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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Powder Horn: Elijah Denbow (FW-79), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette Portrait of Delaware Chief Tammany
Object Number:
1907.36.73
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 14 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grider 1891. Signed bottom center : Copied in 1891 by / RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right under portrait vignette in black ink: "RA Grider 1891. / PORTRAIT & Signature / of TAMMANY..."; also signed and inscribed at lower center and lower left
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
