VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON NORD-AMERIKA

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.182

Description

Colored engraving of New York City Hall surrounded by a series of scenes: in center of page is W. H. Bartlett's "The Park and City Hall, New York"; above the scene, starting in center, is printed, "City Hall, Records Office, Tammany Hall, Brick-Church, Park Theater"; below the scene on far left is printed "Broadway"; in center is printed the title in German, "Das Stadthaus in New-York"; on right is printed "Chatam Row"; below the scene, on right is a scene of the "Grand Turk" steamboat docked on the side of a river; below the scene is printed "Am Mississipi [On the Mississipi]"; to the left, on bottom center of page, are two small scenes; above is a Native American on horseback, holding a bow and arrow and chasing a buffalo; below the scene is printed "Büffeljagd. [Buffalo Hunt]"; below is a Native American holding a rope that is tied around a grey horse's next as the horse pulls in the opposite direction; below is printed "Das Einfangen wilder Pferde [The Capture of a Wild Horse]"; to the left of these scenes, in bottom left of page, is a log cabin surrounded by trees; there are cows and a wagon and a man in a rowboat on a pond in the front yard; beneath the scene is printed "Ein Blockhaus. [A Log Cabin]"; above is a scene in which a group of Native American stand in a circle, smoking pipes and pointing to a man who is in the center, tied to a rail; the main in the middle also has a pipe and has an arrow in his thigh; there is a fire burning at the man's feet; below the scene is printed "Tödtung eines canadischen Kriegsgefangenen. [The Killing of a Canadian Captive of War]"; above is a scene of pioneers moving along a dirt road; the men cary whips and guns and walk alongside horses and oxen that pull the two wagons; the wagons are filled with possessions, one is covered; a woman sits on a mule; a dog walks next to the horse; below the scene is printed "Auswanderung nach dem Westen. [Emigration to the West]"; above, in top left corner of page; is a landscape of a river surrounded by low hills and filled with wide, flat islands; below is printed "Ueberschwemmung des Mississippi [Flood of the Mississippi]"; to the right, in top center of page, is a small scene of Native Americans wearing snowshoes and ceremonial garb, walking around staves decorated with feathers and snowshoes; below is printed "Der Schneeschuh Tanz. [The Snowshoe Dance]"; to the right, in top right of pages; is a view of Niagara Falls with two figures on an outcropping of rock in the foreground; below is printed "Der Niagara Fall. [Niagara Falls]"; below, is Jacques Milbert's "Anabaptist Sermon"; a group of figures surround a platform in the woods and listen to a sermon; below is printed the title in German, "Predigt eines Wedertäufers"; below is a scene of Native Americans holding spears and bows and arrows on horseback; the foremost man rides the side of his horse instead of the back; below is printed, "Kämpfende Kamantschen. [Fighting Kamantschens]"; above the scenes, in top center of page, is printed, "Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika. [United States of North America]".

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolor

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jacques Gérard Milbert

Attribution

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1845

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12-1/4 in

Width

14-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (31.1 x 37.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Writing in pencil, top right; vertical crease, center; crease is slightly torn at bottom; fingerprint, bottom left; black mark, top right; slightly soiled throughout; recto is slightly soiled; back of crease reinforced with strip of mending material; writing in pencil, bottom right; hinged to mat with two pieces of adhesive taop along top edge.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.21 - Engraving - Similar item L.2007.122 - Print - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #41 Written in pencil on mat is "£70 + VAT"

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B10

Note Type

Department

Note

Library