Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fort Richmond and Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, New York
Object Number:
1926.83
Date:
c. 1836
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite with scratching out and touches of gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 23.8 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: on reverse, in ink: "Boyish work of / R. Ogden Doremus / at the age of 12 years"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center in black ink: "Boyish work of / R. Ogden Doremus / at the age of 12 years"; old label attached to verso with typescript: "THIS WATERCOLOR OF THE HUDSON / RIVER WAS PAINTED BY PROFESSOR / ROBERT OGDEN PRO. OF CHEMISTRY / AT THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF / NEW YORK, WHEN HE WAS A BOY UNDER / 20 YEARS OF AGE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles A. Doremus
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
