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Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
2009.34
Cast bronze
Depicted: Harriet Tubman

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"Arranging the lay figure"
1878-1883
1935.85.1.177
"Arrival at Chickasaw Bayou of Jefferson Davis' Negroes" from his Plantation on the Mississippi Below Vicksburg, Mississippi
ca. 1862
1945.580.107
"Chulas", Four Sketches of Spanish Women
c. 1880
1935.85.1.44
"Coming Home": Scene Aboard the S.S. Switzerland
1878
1935.85.1.26
"Don't Give Up the Ship"
INV.1217
"Dover Stone Church," Dover Plains, New York
c. 1847
1918.125
"Fame"; Study of a Skull Crowned with Laurel Leaves
1878
1935.85.1.11
"Half Moon" and "Clermont" in Hudson River, New York
1909
1943.483
"Joan of Arc Seeing Visions"
1878-1883
1935.85.1.101
"Liberty," the New York City to Lakewood, New Jersey Coach: Study for a Poster
1903
1947.90
"Maggie Keenan at my piano"
1878-1883
1935.85.1.153
"Maggie's Baby"
1878-1883
1935.85.1.178
"Mary Pouting"
1882
1935.85.1.80
"Model Asleep"
1890s
1935.85.3.139
"MOUNT PLEASANT 1786," The Name of the Beekman Mansion, Composed of Human Figures (Pierrots)
1786
1943.491
"Mrs. Vernon Had Crossed the Rubicon": Illustration for "Sweet Bells Out of Tune"
1892
1939.607
"Novum Amsterodamum" (New Amsterdam, New Netherlands)
1650
1881.2
"Sambo's Introduction to a Sub Marine Diver", Port Royal, South Carolina
December 1863
1945.580.18
"Sue" (Mrs. Albert Gould Jennings)
1890s
1935.85.3.119
"The Arc Light", Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
1890s
1935.85.3.99
"The Blockade of Mobile -- Chasing a Blockade Runner at Night": Illustration for "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (21 May 1864); verso: sketch
1864
1945.580.8
"The Declaration of Independence" after John Trumbull: Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1820
X.500
"The Domino", Sketch of a Woman in a Mask
1880s
1935.85.3.55
"The French Hold-up": Illustration for the Essay "Star of Hope"
ca. 1940-1942
2009.37
"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
1865
1945.580.51
"The Voices of the Woods", A Woman with a Violin (Study for "Studying The Voices of Nature")
1880s
1935.85.3.30
"View of the City and Harbor of New York Taken from Mount Pitt, The Seat of John R. Livingston, Esqre.": Preparatory Drawing for the Etching
1794
1909.45
"View Opposite My Balcony" (Lungarno Corsini with the Ponte Santa Trinita), Florence Italy
1842
1956.72
"Washington as Commander-in-Chief": Design for a Proposed Statuary Group, Washington Memorial Arch, New York City
c. 1890
1924.153
"Washington as President": Design for a Proposed Statuary Group, Washington Memorial Arch, New York City
c. 1890
1924.152
55-59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
1851
1910.35
A Brook in the Woods
c. 1854
1918.129
A Buffalo Surround in the Pawnee Country (c. 1837)
1840
1949.273
A Hillside Path in Union Hill, New Jersey
1865
2008.44.3
A Mermaid [Nereid], Fontana di Nettuno, Bologna, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.13
A Reclining Woman, Copy after a painting by Delacroix, Louvre, Paris, France
1878-1883
1935.85.1.161
A Southwest View of Kingston, Ulster County, New York
mid-eighteenth century
1855.2
A Theological Dispute (Une Dispute Theologique)
S-74
A View from the Lines and Fort of Ticonderoga
1759
1954.1
A View of Verplanck's Place, East Fishkill, New York
1783
1971.3
A Woman Braiding Her Hair, Seen From Behind
1890s
1935.85.3.140
A Woman Reading
1880s
1935.85.3.22
A Woman's Arms Folded
1882
1935.85.3.44
A Woman's Face
December, 1895
1935.85.3.94
A Woman's Head
1880s
1935.85.3.29
A Woman's Head
1880s
1935.85.3.9
A Woman's Head, After Veronese's "Cain as a Fugitive with his Family", Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
August 26, 1880
1935.85.3.1
A Young Girl [Sadie Keenan?]
