Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Mrs. Bonnard Seated and Two Profile Bust Studies of Mr. Bonnard; verso: Studies of " Indian Strawberries"
Object Number:
1953.241
Date:
1808
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash; watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Overall: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. ( 18.7 x 31.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, pencil: "Mrs Bety(?) Bonnard and Mr Bonnard 1808"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below left study in graphite: "Mis Bety[sic] Bonnard and Mr Bonnard 1808"; below watercolor images in brown ink: "indian 'straw-berrys / genessee"
Description:
Portrait/plant study
Gallery Label:
This pencil sketch of a seated young lady sewing includes two studies of a man's head in profile. On the same sheet is a watercolor inscribed in ink: "Indian-Straw-berrys/genesse."
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
