Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
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
Idyll
Title
Idyll
Date
c. 1891-1900
Medium
Graphite on card with a reproductive image laid on at center
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 8 5/16 in. ( 27.9 x 21.1 cm )
Description
With two storks.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charlene Whiteley Plummer Gellatly
Object Number
1957.308.16
Marks
inscriptions: Inscription below photograph: IDYL from original painting in oil F.S. Chuch.
Inscriptions
Inscribed and signed at lower center in graphite: "IDYL / From original painting in oil / F.S. Church"; inscribed and signed at lower right inside reproductive image in graphite and black crayon: "F.S. Church / copyright--."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