1878-1883
1935.85.1.40
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
c. 1826
1931.61
Aaron Vail (1796-1878)
1835
1968.38
Aaron Wright, Jr.: Silhouette
1794
Z.2426
Abigail Adams Smith House, New York City
1917
1921.41
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), Havell plate no. 144
1829
1863.17.144
Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967)
1882
1941.1038
Adeline Arden Hamilton (1795- c. 1873): Silhouette
c. 1807
Z.2388
Adirondacks (View Near Lake Tear-in-the Clouds, Headwaters of the Hudson River, New York)
1992
1992.9
After Annibale Carracci, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
August 27, 1880
1935.85.3.5
After Annibale Carracci, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
July 7, 1880
1935.85.3.4
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Afternoon Rainbow. Boston Common from Charles Street Mall. Boston, Massachusetts
1829-34 or 1850s
1952.411
Albert Smith, M.D. (1798-1884): Silhouette
1820-1840
Z.2482
Album (spine labeled "SCRAP BOOK")
1846-47
1920.142
Album of Watercolors, 42 Folios, 12 blank, 1 loose watercolor (5 English, 26 American and Canadian) and Journal
1831
1948.621
Alexander Cumming McWhorter (c. 1762-1808)
c. 1800
1895.11
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
1805
1957.39
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804): Silhouette
c. 1800
Z.2459
Alexander James Wall (1884-1944)
1936
1936.796
Alexander McWhorter, D.D. (1734-1807)
c. 1795-1800
1895.6
Alexander McWhorter, D.D. (1734-1807): Silhouette
c. 1790-1800
Z.2375
Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
c. 1700
1949.45
Allegory of Simplicity
c. 1850-70
1979.44
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
1821
1863.17.318
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Havell plate no. 337
1832-33
1863.17.337
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
ca. 1821
1863.18.18
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), Havell plate no. 302
c. 1832-34
1863.17.302
American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) and Blackish Oystercatcher?, Havell plate no. 427
1838
1863.17.427
American Coot (Fulica americana), Havell plate no. 239
1831
1863.17.239
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Havell plate no. 156
1829
1863.17.156
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 370
1836-37
1863.17.370
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 435
1838
1863.17.435
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Havell plate no. 431
1838
1863.17.431
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis), Study for Havell pl. no. 33
1824
1863.17.33
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Havell plate no. 142
1829
1863.17.142
American Naval Officer Resisting an Attacking Tripolitan
c. 1820-1840
1963.55
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Havell plate no. 223
1821
1863.17.223
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Havell plate no. 40
1821
1863.17.40
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
1863.18.9
American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Havell plate no. 131
1829
1863.17.131
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea), Havell plate no. 188
1832
1863.17.188
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
c. 1831
1863.18.36
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Havell plate no. 311
ca. 1831-1832
1863.17.311
American Wigeon (Anas americana), Havell plate no. 345
c. 1821
1863.17.345
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), Havell plate no. 268
c. 1832-34
1863.17.268
Anatomical and Figure Studies
1878-1883
1935.85.1.93
Anatomical Studies: Muscles of a Standing Male Nude and Skeletal Arm
1878-1883
1935.85.1.73
Angelina Strange: Silhouette
1859
Z.2620a
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
1822
1863.18.34
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), Havell plate no. 316; study of neck and head
1822; 1836
1863.17.316
Ann Van Nest (b. 1810): Silhouette
1833
Z.2502
Anna Cogart: Silhouette
1859
Z.2610
Anna Elizabeth Spies Engels (1740-1791): Silhouette
1760-1780
Z.2491
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna), Havell plate no. 425
1838
1863.17.425
Annie Adams: Silhouette
1859
Z.2633b
Anthony Bleecker: Silhouette
1805
Z.2564aaa
Architectural Detail, Sculpture of a Face
1890s
1935.85.3.116
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), Havell plate no. 250
1833
1863.17.250
Ariadne (after Vanderlyn): Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1833
X.502
Arthur Ingram Boreman (1823-1896), First and Wartime Governor of West Virginia
1863
1904.13
Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
1794
Z.2425
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
1833
1863.17.213
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Atom Bombing of New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, 12-13
