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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Battle of Lake Champlain
Object Number:
1963.65
Date:
1815
Medium:
Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on two sheets of sketchbook paper, with center binding holes, laid on heavier paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 22 5/8 in. ( 21.6 x 57.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: at lower left: "View of Plattsburgh & Cumberland fort / from Cumberland head at the farm now / belonging to Com. MacDonough Drawb /sat, Feb. 2d 1815 / H. Denraye / in comp. with W. H. Pett."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "View of Plattsburgh & Cumberland fort / from Cumberland head or at the farm now / belonging to Comr. MacDonough. Drawn Saty. Fey. 2d 1815 / H. Denray / in Compy. With Wm. H. Pitt."; various inscriptions in image in gray wash: "British Sloops / with spectators / from Montreal / & St Johns --"; "Ticonderoga";
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
