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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Scenes from the American Revolution: Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown
Object Number:
1923.108
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper laid on canvas mounted on very heavy board backed by masonite
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 37 1/2 in. ( 65.4 x 95.3 cm )
frame: 28 3/8 x 39 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 72.1 x 101 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