1950
1956.8
Attack on the American Privateer "General Armstrong" at Fayal (Faial), Azores, Portugal
1814
1925.140
Audubon Terrace
1998
2001.304
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), Havell plate no. 299
1826; c. 1835
1863.17.299
Augusta Brown
1879
1987.2
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
1859
Z.2632a
Augusta Strange: Silhouette
1859
Z.2621a
Aym
1872
1969.40
Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis), Havell plate no. 165; studies of birds' tails
1832
1863.17.165
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
1863.18.12
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), Havell plate no. 185
1833
1863.17.185
Badger or Woodland Creature
1890s
1935.85.3.110
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
1820
1863.18.40
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 11
1822
1863.17.11
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 126
1829
1863.17.126
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 31
1828
1863.17.31
Ballston Springs, New York [MISSING]
1807
1947.449
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Havell plate no. 12
c. 1822-25
1863.17.12
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata), Havell plate no. 367
1863.17.367
Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Havell plate no. 171
1832
1863.17.171
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Study for Havell pl. no. 173
1832
1863.17.173
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), Havell plate no. 296
c. 1834-36
1863.17.296
Baroness Hyde De Neuville's Cabin on the "Eurydice"
1816
1953.222
Barred Owl (Strix varia), Havell plate no. 46
c. 1821
1863.17.46
Barrier Gate, McGown's Pass, New York City
1814
1889.16
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). Havell plate no. 403
1838
1863.17.403
Bat
c. 1841
Z.3309
Bat "(Vespertilio subulatus, Say.)"
ca. 1841-48
Z.3331
Bat (Rhinopoma carolinensis?)
c. 1841
Z.3305
Bat; profile sketch of head
c. 1841
Z.3308
Bat; sketch of an ear
c. 1841
Z.3307
Baumer's Hotel Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey (10)
1852
1912.45j
Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves Being Reviewed by President Lincoln at the White House, Washington, D. C.
Early September 1861
1945.580.38
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea), Havell plate no. 69
1812; 1825
1863.17.69
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea), Havell plate no. 88
1829
1863.17.88
Beach at East Hampton, Long Island, New York
1879
1949.288
Bear Hunt (K'nisteneux)
1866-68
1872.23.147
Beckwith's Home "Morgan Park", Chicago, Illinois
1878
1935.85.1.27
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), Havell plate no. 77
c. 1812; 1822
1863.17.77
Bessie Mead: Silhouette
1859
Z.2623
Betrothal Portrait of Miss Frances Taylor and Her Fianc
1831
1937.1721
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Havell plate no. 18
1821
1863.17.18
Bird's Nest and Dog Roses
1867
1947.519
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Havell plate no. 219
1833
1863.17.219
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis), Havell plate no. 349
1836
1863.17.349
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Havell plate no. 408
1838
1863.17.408
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Havell plate no. 323; two sketches of a bill
1821
1863.17.323
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Havell plate no. 280
c. 1835
1863.17.280
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
1820
1863.18.23
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), Havell plate no. 106
1829
1863.17.106
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia), Havell plate no. 90; sketch of a foot
c. 1824
1863.17.90
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Havell plate no. 132
1829
1863.17.132
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Havell Plate 334 [only immature used]
1863.18.35
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Havell plate no. 334 [with immature from 1863.18.35]
1833
1863.17.334
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), Study for Havell pl. no. 32
1822
1863.17.32
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica), Havell plate no. 357
c. 1835-36
1863.17.357
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Havell plate no. 236
1832
1863.17.236
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Havell plate no. 224
1833
1863.17.224
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 328
1821
1863.17.328
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus), Havell plate no. 352
1834
1863.17.352
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), Havell plate no. 148
1829
1863.17.148
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei), Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina), Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), Havell plate nos. 399 and 414
