Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Wooded Scene of Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Infantry) Marching Near Lake in Virginia
Object Number:
1951.87
Date:
1862
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, glazing, and scratching out on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 12.1 x 20 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "McIlvaine--1862"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in brown watercolor: "McIlvaine. 1862"; at lower left outside image in graphite: "in Viriginia, 1862 / By William MacIlvaine / of Duryea's Zoaves"
Gallery Label:
The Civil War study was done by the artist while serving as a member of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves).
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
