Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Garret Wanser (?)
Object Number:
1971.97
Date:
1809
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 10.2 x 8.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: right center: "JARVIS/1809 N (Yo)"
inscription: lower cneter: "No 1 Wall St"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right in gray wash: "JARVIS / 1809 NY"; at lower center in black ink: "No 1 Wall St"
Gallery Label:
The subject, identified only "Mr. Wanser, the Elder," was probably Garret Wanser (1771-1856) of a prominent family whose members were among the early settlers of Amityville, Long Island.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hon. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
