Oct 26/1878"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "F.G.W.--- / Oct 26 / 1878"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
4756
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The American Soldier: World War I
Classification:
Date:
1943
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of gouache on Whatman illustration board
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. ( 65.7 x 49.8 cm )
Description:
Illustration: One of six watercolors from the 1943 Calendar 'The American Soldier', from the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., founded 1874 in western Pennsylvania.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1953.49f
Marks:
signed: bottom right:"GORDON/HAKE"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "GORDON / HAKE"
Gallery Label:
Drawing depicted in the American Soldier Calendar for 1943. Received the Art Directors' Club of Philadelphia Award presented to the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company for the Best Color Illustration in Direct Mail Advertising, 12th Annual Exhibition of Advertising Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
4633
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Aaron Cortelyou House, Staten Island, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1919
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and touches of gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. ( 21.9 x 30.2 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
Object Number:
1921.75
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower left:"T. O. Fraenkel / 1919"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "T O Fraenkel. / 1919"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1919
eMuseum Object ID:
4518
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Adult
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk
on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page inches irregular
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/16 x 16 1/8 in. (29.1 x 41 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.3.1
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:
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
Inscribed at right: L'autheur. / B. Textor.
At lower right: Le peintre. / Isaac la Grese. / L'escrivain. / Thomas Huilier.
At lower left: 7.f.s.
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:
4405
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John R. Livingston (1755-1851)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1810
Medium:
Pastel on brown paper, laid on gauze
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. ( 24.1 x 18.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
The Watson Fund
Object Number:
1967.16
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed illegibly in blue and brown pastel; wood panel backing of frame inscribed in black ink: "J. R. Livingston by Sharples" and various other inscriptions
Gallery Label:
John R. Livingston was the younger brother of Edward and Chancellor Robert Livingston, and the son of Robert R. and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
4275
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Portrait of a Woman in an Oval Frame; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper squared for transfer
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 in. ( 7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.12c
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4157
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Portrait of a Woman in an Oval Frame; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper backed with pink album paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 in. ( 6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.12b
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4156
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Half-Length Portrait of a Child; from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper backed with blue album paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. ( 5.4 x 4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.12a
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
4155
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