Van Brunt Homestead

James Ryder van Brunt

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

James Ryder van Brunt (American, 1820–1916). Van Brunt Homestead, ca. 1865. Opaque and transparent watercolor and graphite on wove paper mounted to pulpboard, 14 3/4 x 18 in. (37.5 x 45.7 cm) Frame: 18 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. (45.7 x 61 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Miriam Godofsky, 1999.112. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Van Brunt Homestead

Date

ca. 1865

Medium

Opaque and transparent watercolor and graphite on wove paper mounted to pulpboard

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

14 3/4 x 18 in. (37.5 x 45.7 cm) Frame: 18 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. (45.7 x 61 x 3.8 cm)

Inscriptions

Inscribed on cardboard backing on frame: "An early view of rural Bklyn. / "The Van Brunt Homestead" / At Lip Denton's Mill, at the water's edge / By James Rider Van Brunt 1820-1913"

Credit Line

Bequest of Miriam Godofsky

Accession Number

1999.112

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