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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seeley's at Spuyten Duyvil, New York
Object Number:
Z.2016.14c
Date:
1909
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 8.6 x 10.8 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "Aug. 7-09."
inscribed in ink/pencil: on lower edge of obverse, continuing below image: "SEELEYS AT. SPUYTEN DEVIL. / 2 / LOOKING N. E."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge in black ink and graphite: "SEELEYS AT SPUYTEN DEVIL. Aug. 7-09."; at lower left in graphite: "2"; below on page: "LOOKING N.E."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
