Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
Object name
Woodwork from Beekman mansion
Date
1763
Medium
Pine
Dimensions
a: 101 x 76 in. ( 256.5 x 193 cm )
b: 68 x 44 1/2 in. ( 172.7 x 113 cm )
c: 68 x 45 in. ( 172.7 x 114.3 cm )
d: 68
Description
Pine woodwork from the Blue Room of the Beekman mansion; mantel (a) and three window frames (b-d).
Credit Line
Gift of Gerard Beekman
Object Number
1911.93a-d
Gallery Label
This woodwork is from Mount Pleasant, the country house built by James Beekman in 1763 at what is now 51st Street and the East River. The house was demolished in 1874.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.