Collection Highlights
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
c. 1827
X.520[dup]
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Paintings
Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
Title
Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
Date
1912
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 8.3 cm )
Credit Line
Bequest of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr.
Object Number
1953.293
Marks
Signed: at the bottom:"Alyn Williams pinx/1912"
Engarved: on back of frame"A.W.S/from/A.V.H.S./ December, 1912"
Gallery Label
The subject was the younger son of Gerard Stuyvesant and Susan Rivington (Van Horne) Stuyvesant. He attended Columbia College and was a member of the Union, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan, Tuxedo, Country, and New York Yacht clubs and of the St. Nicholas Society.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
