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Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper

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Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata), Havell plate no. 133
1821; 1829
Tracy 168
ca. 1970s
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
1812
The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30
1830
Venezia
1848
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), Havell plate no. 411
1838
Secessionists with Slave Leaders, Bedford County, Virginia
1857
Six Anatomical Studies of a Male Nude; Study of a Standing Woman
1878-1883
World Trade Center Construction Site: Aluminum (?) Facing Being Installed on the North Tower (55 Stories at the Time) with South Tower Barely Visible in Back
1970
Catskill Mountains, New York
1857
A Privateersman Ashore
1893
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Havell plate no. 282
c. 1832-33
General Sherman's Troops Shooting Bloodhounds
1861-65
Sketch of a Seated, Reclining Woman
1890s
Park Theatre and Park Row, New York City: Study for Plate 6B of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 23
1821
Sketch of a Nita Reading
1890s
Fragmentary Profile Portrait of Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
1842
The Milk-Man
1840-44
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), Havell plate no. 268
c. 1832-34
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Irish Cavalrymen, 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, British Army
c. 1910
Sketch of a woman's head
October 12, 1881
S. J. Farmer: Silhouette
1896
Eighteenth-Century Sledding Scene
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Havell plate no. 141
1809; c. 1810-19; c. 1829
View of Borie’s Factory on the Canal at Manayunk
1827
Silhouette of an Unidentified Woman
1795
Self-Portrait (1765-1815)
c. 1805-15
Sketchbook with 37 Folios, 1 blank, with sketch on the front endpaper, and independent sheet dated 1869 inserted
1872
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Havell plate no. 219
1833
Powder Horn: John Truman (FW-33), with a Vignette View of the Harbor of Oswego, New York, on Lake Ontario
1889
Eight Male Anatomical and Figure Studies
1878-1883
Fraktur: Certificate of the Birth and Baptism of Christina Michaelin in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
c. 1807
Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Havell plate no. 315
c. 1821
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta), Havell plate no. 10
c. 1819
Brant (Branta bernicla), Havell plate no. 391
1824
Seminolee (Four Men, One Woman, Infant, and Two Children)
1866-68
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
Mrs. James B. Martin: Silhouette
1879
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus), Havell plate no. 352
1834
Study of a 15th century sculpture of a woman
1877
Minny Kennedy: Silhouette
1859
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, Brooklyn, New York City
1917
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), Havell plate no. 264
1831
Sketchbook with 34 Folios, 20 blank, and three independent sheets (two female portraits and lettering for tombs of Charles X and Prince Louis dated 1845)
1841
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
George Griswold (1777-1859): Silhouette
1843
Study of Trees and Rocks, Catskill Mountains, New York
c. 1849
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), Havell plate no. 147
1829
Dining al Fresco: Study for an Illustration for “The Greeks Come to the Isola” in Harper’s Magazine June 1960
c. 1959-60
View of St. Malo, France, from aboard ship
1874
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1800-1850
Genre Scene: Two Seated Men with a Pair of Bird Carcasses and a Dog in an Interior; Three Vignettes; and a Study of Dentures; verso: studies of four heads, a hand, and figures including a woman writing watched by a man wearing a hat and spectacles
c. 1810-1822
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Havell plate no. 417
1838
Study for "Youle's Shot Tower", New York City
1844
The First Settler of Allegany, County, New York; First Cottage in Angelica, New York.
