Powder Horn: W. Vosburgh (H-26), Two Sides Depicted
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 28.6 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.375
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. Oct.1, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. / Oct. 1. 1887."; inscribed at lower right: "The VOSBURGH.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
1579
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Interior of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, New York City
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on gray paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 46 x 37.1 cm )
Description:
Architecture/interior view
Object Number:
X.422
Marks:
inscriptions: Not signed or dated: Title at lower left: Interior / Church of the most Holy Redeemer / Third Street, N.Y. City / Rev. Thaddeus Anwander, C.SS.R. / Rector.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "-- INTERIOR -- / Church of the MOST HOLY REDEEMER / Third Street. NY City. / Rev Thaddeus Anwander C.S.S.R / -- Rector --"; annotations marking details in margins
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1566
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President Abraham Lincoln Lying in State in the Chicago Courthouse, Illinois
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865
Medium:
Graphite, Conté crayon, and pastel on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (33.8 x 24.8 cm)
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection, see also 1945.580.44 and .51. Reproduced in Roberta J.M. Olson, Drawn By New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings from the N-YHS (London: Giles, 2008), 313-315.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.25
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Illinois"; numerous color and detail annotations; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Lincoln / Lying in State in the / Court House / Chicago"
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
1565
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Powder Horn: General Montgomery (R-129), with Carving Unfurled
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. ( 28.6 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.307
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "The Genl MONTGOMERY.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
1552
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 251
Exhibitions:
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, gouache, and black chalk with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 5/8 x 26 3/16 in. (95.6 x 66.5 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.251
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 51 -- 251"; at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 51."; at lower center: "BROWN PELICAN male, adult. / PELECANUS FUSCUS"; at lower right of center: "Pl 251."
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
1546
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Powder Horn: Ira West (R-122), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of Lexington Green in 1794 and a Portrait of Lord Percy
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 30.8 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.301
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider Dec. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Dec 1890."; at lower left: "The IRA WEST.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center below vignette: "LEXINGTON GREEN view taken in 1794..."; at upper center below vignette: "LORD PERCY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1505
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Powder Horn: The Montreal (R-111), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 9/16 in. ( 28.3 x 34.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.290
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider May 24th, 1890.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider May 24th 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The MONTREAL.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1504
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Powder Horn: Nathaniel Osgood (R-108), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of the J. Turner Tavern Sign and the M. Root Tavern Sign
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 24 7/16 in. ( 27.8 x 62.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.287
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A. Grider/ July 21, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider / July 21. 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The NATHAN'L OSGOOD", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right beside vignette: "SIGN / from a Tavern near / Deerfield / Massachusetts."; at upper left beside vignette: "SIGN of the Old Tavern on / the PLYMOUTH Turnpike..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1503
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Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and graphite
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 1 in. ( 15.9 x 14.3 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 3 3/8 in. ( 8.6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from brown paper, backed with brown paper backing with black square drawn in ink; profiles of hair and costume filled in with black ink; details of shirtfront in graphite; gilded rectangular frame.
Object Number:
Z.2520
Marks:
inscription in pencil: on back of frame: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."
inscription in graphite: on verso of secondary support: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."
inscription in graphite: verso, LL margin of
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
1497
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Unidentified Young Woman: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black glass underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 14.6 x 12.1 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from oval piece of beige paper mounted under black and gold reverse-painted glass with a gold star motif in each corner; rectangular wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2516
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
1494
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