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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Incidents in the Life of George Washington: "His First Defeat"
Object Number:
1936.944e
Date:
1919
Medium:
Graphite on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "1st lot / Washington / No 5 His first defeat / Ft. Necessity 4 July 1754"
inscription: upper right: "Sent 13 Sept / 1919"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "1st lot. / Washington / No 5 His first Defeat / Ft Necessity [Great Meadows, Pennsylvania] 4 July 1754"; historical and publication annotations in margins
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
