Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Paintings
Gentleman of the Remsen Family
Object Number:
1941.136
Date:
1794
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 6 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated: at right:"IP 1794"
Gallery Label:
In 1948 Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr., tentatively identified this subject as Henry Remsen (1762-1843) or one of his brothers, all of whom died young.
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