1808
Equestrian Statue of King George III, Bowling Green, New York City
1912
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 251
1832
Townsend's Warbler, Audubon's Warbler, Mountain Bluebird, Western Bluebird, Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Hermit Warbler, Havell plate nos. 393 and 395
1836-37
Equestrian Statue of Simon Bolivar, Central Park, New York; verso: studies of children playing and an female adult
c. 1945-65
Portrait of Emma
1878
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
c. 1825
Mary Ann Abeel: Silhouette
1800
"Sue" (Mrs. Albert Gould Jennings)
1890s
Powder Horn: Joseph Butler (FW-78), with a Vignette View of the Lighthouse and Ruins of the Crown Point Fort on Lake Champlain, New York
1886-1887
Unidentified Songbird: "Sylvia trochitus delicata"
1808
Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor), Havell plate no. 14
1821
Portrait of a Seated Woman
October 31, 1883
William Tappan: Silhouette
1793
Smew (Mergellus albellus), Havell plate no. 347
c. 1834-35
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
Alexander Cumming McWhorter (c. 1762-1808)
c. 1800
Copy from a picture in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
View of the Queensborough Bridge from Central Park, New York City
c. 1940
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus), Havell plate no. 231
1831
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), Havell plate no. 32
1822
Houses Near a Lake
1874
Tower on Hallett's Point, New York City
1814
"Washington as Commander-in-Chief": Design for a Proposed Statuary Group, Washington Memorial Arch, New York City
c. 1890
Horse Cab opposite the Plaza Hotel
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei), Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina), Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), Havell plate nos. 399 and 414
c. 1836-37
View of Governors Island, New York City
1844
Three Costume Studies from "Carmen"
1879
Sunrise. Flatbush and the Ocean from the Green-Wood Cemetery, L. I., [Brooklyn], New York
1830s-40s
George James Cornell (c. 1821-1857): Silhouette
1840
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica), Havell plate no. 59
1812; c. 1825
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
1859
"Model Asleep"
1890s
Tree Study, Windsor Park, England
1840
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus); sketch of the underside of a wing
1810
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Havell plate no. 79
1822
Portrait of Mélanie, Andé, France
August 23, 1882
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1840
Ischia and Procida from the Bay of Naples, Italy
1841
Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita), Havell plate no. 162
1832
Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves Being Reviewed by President Lincoln at the White House, Washington, D. C.
Early September 1861
Mrs. Dorcas Wright: Silhouette
1794
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
View of the Lower Aqueduct on the Erie Canal, New York
c. 1829-30
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Havell plate no. 243
1832
Hunter College, New York City
Death- Zello- Rox- Chicago- Life 182- Crachee-II- Sabre 115- The Crazy five
ca. 1970s
Fort Clinton, New York City
1814
"View of the City and Harbor of New York Taken from Mount Pitt, The Seat of John R. Livingston, Esqre.": Preparatory Drawing for the Etching
1794
Normandy Girl Caught in a Shower
c. 1861
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), Havell plate no. 209
1832
Augusta Brown
1879
Woman with Baby and Basin
1878-1883
Works at McGown's Pass, New York City
1814
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts (1821-1874)
1874
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Havell plate no. 48
1822
Volunteer Cavalryman on Horseback
1898
Sleeping Dog (Fan)
1880s
View of Schenectady, New York
1832
The Three Buildings of the John Street Methodist Church, New York City, (1768-1841): Study for a Lithograph
1844
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), Havell plate no. 95
1822
Study For "The Telephone", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
1883-1893
The "Lord's Prayer": Silhouette
1828
Roman Landscape with Ruined Wall, Italy
1862
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya), Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Havell plate no. 359
1836-37
Portrait of Maggie Drum in Profile
June 16, 1883
Queen Victoria's Visit in the Royal Yacht "Victoria & Albert I" to the H.M.S. "Victory"
c. 1845
Three studies of hands
1878-1883
James Duane (1733-1797): Silhouette
c. 1790
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 134
1829
King, Kingtwo; verso: King 2 with comical sketch
ca. 1970s
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens); sketch of a tail
1812
Profile Portrait of Philip Grim (1766-1821)
c. 1784
Group Portrait of Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) and Five Men
c. 1890
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
1822
De Peyster House, New York City
c. 1870s
Oval Vignette: Classical Female Nude and Tree
1878-1883
World Trade Center Construction Site: North Tower Moving Up with Hudson River Train Supports in the Foreground
1969
Portrait of an Indian Chief, Red Jacket (c.1758-1830)?
