Metal printing plates (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1839
Medium:
Copper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall (portrait): 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 7/8 in. (5.4 x 7.3 x 2.2 cm)
Overall (house): 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in. (7 x 5.7 x
Description:
Two metal printing plates each affixed to wood block with metal screws or nails; each overscored with "X" over entire plate.
a: oval frame containing portrait bust of bare-headed man against hatched background to shoulder level; handwritten in ink on wood block: "Portrait of Captain David Bushnell"
b: images of house with tree and clouds in background; handwritten in ink on wood block: "birthplace of Captain David Bushnell, Saybrook, CT".
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Object Number:
2008.42.411
Gallery Label:
Captain David Bushnell is credited as the the inventor of the first submarine vessel (1775). Images from these plates appear in James Fennimore Cooper's "History of the Navy of the United States of America" (1839).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
63964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
Classification:
Date:
1849
Medium:
Brown bat mounted to paper with brown ink inscriptions
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 9 x 3/8 in. (7.9 x 22.9 x 1 cm) irregular
mat: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Description:
One of two preserved animal specimens belonging to John James Audubon, for study and for the watercolors of bats for Quadrupeds of America.
Object Number:
Z.3296.2
Date Begin:
1849
Date End:
1849
eMuseum Object ID:
61750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tarp
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 109 1/2 x 137 in. ( 278.1 x 348 cm )
Description:
Beige/Pink cotton tarp covered with paint
Credit Line:
Gift of Tom Christopher
Object Number:
2003.87.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55518
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Metal, enamel, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 23 1/2 x 12 in. ( 2.5 x 59.7 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Porcelain enamel tray covered with heavy impasto of dried paint
Credit Line:
Gift of Tom Christopher
Object Number:
2003.87.3
Gallery Label:
Used by Tom Christopher in the artists' own studio in upper Westchester County.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55238
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
39 paintsticks or tools
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Group of 39 paint stir sticks, and 2 pallete knives, covered with paint. 36 are single sticks, 1 is a clump of 2 sticks, 1 is clump of 4 sticks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Tom Christopher
Object Number:
2003.87.4a-mm
Gallery Label:
Used by Tom Christopher in the artists' own studio in upper Westchester County.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55237
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Folding chair
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
folded: 36 x 16 x 2 in. ( 91.4 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm )
open: 36 x 16 x 19 in. ( 91.4 x 40.6 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Wooden folding chair covered with paint splatterings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Tom Christopher
Object Number:
2003.87.2
Gallery Label:
Used by Tom Christopher in the artists' own studio in upper Westchester County.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Easel
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Wood, paint, and metal
Dimensions:
Overall (folded): 83 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (212.1 × 57.2 cm)
Description:
Folding wooden easel covered with paint splatterings
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Object Number:
2003.87.1
Gallery Label:
Used by Tom Christopher in the artist's own studio in upper Westchester County.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
Classification:
Date:
1849
Medium:
Brown bat mounted to paper with brown ink inscriptions
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 3/8 in. (14 x 20.6 x 1 cm) irregular
mat: 5 7/8 x 11 in. (14.9 x 27.9 cm)
Description:
One of two preserved animal specimens belonging to John James Audubon, for study and for the watercolors of bats for Quadrupeds of America.
Object Number:
Z.3296.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1849
eMuseum Object ID:
47273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printing block
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 21.9 x 17.1 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden printing block (probably for textiles) with scattered circles, dots, and other small figures carved in relief and surrounded by a dense arrangement of metal spikes; indentations carved on two edges of reverse to facilitate gripping by hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.1870
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper collector's label affixed to reverse: "2559 / Fr."
carved: on two short sides: "7209"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
45184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of tools and fragments (37 pieces)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1900
Medium:
Metal, ivory, glass, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 7 x 28.9 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Collection of artist's tools, fragments of artist's materials, and other miscellaneous articles; thirty-seven pieces, including a brass lock, a cardboard box containing four pieces of glass, balance arm and one pan of a scale, two brass tools with wooden handles, three wooden handles and one brass handle without tool heads, one black crayon and one small block of unidentified substance (both with original paper wrappings), one ivory spool, one rectangular piece of sheet metal, one sheet metal cylinder, one brass and ivory machine part that swivels, one U-shaped metal object, one fragment of a saw blade, one cardboard disk, one cardboard strip, one rectangular piece of glass with painted leaf design with traces of gilding, and twelve assorted metal fragments.
Object Number:
INV.12805a-ll
Marks:
stamped: on saw blade fragment: "Mitchell"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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