Stand
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, textile
Dimensions:
overall (folded): 23 x 4 3/4 x 3 in. ( 58.4 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Folding wooden stand with ladder front; turned rungs with double knops at center; sides decorated with applied turned column with multiple knops; V-shaped brace with multiple knops at base; three fragments of green ribbon attached to rungs.
Object Number:
Z.768
Gallery Label:
According to a note attached to the object, it was found inside the sea chest of Robert Bennett (1937.179).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26280
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hinged clamp
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood, brass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 2 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 63.5 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Wooden clamp or vise composed of two pieces of wood joined at one end with hinge and at other with adjustable brass screw; two pins extend between wooden pieces in middle.
Object Number:
INV.9015
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
26279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wood graver
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Steel, wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 13 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Metal tool used for wood engraving; rectangular shape with flat sides and beveled tip; mushroom-like wooden handle is rounded on one side and flat on the other and has a brass band surrounding base.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.477
Marks:
impressed: on blade: "[?]STUBS"
incised: on top of handle: "I / III / 5[or S]"
Gallery Label:
This object belonged to Lockwood Sanford, a wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26206
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handle to engraving tool
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 10.2 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Metal tool used for wood engraving; bulb-like cork handle is rounded on one side and flat on the other.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.476
Marks:
incised: on blade: "III"
incised: on bottom of handle: "III"
Gallery Label:
This object belonged to Lockwood Sanford, a wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Easel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1887
Medium:
Wood, metal, twine
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 20 x 10 in. ( 59.7 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Table easel consisting of folding base ("a") with hinged stand attached by chain to back and rectangular board ("b") with metal reinforcements on upper and lower edge and a small hole pierced at the vertical midpoint of each side; traces of paint on surface of board and remnant of twine in hole at each side.
Object Number:
Z.775ab
Marks:
stamped: on reverse of "b": "PATENTED JUNE 14TH 1887"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
26200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Folding stool
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Wood, canvas, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (unfolded): 15 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 12 in. (39.4 x 31.4 x 30.5 cm)
Description:
Artist's folding stool with wooden frame and canvas seat; two metal rings attached to wooden frame on one side.
Object Number:
INV.8800
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on top of canvas seat: "65"
Gallery Label:
Folding stools such as this one were used by landscape painters when working out-of-doors.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26198
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Palette that belonged to John Ward Dunsmore
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Artist's palette made of mahogany; elliptical shape with oval thumb hole; traces of paint on upper surface.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Oscar T. Barch, Sr.
Object Number:
1954.157
Gallery Label:
This palette belonged to John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945), one of America's leading painters of murals and historical subjects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The N-YHS owns over fifty of his works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
26166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Palette
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 57.5 x 39.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Artist's palette made of mahogany; elliptical shape with oval thumb hole; clean (unused) surface.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1219
Gallery Label:
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945) was one of America's leading painters of murals and historical subjects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The N-YHS owns over fifty of his works. According to note attached to the original accession record, this palette is also linked to Asher B. Durand (1796-1886).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
26121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Palette and (3) paintbrushes that belonged to Augustus Toedteberg
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Porcelain, iron, other metal, wood, bristle
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 27.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Artist's palette and three paintbrushes.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Emma Toedteberg
Object Number:
1936.506a-d
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these tools belonged to Augustus Toedteberg (b. 1824), the donor's father.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
20843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tabouret that belonged to Asher B. Durand
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/8 x 26 x 22 1/4 in. (71.4 x 66 x 56.5 cm)
Description:
Brown painted pine chest of drawers; drawers graduated from top to bottom; plain top hinged, opening to reveal flat space with compartments of various sizes; dovetail joinery; mounted on casters; paints, palettes, and other artistic equipment inside drawers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.237
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
20285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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