1807
Copy of an Earlier Portrait of Baron Gaspard Gabriel De Gallatin (1758-1838)
1931
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Havell plate no. 283
1833
Powder Horn: Samuel Campbell (R-46), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of Cherry Valley, New York
1888
Portrait of a Woman, Head Resting on Hand
1890s
Medical Satire: Zactirin
1959
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 24
1821
A Woman's Face
December, 1895
Miss Scott: Silhouette
1859
The Market Woman
1840-44
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Havell plate no. 269
c. 1835
Hudson River Steamboat "Clermont"
1858
Sketch of a Woman's Face
1878-1883
Stephen N. Rowan: Silhouette
1800-1830
James and Jane Clark Tucker Family Register
c. 1834
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Havell plate no. 246
1833
Study for “View from High Tor, Haverstraw, New York"
ca. 1866
Wire Trash Basket
2003
Design for a Stained-Glass Window with St. Anthony of Padua, for a Mausoleum in St. John's Cemetery
c. 1907
Wooded Stream, Keene, New York
1868
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Havell plate no. 220
1833
Powder Horn: Ephraim Duel 1764 (FW-34), with Vignettes of a Scene of a Meeting between Native Americans and Colonists, an Oval Portrait of Colonel Henry Bouguet, and the Ruins of Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
1894
"Joan of Arc Seeing Visions"
1878-1883
Self-Portrait (1903-1974)
c. 1965-66
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), Havell plate no. 321
c. 1831-32; 1836
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), Havell plate no. 392
1837
Seminolee (Woman, Infant, and Two Men with Background Figures)
1866-68
Study after Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
1878-1883
Self-Portrait (1796-1886); verso: sketch of a palette with brushes
c. 1819
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), Havell plate no. 5
1821
Sketch of a woman at a piano
1878-1883
Angelina Strange: Silhouette
1859
The Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn, New York
c. 1885
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Havell plate no. 278
1831
The Hyde De Neuville Cabin on the "Eurydice"
1816
Sketch of a female nude, seen from behind
1878-1883
Unidentified Seated Man: Silhouette
1842
Residence of Dr. David Hosack, Hyde Park, New York
c. 1830
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), Havell plate no. 148
1829
Steamboat "Sylvan Stream"
1871
Study of St. Sebastian after Titian's "Saint Mark enthroned with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Roch and Sebastian", Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1828
Sketchbook of 37 Folios, 8 blank pages
1879
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus), Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), and Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), Havell plate no. 419
1836
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani), Havell plate no. 86
c. 1829-30
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Adult
c. 1554-1564
World Trade Center Construction Site: Birdseye View from an Upper Floor of a Law Firm at 140 Broadway of North and South Tower
1969
Old Hell Gate Ferry House, New York City; verso: sketch of landscape with house
1867
President Abraham Lincoln Lying in State in the Chicago Courthouse, Illinois
1865
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), Havell plate no. 190
1822
Continental Hotel, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
c. 1924
Protrait of a Young Woman
1878-1883
"Mrs. Vernon Had Crossed the Rubicon": Illustration for "Sweet Bells Out of Tune"
1892
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis), Havell plate no. 33
1824
G. S. Woodhull: Silhouette
1800-1830
Draped Female Figure with Lyre
1890
View of Mount Morris from Harlem Creek, New York
1855
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Havell plate no. 238
1822; 1832
Sketch of a Draped Female Figure Wearing a Hat
February 24, 1879
Francine Salmon? (-)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Havell plate no. 350
1836
East Hampton from the Church Belfry
c. 1872
William Edwards: Silhouette
1794
Copy from Veronese's "Feast in the House of Levi", Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
Julia Parsons Redmond (c. 1882-1959) in Eighteenth-Century Costume; Self-Portrait
1904
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232
1821
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1835
Trees Along a Rocky Stream
Portrait of Charles Moran (1878-1960)
1953
Sunnyside, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
1856
Sketch for a Christmas Card
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), Havell plate no. 401
c. 1833-34
View of New York City from the Bay near Bedloe's Island
1844
Sadie Keenan, a Young Girl
1878-1883
Sun Rising. Aqueduct on the Pennsylvania Canal Near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
1830s-40s
Manhattan in a Book
2000
Carbonated Swamp Warbler (Dendroica carbonata)?, Havell plate no. 60
1811; c. 1825
Lilly Brown: Silhouette
1859
A Woman Braiding Her Hair, Seen From Behind
1890s
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata), Havell plate no. 153
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta), Havell plate no. 80
1815
Margot, Denny, and Fan
Summer 1882
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1820
"Dover Stone Church," Dover Plains, New York
c. 1847
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum), Havell plate no. 163
1831-32
Western Gun-Boat Ram "Indianola"
1862-1863
Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
1794
Study after a sculpture by Germain Pilon
1878-1883
Still Life with Fruit
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Havell plate no. 312
1832-33
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Havell plate no. 196
1833
Tracy "168"
ca. 1970s
Harlem Plains, New York City
1814
View of Ballston Springs, New York, through the Trees
c. 1794
Mount Pleasant (the Beekman Mansion)
c. 1865-1930?
