Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Fishermen's Cottages on the Hudson, New York
Object Number:
1947.98
Date:
1877
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed andd ated, lower left: Wm. R. Miller, 1877...
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1877."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: " No. 1000 Gems. / 'Fishermens Cottages on the Hudson.' / Composed March 19th 1877. / 8 x 6 Pt 18 x 14"; various annotations along lower border
Gallery Label:
This was one of Miller's first sketches for his projected publication of 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