c. 1836-37
1863.17.399
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens); sketch of a tail
1812
1863.18.4
Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei), Havell plate no. 96, with a sketch of a bill
1829
1863.17.96
Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis), Havell plate no. 184
c. 1832
1863.17.184
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 134
1829
1863.17.134
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata), Havell plate no. 133
1821; 1829
1863.17.133
Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea), Havell plate no. 122
1821; 1829
1863.17.122
Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
1836-37
1863.17.361
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Havell plate no. 102
c. 1825
1863.17.102
Blue-headed Quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), Havell plate no. 172
1832
1863.17.172
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), Havell plate no. 313
1822
1863.17.313
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) and Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
1815
1863.18.14
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus), Havell plate no. 20
1822
1863.17.20
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), Havell plate no. 187
1832
1863.17.187
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major); sketch of an insect
1821
1863.18.32
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), Havell plate no. 54
1822
1863.17.54
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus), Havell plate no. 363
c. 1835-36
1863.17.363
Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
1820
1863.18.26
Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia), Havell plate no. 324
c. 1821; 1830
1863.17.324
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonica), Havell plate no. 194
1833
1863.17.194
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus), Havell plate no. 380
1832
1863.17.380
Bowery Theatre, New York City: Study for Plate 7A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
1881.14
Brant (Branta bernicla), Havell plate no. 391
1824
1863.17.391
Brewster Carriage Factory, New York City
c. 1874
X.386
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), Havell plate no. 91
1829
1863.17.91
Broadway
1840-44
1980.35
Broadway at Fifth Avenue from the Flatiron Building, New York City
1905
1958.73
Broadway Between Park Place and Warren Streets, New York City
1841-43
X.431
Bronx Concourse, New York
1899
Z.2016.12d
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Havell plate no. 207
1832
1863.17.207
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) and Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), Havell plate no. 415
c. 1836
1863.17.415
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Havell plate no. 275
1832
1863.17.275
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 251
1832
1863.17.251
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 421
1821
1863.17.421
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), Havell plate no. 116
1829
1863.17.116
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), Havell plate no. 99
1824
1863.17.99
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), Havell plate no. 125
1829
1863.17.125
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), Havell plate no. 265
c. 1834-35
1863.17.265
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Havell plate no. 325
1833
1863.17.325
BUGGIN
1992
2003.38.7
Bull's Ferry, New Jersey, on the Palisades of the Hudson River
1856
1918.147
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis), Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria), and Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius), Havell plate no. 433
c. 1836
1863.17.433
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor), and Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Havell plate no. 388
1836-37
1863.17.388
Burning of the Bowery Theatre, New York City
1845
1936.983
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432
1838
1863.17.432
Bust Portrait of an Unidentified Man in the Clouds
1937.325
Buttonwood Trunks, Catskill Clove, New York; verso: sketch of trees
1848
1918.82
Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior
c. 1804-06
1860.90
Cafe Scene, Margellina, Naples, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.4
Caldera of Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Italy
1841
1918.114
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), Havell plate no. 426
1838
1966.42
California Quail (Callipepla californica), Havell plate no. 413; sketch of a spider
1837
1863.17.413
Calligraphic Horse
c. 1850
1937.1723
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Havell plate no. 201
c. 1821; 1833
1863.17.201
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Havell plate no. 277
c. 1834-35
1863.17.277