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), Havell plate no. 210
1820; 1832
Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa (Mandan) in 1832
1866-68
Study of a Nude Male Reclining
1878-1883
Mill Rock and Hell Gate from Fort Stevens, Long Island, New York City
1814
Profile Portrait of Mischa Levitski (1898-1941)
1927
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Havell plate no. 51
1821; reworked later
The Bay of New York from Hudson City, New Jersey
1858
Woman Lying Down with Left Arm and Leg Raised
1880s
Erie Canal and Mohawk River Near Little Falls, New York
c. 1830-32
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Havell plate no. 97
c. 1812; 1829
Portrait of Florence Rapallo
Summer 1883
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Study of the Roman Colosseum; verso: landscape sketch of the Roman Campagna with the Ponte Nomentano
ca. 1792-96
Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
1836-37
Adirondacks (View Near Lake Tear-in-the Clouds, Headwaters of the Hudson River, New York)
1992
Sketch of a Female Nude
1878-1883
Marinus Willett (1740-1830): Silhouette
c. 1800
Trees on the Shore of a Mountain Lake: verso: decorative table with bundle
c. 1840-47
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 135
1812
Tracy 168-King-RC 162, with sketches
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
c. 1810-12
George James Cornell (c. 1821-1857)
1856
The Apples Seller
1840-44
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Havell plate no. 113
c. 1820-1822
The Debtor's Prison, New York City
Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni by Verrocchio, Venice, Italy, after Bonington
1878-1883
World Trade Center Construction Site: Close-Up of the Cranes on the South Tower, North Tower in the Background
1969-70
Portrait of an Indian Chief (Chief of the Little Osage [after St. Memin])
c. 1811-13
Park Scene with Figures on Benches
1931
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Havell plate no. 284
1832-33
Powder Horn: Silas Pratt (R-50) with a Vignette Scene of the Massacre at Cherry Valley, New York, 1778
1892
Three Sketches of a Dog (Coco)
1878-1883
Steamboat Wharf, Whitehall Street, New York City: Study for Plate 12B of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Havell plate no. 25
1812; 1822
Sketch of a Cherub
1890s
Miss H. Low: Silhouette
1859
Couple Holding Hands on a Loveseat; verso: sketches of a couple before a fireplace and a couple standing
1890s
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Havell plate no. 270
1831
Venetian Boating Party
1844
Portrait of Margot/Margurite
October 9, 1883
Portrait of Baron Hyde de Neuville (1776-1857)
c. 1807
View of the East River with Queensborough Bridge, New York City
c. 1940
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Havell plate no. 327
1832
Scene on Dey Street on the Hudson River, New York City
1810
Sketch of Nude Figure Holding a Scythe (The Personification of Death)
1846-79
Design for a Stained-Glass Window, Bunnell Studio, Carnegie Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
c. 1923
The Cavalier, Self-Portrait in Period Costume
c. 1866-70
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Havell plate no. 221
c. 1821-25
Two Powder Horns: Michael B.Goldthwait and Robert Thompson, Jr. (FW-37, 38), with a Vignette of Two Native Americans in Battle
1891
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated and Holding the Fiddle of George de Forest Brush (1855-1941); verso: sketch of Sargent from the side, seated and holding Brush's fiddle
June 17, 1874
Studies of Two Bats and a Bat Head; verso diagrams of comparative measurements
1841
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
c. 1810-14
Powder Horn: Thomas Hodsdon (FW-74), with Vignettes of Two Historical Houses, a Fireplace and a Tomb
1891
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), Small-headed Flycatcher (Sylvania microcephala)?, Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Blue Mountain Warbler (Syl. mont)?, Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), Havell plate no. 434
1836
Powder Horn: Elisha Searle (FW-186), with Vignettes of the Meadow and Meeting House at Dearfield, Massachusetts
1890
Half-length sketch of a woman
1878-1883
Self-Portrait (1764-1813)
c. 1790-95
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 11
1822
Sketch of a woman's head
1878-1883
Augusta Strange: Silhouette
1859
