Collection Highlights
Walker's Appeal, In Four Articles
Date:
1829
Object Number:
LIB.E441.Box.W1784.W3
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The First Settler of Allegany, County, New York; First Cottage in Angelica, New York.
Object Number:
1953.240
Date:
1808
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal; brown wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 13 in. ( 19.7 x 33 cm )
Marks:
inscription: "the first inhabitant or settler of the county, yere (sic) 1808"
inscription: "First cottage of Angelica, drawn yere (sic) 1808"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below left image in brown ink: "the first inhabitant / or Settler of the County . / 7bre 1808."; outside right image: "first cottage of angelica Drawn 7bre 1808."
Description:
Two small drawings: a portrait of a man, possibly Reverend Andrew Gray of Angelica, New York and a small log cottage with a split rail fence.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
