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
Steamboat "Syracuse"
Object Number:
1943.7
Date:
1858
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 50 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 76.2 x 127.3 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "James Bard, Painter, N.Y., 1858/162 Perry St."
inscription: lower left: "Steam Boat Syracuse Built by Allison at Hoboken, N.J., 1857/Engine Built by Messrs Birkbecks & Hodges Archimedes Works, N.Y."
inscription: lower cen
Gallery Label:
Another version of this painting by Bard, dated 1857, is in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
