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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Harriet LeRoy Steward Van Horne Stuyvesant (1842-1872)
Object Number:
1957.53
Date:
c. 1855
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and white gouache on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 10 7/8 in. ( 33 x 27.6 cm )
frame: 19 1/4 x 17 x 2 in. ( 48.9 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Harriet LeRoy Steward was the daughter of John Steward and Catherine Elizabeth (White) Steward of Goshen, N.Y. She married Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant in 1864.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
