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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Museum Collections
Paintings
Schooner "Lewis R. Mackey"
Object Number:
1947.66
Date:
1854
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/4 x 52 1/8 x 1 in. ( 84.5 x 132.4 x 2.5 cm )
Framed: 45 × 64 × 3 3/4 in. (114.3 × 162.6 × 9.5 cm)
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: Drawn and Painted by James Bard 162 Perry St NY. / March The 1st 1854
Description:
Depicted is the schooner the "Lewis R. Mackey" in full mast with an American flag and a banner that reads "Lewis R. Mackey"; several schooners in the background; porpoises (or dolphins) and a man rowing in a boat in the foreground; land in the distance; clouds in the sky.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
