Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
On Rondout Creek, New York
Object Number:
1947.387
Date:
1882
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm.R. Miller, 1883"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/"On the Rondout Creek, N.Y."/Composed Decr. 10th 1882/12 x 8"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1882"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / 'On the Rondout Creek, N.Y.' / Composed Decr. 10th 1882 / 12 x 8"; annotations inside image
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
