Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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
Unidentified Male Delaware, possibly Montgomery Montour
Object Number:
1860.97
Date:
1806-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and touches of black and white chalk on buff paper, formerly nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 17 in. ( 56.5 x 43.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "essieu (?) Delaware"
inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: "un delaware 1801 fact a Philadelphia"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "indien Delaware" at lower right: "Delaware Indian"
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