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), Havell plate no. 5
1821
1863.17.5
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria), Havell plate no. 301
1834; 1843
1863.17.301
Carbonated Swamp Warbler (Dendroica carbonata)?, Havell plate no. 60
1811; c. 1825
1863.17.60
Carl's Mill, Tarrytown, New York
1851
1951.417
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis), Havell plate no. 160
1822
1863.17.160
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Study for Havell pl. no. 78
1822
1863.17.78
Caroline Durand (1826-1902)
c. 1827
1932.223
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
c. 1945
1947.228
Cartoon:
1862
1945.580.82
Cartoon: "The Day City Council Gave Itself a Raise"
1977
2000.97
Catherine Boudinot Atterbury: Silhouette
1790-1820
Z.2460
Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa (Mandan) in 1832
1866-68
1872.23.179
Catskill Mountains, New York
1857
1932.222
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), Havell plate no. 43
1820
1863.17.43
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Havell plate no. 48
1822
1863.17.48
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Havell plate no. 49
1821
1863.17.49
Chambers Street (Second Floor)
2001
2001.300
Charlotte de Villette (d. 1802)
1802
1976.14
Chasseur of the French Imperial Guard
1876
S-151
Cherokee (Two Men)
1866-68
1872.23.72
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Havell plate no. 353
Winter 1836
1863.17.353
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica), Havell plate no. 59
1812; c. 1825
1863.17.59
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica), Havell plate no. 158
c. 1824; 1829
1863.17.158
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Havell plate no. 104
1821
1863.17.104
Christ (Ascension?) with Angels at Lower Right
1890s
1935.85.3.112
Christ and Two Angles, With Psalm (Possibly a study for a Christmas card)
1890s
1935.85.3.109
Chrysler Building
1996
2006.29
Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), Havell plate no. 52
1822
1863.17.52
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Z.3324
Cirro Cumulus. Houses on a Tobacco Plantation. Virginia
1830s-40s
1947.501
City Hall, New York City
c. 1831
1968.47
City Hotel, Broadway, New York City
1977.71
City Hotel, Broadway, New York City: Study for Plate 1A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
1881.3
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Havell plate no. 204
1833-34
1863.17.204
Claremont Hotel, Riverside Park, New York City
1936.925
Clarendon Hotel: Silhouette
1873
Z.2561
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), Havell plate no. 68
1820; 1825
1863.17.68
Clio
1890s
1935.85.3.101
Clio: Preparatory Sketch for a Watercolor
4 November 1878
1935.85.1.29
Cluster of Five Slender Trees
1918.320
Coco
1976
2003.38.12
Coffee Stand, Coenties Slip, New York City; verso: sketch of seated woman
1866
1943.493b
Collection of 2 lithographs
INV.14736
Colonel Henry Ludington: Silhouette
1777
Z.2526
Common Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
1863.18.24
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Havell plate no. 246
1833
1863.17.246
Common Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus), Havell plate no. 244
1821
1863.17.244
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Havell plate no. 342
c. 1832-34
1863.17.342
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), Havell plate no. 7
1825
1863.17.7
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Havell plate no. 269
c. 1835
1863.17.269
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina), Havell plate no. 182
c. 1831
1863.17.182
Common Loon (Gavia immer), Havell plate no. 306
1819?; 1833
1863.17.306
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), Havell plate no. 331
c. 1832-33
1863.17.331
Common Murre (Uria aalge), Havell plate no. 218
1833
1863.17.218
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), Havell plate no. 147
1829
1863.17.147
Common Raven (Corvus corax), Havell plate no. 101
1829
1863.17.101
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Havell plate no. 375
1833
1863.17.375
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
1821
1863.18.33
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
c. 1834
1863.17.309
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 23
1821
1863.17.23
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 24
1821
1863.17.24
Commune in Barbizon, France
1878-1883
1935.85.1.112
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), Havell plate no. 138
1829
1863.17.138
Continental Hotel, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
c. 1924
1924.136
Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
1824; c. 1824-26
1863.17.36
Copy After a Mural (by Ehrman?), Female Figure With a Vase and Plate
c. 1890
1935.85.3.79
Copy After a Mural (by Ehrman?), Female Figure with Paint Brush and Sketch Pad
c. 1890
