Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Magdalen Walgrove Warner (c. 1745-1814)
Object Number:
1948.473
Date:
1806
Medium:
Pastel on paper with stumping, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 17.1 cm )
mat: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 in. ( 31.8 x 26.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: at bottom: "G. Schipper, Pine Street No. 6 --1806"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed outside image at lower center in graphite: "G. Schipper, Pine Street No. 6 1806."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, née Magdalen Walgrove, was married to her first husband, Samuel Godwin (d. 1768), on January 3, 1763. She married George Warner in 1771. George and Magdalen Warner had a farm in the Bowery between 13th and 14th streets.
Credit Line:
Gift of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
