Collection Highlights
Armchair
1856-1857
1857.11
Oak
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Drawings
An Ulster County Cottage Scene, N.Y.
Title
An Ulster County Cottage Scene, N.Y.
Date
1876
Medium
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. ( 19 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description
Genre/landscape
Credit Line
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number
1950.380a
Marks
signature and date: lower right: "Wm. R. Miller/ 1876"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/"An Ulster County Cottage Scene"/Composed May 10th 1876/7 1/2 x 4 1/2 Pt. 30 x 18"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller / 1876."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite (crossed out): "No 1000 Gems. / "An Ulster County Cottage Scene" / Composed May 10th. 1876. / 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 Pt 30 x 18.'; various annotations outside image
Gallery Label
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape. With this study is a published proof in line, reduced to a width of 4 1/2 inches.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