1935.85.3.80
Copy After a Statue of a Frankish King, Fontainebleau, France
1890s
1935.85.3.143
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
1935.85.1.137
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
1935.85.1.140
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
1935.85.1.144
Copy after Japanese Manga (?)
1878-1883
1935.85.1.139
Copy After Paul Baudry's "Dream of St. Cecilia", Musee des Beaux Arts, Moulins, France
1890s
1935.85.3.100
Copy After Veronese's "Rape of Europa", Sala dell'Anticollegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
1890s
1935.85.3.117
Copy from a picture in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.121
Copy from Veronese's "Feast in the House of Levi", Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.122
Copy of "Blue Monday" by Winslow Homer
1949.306a
Copy of a battle scene, Venice, Italy
1875
1935.85.1.114
Copy of an Earlier Portrait of Baron Gaspard Gabriel De Gallatin (1758-1838)
1931
1952.371
Copy of an Earlier Portrait of Paul Michel De Gallatin (1744-1822)
1931
1952.370
Cornelia Helen Merrill (ca. 1880-1963)
1963.35
Council Chamber, City Hall, New York City: Study for Plate 9A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
1881.16
Count de Munn: Silhouette
1802-1825
Z.2429
Couple Holding Hands on a Loveseat; verso: sketches of a couple before a fireplace and a couple standing
1890s
1983.44ab
Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella), Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla), Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), Havell plate no. 402
1863.17.402
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway), Havell plate no. 161
1831
1863.17.161
Crossing the East River on Ice, New York City
1888
1937.73
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Havell plate no. 263
c. 1832-34
1863.17.263
Cuvier's Kinglet (Regulus cuvieri)?, Havell plate no. 55
1812
1863.17.55
Dancing Figure
1944
2001.103
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) and Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida), Havell plate no. 398
1836-37
1863.17.398
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Havell plate no. 13
1822
1863.17.13
David E. Wheeler: Silhouette
1820-1850
Z.2560
David Richardson: Silhouette
1780-1830
Z.2505
Daybreak. Leather-stocking's Expedient (Episode from James Fenimore Cooper's "The Prairie")
1830s-40s
1947.558
Dead Blue Jay
c. 1865
1957.94
Deborah Bache: Silhouette
1802
Z.2481
Decius Wadsworth, Esq.: Silhouette
1793
Z.2421
Deck Scene on a Hudson River Steamboat
1890
1948.618
Derwent Water, England
1855
S-139
Design for a Double-Sided Album Cover: The World's a Ghetto / WAR! / UA
1971-72
2003.38.1ab
Design for a Poster: "The Wandering Jew"
1855
1936.1017
Design for a Stained-Glass Window with St. Anthony of Padua, for a Mausoleum in St. John's Cemetery
c. 1907
N84.139
Design for a Stained-Glass Window, Bunnell Studio, Carnegie Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
c. 1923
N84.140
Design for a Window in a Private Mausoleum (Flowering Tree in Landscape with Water and Mountains)
1900-20
N84.142
Design for silkscreen
1978-79
2003.38.13
Designs for 35 Pin Bars and Ribbons for the Badges of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington
1889
Z.3377
Desirea
1880s
1935.85.3.35
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
1811
1863.18.2
Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Havell plate no. 384
1822
1863.17.384
Dining al Fresco: Study for an Illustration for
c. 1959-60
2000.831
Dog (Blenny?) Sleeping
1890s
1935.85.3.129
Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959)
c. 1940-45
1947.220
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Havell plate no. 252
1832
1863.17.252
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Havell plate no. 257
1833
1863.17.257
Double-Inclined Plane with Boat Carried to an Upper Canal Level; verso: mechanical detail drawings
1797
1976.60
Dovekie (Alle alle), Havell plate no. 339
c. 1832-33
1863.17.339
Dover Plains, New York
1918.85
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
1822
1863.17.112
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Dr. Matson Smith (c.1750-c.1820): Silhouette
c. 1800-1820
Z.2392
Dr. Nathan Webb (d. 1795): Silhouette
1792
Z.2419
Dr. Strong's Sanatorium: Silhouette
1873
Z.2562
Dr. Vannevar Bush (b. 1890)
c. 1940-45
1947.199
Dr. William Littleton Jones: Silhouette
1844
Z.2340a
Draped Female Figure with Lyre
1890
1935.85.3.120
Draped Female Figure With Lyre
1890
1935.85.3.121
Drawing & script: sketch of Gravesend...
INV.11982
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Drawing from a bound album
1878-1883
1935.85.1.75
Drawing from a bound album
1878-1883
1935.85.1.104
Drawing from a bound album
1878-1883
1935.85.1.52
Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Havell plate no. 290
c. 1834-36
1863.17.290
E.L. Robbins (1811-?)
