Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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The "Clermont" Making a Landing at Cornell on Hudson
Object Number:
2000.33
Date:
1914
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, white chalk, black crayon, graphite, and white gouache on ivory paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. ( 25.7 x 49.8 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "EL HENRY/ -1914 -
mount inscribed: lower left: "The 'Clermont' making a Landing. / at Cornwall on Hudson - Summer of 1814"
mount inscribed: lower right" "To the Hon. abl. A.J. Clearwatrer - / with the Compliments of / E.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown wash: "E L Henry -- 1914 --"; board inscribed at lower right: " To the Honrbl AJ Clearwater -- / with the Compliments of / EL Henry. N.A."
Description:
Marine: Brown ink, wash, black chalk and white heightening drawing on paper mounted on gray board with a image of the "Clermont"shown at left landing at Cornell-on-Hudson in the summer of 1814 with extensive landscape with figures at right.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
