Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Drawings
Portrait of Mrs. John Cochran (1724-1813)
Object Number:
1953.223
Date:
1808
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink and wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. ( 18.4 x 34 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Mrs cochran aged 84 years--widow of Mr/cochran"
date: lower, ink: "Amsterdam, 20 mai 1808"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at at lower left in brown ink: "amsterdam 20 mai 1808. --"; at lower center: "mrs. cochran aged 84 years -- widow of mr. / cochran"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Gertrude Schuyler was the eldest child of Johannes Schuyler, Jr. and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler of Albany. She married Dr. John Cochran (1730-1807), a chief physician and surgeon in the Continental Army, on December 4, 1760. This portrait was executed in Amsterdam, New York, shortly after the death of Dr. Cochran, while the artist and her husband were touring through New York State.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