1839
1924.18
Eagle Distillery, New York City; verso; sketch of a male profile
1849-1869
1917.19
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Havell plate no. 404
c. 1838
1863.17.404
Early Fall Scene in the Catskills, New York (verso: oval vignette with autumn landscape in the Catskills)
c. 1860-88
1951.353
Early Twilight. Kaatskill [Catskill] Landing and Mountains from the East Bank of the Hudson, New York
1830s-40s
1947.499
East Hampton from the Church Belfry
c. 1872
1980.45
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Havell plate no. 113
c. 1820-1822
1863.17.113
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Havell plate no. 79
1822
1863.17.79
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), Havell plate no. 136
1829
1863.17.136
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), Havell plate no. 120
c.1825
1863.17.120
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Havell plate no. 97
c. 1812; 1829
1863.17.97
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Havell plate no. 29
1822
1863.17.29
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
1812
1863.18.8
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Havell plate no. 115; with very faint detail sketch of bill
1829
1863.17.115
Eight Male Anatomical and Figure Studies
1878-1883
1935.85.1.100
Eighteenth-Century Sledding Scene
S-122
Eleanor Ramsay: Silhouette
1790-1840
Z.2434
Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798)
c. 1797
1833.1
Eliza Cruger: Silhouette
1826-1840
Z.2432
Eliza Livingston: Silhouette
1790-1840
Z.2436
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
1770-1800
Z.2576
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
1770-1800
Z.2578
Elizabeth Hill: Silhouette
1859
Z.2611
Ellen Mills: Silhouette
1859
Z.2635b
Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey (12)
1852
1912.45L
Emma Mills: Silhouette
1859
Z.2635a
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Cyane" and H.B.M. Sloop-of-War "Levant"
c. 1815
1925.136
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Guerri
c. 1812
1963.160
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"
1812-13
1971.124
Engagement Between the U.S.S. "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Guerriere"
after 1816
1939.597
Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni by Verrocchio, Venice, Italy, after Bonington
1878-1883
1935.85.1.81
Equestrian Statue of King George III, Bowling Green, New York City
c. 1912
1923.118
Equestrian Statue of King George III, Bowling Green, New York City
1912
1923.113
Equestrian Statue of Simon Bolivar, Central Park, New York; verso: studies of children playing and an female adult
c. 1945-65
1974.62
Erie Canal and Mohawk River Near Little Falls, New York
c. 1830-32
1918.48
Erie Canal, New York
1831
1967.6
Escape of H.M.S. "Belvidera" from the U.S. Frigate "President"
after 1816
1939.598
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis), Havell plate no. 208
1833
1863.17.208
Eternal Rest
2002
2002.67.1
European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), Havell plate no. 340
1831
1863.17.340
Euterpe, the Fourth of Beckwith's Nine Muses
1878-1883
1935.85.1.32
Eva Amelia Parker (1853-1923): Silhouette
1900-1920
Z.2607
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) and Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), Havell plate no. 373
1836-37
1863.17.373
Evening Twilight Bow looking S.E. Light Houses on the Highlands of Neversink [Navasink], New Jersey
1830s-40s
1947.560
Evolution of artist's signature/tag with notes
1974
2003.38.11
Fair American Indian Man of the Buffalo Tribe, Canisteo, New York
1808
1953.219
Fall View on the Hudson River, New York
1880
1950.382
Federal Banquet Pavilion in 1788, New York City
after 1788
1864.17
Female Nude, Covering Face, With Left Arm Extended
1890s
1935.85.3.111
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), Havell plate no. 139
1829
1863.17.139
Figure Studies (after Tintoretto?)
c. 1874
1935.85.1.10
Figure Studies: Five Sketches of Women and Babies
1878-1883
1935.85.1.98
Fireman at Ground Zero
2001
2001.237
First Glimpse of the Union Camp
1862
1945.580.96
First New York Merchants' Exchange, Wall Street, New York City
c. 1828-29
1910.59
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus), Havell plate no. 146
1829
1863.17.146
Five Portraits of North American Indians
1859
1941.1210
Five Sketches of a Bullfight, Burgos, Spain
1880
1935.85.1.42
Five Sketches of a Sleeping Child
1880s
1935.85.3.54
Five Sketches of Dogs and Cats
August 15, 1886
1935.85.3.25
Five studies of a child
1878-1883
1935.85.1.147
Five Studies of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
c. 1942-1945
1947.200
Flight into Egypt
1878-1883
1935.85.1.70
Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), Study for Havell pl. no. 87
1829
1863.17.87
Flower Studies
1953.266
Foot of Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Havell plate no. 241
1832
1863.18.28
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), Study for Havell pl. no. 168
1832
1863.17.168
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) and Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui), Havell plate no. 409
1821; 1838
1863.17.409
Fort Clinton, New York City
1814
1889.25
Fort Fish and Fort Clinton, McGown's Pass, New York City
1814
1889.12
Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery, New York City
1814
1889.15
Fort Richmond and Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, New York
c. 1836
1926.83
Fort Stevens and Mill Rock from Hallett's Point Tower, Long Island, New York City
1814
1889.18
Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina
1863
X.447
foryoumoh
1999
2003.38.5
Four Merchants Ships and Three Boats from La Rochelle, France
18th century ?
