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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Eliza Livingston: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2436
Date:
1790-1840
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
sheet: 3 1/4 x 2 9/16 in. ( 8.3 x 6.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription ink: on front: "Eliza Livingston [or?] Mrs. Otto"
inscription in pencil: on paper found with object: "CRUGER FAMILY"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at left vertically in brown ink: "Eliza Livingston- ie Mrs Otto""
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of lightweight cream paper with inscription in ink on front.
Credit Line:
Schell Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
