Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Glens Falls, New York
Object Number:
1906.18
Date:
1818
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 17.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "J. Milbert"
inscription: lower: "Little Falls bridge on the Hudson. Pont des Petites chutesde L'Hudson/71 miles from Albany"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left outside image in brown ink: "J. Milbert."; inscribed below at left: "Glen's Falls Village / 53 miles N. of Albany"; at right: "Village de Glen's Falls à / 53 miles N. D'Albany."
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Provenance:
Daniel Parish, Jr., NYC
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