1954.151
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Four Sketches from Travels in Egypt
1890s
1935.85.3.146
Four sketches of Maggie Drum's baby
1878-1883
1935.85.1.148
Four Studies from the Naples Museum: Standing Female Figure; "B
1878-1883
1935.85.1.3
Four Studies of Heads in Profile
1842
1956.242
Four Studies of Maggie Keenan
1878-1883
1935.85.1.64
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), Havell plate no. 108
1824
1863.17.108
Fragmentary Profile Portrait of Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
1842
1957.83
Fraktur: "Christian Kaupp", Certificate of Birth and Baptism
c. 1775
1937.1809
Frances Perkins (1882-1965)
c. 1940-45
1947.182
Francine Salmon? (-)
2000.829
Francois-Marie Arout de Voltaire (1694-1778) and Madame Marie-Louise Mignot Denis (1712-1790)
?1758-70
1880.10
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)
c. 1945
1947.219
Frontispiece with Trompe l'Oeil Stack of Three Drawings of Trees; from the disassembled "Schroon Lake Sketchbook"
1837
1918.86
Full-length Portrait of a Woman in Classical Dress (Maggie Keenan?)
1880s
1935.85.3.6
G. S. Woodhull: Silhouette
1800-1830
Z.2572
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
1863.18.17
Gadwall (Anas strepera), Havell plate no. 348
c. 1832-34
1863.17.348
Gateway, Volterra, Italy; verso: landscape sketch
1860
1932.195
General David Hunter (1802-1886) on Horseback
c. 1864
1904.10
General George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959)
c. 1945
1947.179
General Jubal A. Early, C.S.G. (1816-1894) Resting and Drinking at the Battle of Rutherford Farm, Virginia
1864
1904.6
General Sherman's Troops Shooting Bloodhounds
1861-65
1945.580.5
Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York: Study for an Engraving
c. 1836-37
1900.9
Genre Scene with Young Girl Knitting
S-118
Genre Scene: Two Seated Men with a Pair of Bird Carcasses and a Dog in an Interior; Three Vignettes; and a Study of Dentures; verso: studies of four heads, a hand, and figures including a woman writing watched by a man wearing a hat and spectacles
c. 1810-1822
1956.246
George Griswold (1777-1859): Silhouette
1843
Z.2342
George Henry Remsen (1768-1804)
ca. 1795-1800
1954.139
George James Cornell (c. 1821-1857)
1856
1944.143
George James Cornell (c. 1821-1857): Silhouette
1840
Z.2399
George V. Denny Jr. (1899-1958)
2009.46
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
1921.39
George Washington (1732-1799): Silhouette
1791-1813
1924.22
Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986)
c. 1940-45
1947.236
Getrude McCurdy
1879
1935.85.1.33
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus), Havell plate no. 396
c. 1836
1863.17.396
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Havell plate no. 387
c. 1836-37
1863.17.387
Going Home (Near Bloomingdale's at the 59th Street Elevated Station), New York City
c. 1946
1976.11
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Havell plate no. 181
1833
1863.17.181
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Havell plate no. 183
1831
1863.17.183
Governor William Burnet (1688-1729)
c. 1725
1953.46
Gracie Mansion, New York
1928
1928.86
Gracie Mansion, New York City
c. 1860
X.505
Graffiti design
1990
2003.38.10
Grand View Hotel, New York City
1900-10
1916.26
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Havell plate no. 130
1812
1863.17.130
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), Havell plate no. 128
1822
1863.17.128
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), Havell plate no. 107
1829
1863.17.107
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis), Havell plate no. 170
1832
1863.17.170
Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), Havell plate no. 341
c. 1834-36
1863.17.341
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Havell plate no. 241
1832
1863.17.241
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 211
1821; 1834
1863.17.211
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 281
1832
1863.17.281
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Havell plate no. 266
1833; 1834
1863.17.266
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), Study for Havell pl. no. 129
c. 1824
1863.17.129
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Havell plate no. 292; two sketches of a foot
1835
1863.17.292
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
1821
1863.18.29
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
c. 1831
1863.18.30
Great Egret (Ardea alba), Havell plate no. 386
1832
1863.17.386
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Havell plate no. 351
c. 1834-1836
1863.17.351
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Havell plate no. 61
1814; after 1821
1863.17.61
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Female
c. 1554-1564
1889.10.2.39
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Havell plate no. 186
1824
1863.17.186
Creative: Tronvig Group