Portraits of the Elder Miss Abbey Sharp Seated and the African American Domestics Suguey and Susan and a Chair
1809
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata), Havell plate no. 367
Saratoga Races: Silhouette
c. 1873
Two sketches of Maggie Keenan
1878-1883
Judge Jan Jacob Cau: Silhouette
1800-1820
Steamboat "Sylvan Glen"
1870
Mallard and Gadwall Hybrid (Anas platyrhynchos and Anas strepera), Havell plate no. 338
1822
Steamboat "Sylvan Shore"
c. 1857-77
Study of female figure from Resurrection, attributed to Paolo Veronese, Badoer Chapel, San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1850
View of the Casino Called the "Casale Cenci-Giustiniani" in the Borghese Gardens, Rome, Italy
1843
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Havell plate no. 420
1838
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Havell plate no. 45; sketch of a bird beak
1822
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Female
c. 1554-1564
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Side View of the Eckford-Inman House, New York City
1844-47
Powder Horn: P.H. Engle (H-31), with Carving Unfurled, and Vignette Views of Nick Stoner's Island, Canada Lake, and Caroga Lake, Fulton County, New York
1888
Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), Havell plate no. 191
1833
Powder Horn: Philip Foland (R-73), with a Vignette View of the Cedar Swamp, Sharon Springs, New York
1887
Woman Walking on a Seaside Path, Étretat, France
1878-1883
The Highwayman and the Woman, Folio 29 in the John Ludlow Morton Album; verso: figure of a woman wearing a hat
1836
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Havell plate no. 40
1821
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1800-1830
Draped Female Figure With Lyre
1890
Portrait of a Mulatto Girl
Unidentified Sparrow
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Havell plate no. 404
c. 1838
Woman Standing, Seem From Behind
February 1, 1883
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
c. 1945
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Havell plate no. 351
c. 1834-1836
Carl's Mill, Tarrytown, New York
1851
Mabel Hallibut: Silhouette
1793
Portrait of a woman
1878-1883
Yellow Corn, a Mandan
1806-07
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
ca. 1834
View of the Harlem River
1913
Patriot: Study for the Painting in the Artist's "9/11 Series"
2001
Mrs. Patty Goodman: Silhouette
1792
Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac': Study for a Lithograph; verso: Still Life of Fruit with a Cat Stalking a Bird
c. 1862
A Woman Reading
1880s
Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella), Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla), Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), Havell plate no. 402
John Anderson (1733-1798)
c. 1795
Sadie Keenan, A Young Girl
1878-1883
Daybreak. Leather-stocking's Expedient (Episode from James Fenimore Cooper's "The Prairie")
1830s-40s
Dancing Figure
1944
Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), Havell plate no. 70; detail of a bird tail
1820
Alexander James Wall (1884-1944)
1936
Portrait of a Woman, Head Resting in Hand
1890s
Sketch of a Mountainous Landscape
c. 1845-49
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
1820
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Havell plate no. 81
1829
Margot/Margurite Seated at Table, Reading
August 28, 1882
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1840
A Brook in the Woods
c. 1854
Veery (Catharus fuscescens), Havell plate no. 164
1832
View from the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily, with Mount Etna (Smoking)
c. 1868
Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Silhouette
1794
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
Barrier Gate, McGown's Pass, New York City
1814
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
1821
Double-Inclined Plane with Boat Carried to an Upper Canal Level; verso: mechanical detail drawings
1797
Homage to Ton 5
ca. 1970s
Three Iroquois in Diverse Costumes: Two Holding Weapons and One Holding a Pipe with a Silver Cross on His Back
c. 1827
Brewster Carriage Factory, New York City
c. 1874
Copy of "Blue Monday" by Winslow Homer
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 211
1821; 1834
Oval Allegorical Vignette of Remains from the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), Tennessee
6-7 April 1862
Three Studies of Female Figures
1878-1883
View of Roman Campagna with Ruins of the Torre dei Schiavi, Italy
