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
Drawings
Washington and the Council of War Before Trenton, December 1776
Object Number:
1936.900
Medium:
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. ( 18.7 x 29.8 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper right: "Before Trenton / . . . [list of generals attending war council]"
Inscriptions:
Key to figures around table at upper right
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
