ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK--BRINGING IN THE OLD DUTCH WEATHER-COCK.

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK--BRINGING IN THE OLD DUTCH WEATHER-COCK.

Entry/Object ID

L.2012.4

Description

Engraving of St. Nicholas Society ceremony; standing men fill room; weathervane carried by one figure toward center table; group of men stand behind long table; figure playing trumpet stands between table and weathervane; candelabras set on table; bottles and wine glasses; table in foreground with grapes, long pipes, glasses and bottle; at bottom center printed, "ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK--BRINGING IN THE OLD DUTCH WEATHER-COCK.--DRAWN BY E. A. ABBEY.--[SEE PAGE 1031.]"; at right side printed vertically from top, "1032", "HARPER'S WEEKLY.", "[DECEMBER 29, 1877."; at bottom left penciled, "6-"; print on verso.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edwin Austin Abbey

Attribution

Artist

Manufacturer

Harper's Weekly

Date made

Dec 29, 1877

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

15-13/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (27.3 x 40.2 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper is yellowed especially at edges; light diagonal crease at top right corner, 1/4 inch ding at center of top edge.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

This object was accessioned in 2012, but it was acquired earlier [Jessa J. Krick, 4/12/2012]. In an untitled article "Here some are some 'Recollections of Washington Irving' from L. Gaylord Clark..." the following passage appears: "I recollect at one of the anniversary dinners of the St. Nicholas Society--of which I was a member, and a steward through his nomination--that Mr. Irving....took the opportunity to liberate from a green baize bag and present to the society a robustious gilt weathercock, which had been given to him by a lady in whose family it had been preserved from generation to generation--a genuine relic of New Amstersdam, which had surmounted its Stadt [sic] House in the time of the Dutch dynasty. 'I was building my house in the country at the time,' said Mr. Irving, 'with crow-step gables, surmounted by weather-cocks, in the good old Dutch style, and the lady thought it would be an appropriate decoration..." (see Object File for copy of this undated article, c. 1859).

Note Type

General Note

Note

Washington Irving was a member of the St. Nicholas Society. http://www.saintnicholassociety.org

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StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B7

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Department

Note

Library