c. 1854-69
Washington's Nocturnal Retreat from Long Island
Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), Havell plate no. 52
1822
Portrait of Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
1933
Portrait of Helen Rapallo
August 2, 1883
Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959)
c. 1940-45
Francois-Marie Arout de Voltaire (1694-1778) and Madame Marie-Louise Mignot Denis (1712-1790)
?1758-70
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris), Havell plate no. 100 (variantly numbered plate 98 as in N-YHS copy)
1829
Portrait of Milford
August 14, 1883
Samuel Verplanck (?): Silhouette
Study of the Facade of a Gothic Palazzo in Taormina, Sicily
1864-69
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Havell plate no. 362
1836-37
Sketchbook with 44 Folios and endpapers (Views of New York State Including Lake George, Lake Champlain, Saratoga, Albany, and the Catskills Region)
1815
Sketch of a woman laying down
1880
Unidentified Boy: Silhouette with circular trompe l'oeil above books and laurel branches
1770-1800
"Half Moon" and "Clermont" in Hudson River, New York
1909
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), Havell plate no. 136
1829
Jack + Regina
2000
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
1812
Reverend Daniel Hendrickson
c. 1735
Sketchbook, 47 Folios
1874-84
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), Havell plate no. 114
1814
Rebel Cavalry Impressing Slaves, Charleston Harbor
ca. 1863
Study of a Classical Female Nude or Allegorical Figure
1878-1883
World Trade Center Construction Site: Triptych Panorama Including the North (74 Stories) and South Towers (26 Stories) Under Construction
1970
Oneida Family
1807
Summer. A Broken Axletree. American Wood Scene, near Thornville, Ohio.: Study for an Aquatint in "Harvey's Scenes..."
before 1841
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini), Havell plate no. 285
1835
Powder Horn: Thomas Williams (FW-114), with Carving Unfurled
1888
Sketch of a Man, Seen From Behind
1878-1883
Bear Hunt (K'nisteneux)
1866-68
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Havell plate no. 27
c. 1821-25
Two Sketches of a Woman's Head
1890s
Lilly Brown: Silhouette
1859
View with St. Paul's Chapel and Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City
c. 1798
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), Havell plate no. 271; two studies of a foot
1832
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1824
Sketch of a young girl's face
1878-1883
Self-Portrait (c. 1761?-1849)
c. 1805-10
Residence of John Whelp, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
1830-40
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 328
1821
55-59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
1851
Eternal Rest
2002
Design for a Window (Landscape with Mountains, Water, and Sunset)
1900-20
Leonard Bleecker (1755-1844)
c. 1796-1801
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla), Havell plate no. 314
1829
Powder Horn: Edward Darby (FW-39), with Carving Unfurled; verso: Sketch of a Powder Horn
1891
The Reading Club: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated with Another Man and Reading Shakespeare; verso: sketch of a woman holding up her hands
c. 1875
Study of a Bat
1841
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, 3rd New York Infantry Regiment
c. 1910
Powder Horn: Thomas Watherbee (FW-77), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of a Scene of Pilgrims Going to Church and a sketch of a Frontiersman
1891; 1894
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432
1838
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Cyane" and H.B.M. Sloop-of-War "Levant"
c. 1815
Study of a Classical Bust of a Man, Naples, Italy
1878
View of Puentes Grandes with the Villa Diago, Near Havana, Cuba
1849
Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
1824; c. 1824-26
Sketch from a bound album
Lizzie Darrah: Silhouette
1859
Study of Trees, Shandaken [Olive], New York
ca. 1852
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Havell plate no. 375
1833
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
A Woman's Head, After Veronese's "Cain as a Fugitive with his Family", Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
August 26, 1880
Mrs. N. W. White: Silhouette
1790-1820
Skating in Central Park, New York City
1900
Dovekie (Alle alle), Havell plate no. 339
c. 1832-33
Three Merchant Ships and Six Boats from Bayonne, France
18th century ?
House Interior
c. 1874
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1813-1820
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), Havell plate no. 121
1829
The Auctioneer in Public Streets
1840-44
Male and Female Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla)
c. 1554-1565
Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius)
Britton's Mill, Staten Island, New York
1877
Powder Horn: The Van Antwerpen (FW-144), with Carving Unfurled and a Map Vignette of Albany, New York
1887
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor), Havell plate no. 192
1833
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Gunner, New York Artillery Company
c. 1910
Three Hand Studies, Étretat, France
1878
Hudson River Steamboat "Clermont"
1861
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), Havell plate no. 43
1820
Unidentified Abeel Family Man: Silhouette with Portrait Sketch
1800
Sketch of a Woman Seated, Reading
1890s
Portrait of Mrs. Frank Muhr, as an Infant
late 19th century
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Havell plate no. 405
1838
Study of the Entrance of a Country House with Stairs, Foliage, and a Female Figure
1874-76
Mrs. Sarah M. Gallop (1787-1866): Silhouette
1800-1820
Temple of Hera II (Temple of Poseidon), Paestum, Italy
1841
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Havell plate no. 151
1822
Self-Portrait (1818-1893) Sketching in the Woods
1848
Noah Linsly: Silhouette
1793
Sketch of a head in profile
1878-1883
Magdalen Walgrove Warner (c. 1745-1814)
1806
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-shafted, Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), and Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), Havell plate no. 416
1822; Winter 1836-37
View in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York
c. 1916
Sketches on the Movie Set of "Birth of a Nation," including one of D. W. Griffith and Civil War Soldiers; verso: eight related sketches
1914-1915
Dr. Nathan Webb (d. 1795): Silhouette
1792
The Hudson from West Point: The Grounds of the U.S. Military Academy [New York]: Study for the Lithograph; verso: sketches of brass mortars and monument with chain fence and figures
1850
William Walton Seated, Resing Head in Hand
August 7, 1886
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), Havell plate no. 108
1824
Powder Horn: The Dygert (R-145), with a Vignette View of Fort Kayser, Stone Arabia, New York
1887
Five Sketches of a Bullfight, Burgos, Spain
1880
Evening Twilight Bow looking S.E. Light Houses on the Highlands of Neversink [Navasink], New Jersey
1830s-40s
Study for "Carmen Jones"
1944
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
1820
Sioux and Pawnee Pipes: Plate 210
1866-68
Copy After a Statue of a Frankish King, Fontainebleau, France
1890s
American Naval Officer Resisting an Attacking Tripolitan
c. 1820-1840
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), Havell plate no. 82; sketch of a foot
c. 1827-30
Madame Legendre
August 31, 1882
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
Row of Trees, Geneseo, New York
1859
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), Havell plate no. 253
1833
Powder Horn: Glen-Sanders (FW-138) with Vignettes of the Sanders House, Schenectady, New York; verso: fragmentary design for a crest
1887
Jonathan Allen: Silhouette
1793
Study of the rood screen from interior of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris, France
1877
Still Life: Flowers in a Vase
late 18th Century
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 421
1821
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
Octavius- Glenn - Paz 2 - Save - OG II - Nini - 7up - Paz 2 - FDT 56; verso: TE 163d- Paz 2
ca. 1970s
Robert C. Cornell: Silhouette
1840
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"
1812-13
"The Declaration of Independence" after John Trumbull: Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1820
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Havell plate no. 292; two sketches of a foot
1835
Powder Horn: The French War (FW-4), with a Vignette of a Shrine with a Portrait of a Franciscan Monk
1892-1893
Maggie Keenan (Mrs. Frederick Fries)
1878-1883
Landscape of the Roman Campagna with the Claudian Aqueduct, Italy
1860-62
Section of the Claudian Aqueduct with Shadows, in the Roman Campagna, Italy
c. 1861-62
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), Havell plate no. 53
1821
Copy After a Mural (by Ehrman?), Female Figure With a Vase and Plate
c. 1890
Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986)
c. 1940-45
Sleighing in Central Park, New York City
1896
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Havell plate no. 18
1821
Portrait of a Woman
November 23, 1883
Melancton Smith: Silhouette
c. 1803-1810
Italian Landscape with Cypresses and Umbrella Pines
c. 1862
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Havell plate no. 364
1833
Landscape of the Roman Campagna with Ancient Ruins and Snow-Capped Sabine Hills, Italy
1860-69
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Havell plate no. 365
1819; c. 1835
Sketchbook with 33 Folios, 1 blank, with six independent sheets inserted, one attached with a common pin
1874-84

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