Drawing

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Drawing

Entry/Object ID

VC.2016.1

Description

Sepia-tone highly-detailed drawing of Van Cortlant manor house from the southeast; low shrubbery in foreground; road curves along front of house; large tree at the right, with two narrowly trimmed shorter trees at far right; latticework of porch covers entire lower floor; vines and shubbery in front of house; enclosed two-story shed-roof addition on right side of house with chimney, two staircases extending to front and to east from the right front corner of porch; gazebo or partially trellised structure in distance at right side, along path; bank with root cellar door at far right; at center bottom, in ink: "Van Cortlandt Manor House"; at middle, right, in pencil: "By B. Lossing"; at lower right, in ink: "1860"; on obverse, in pencil; "Return to Helen Lossing Johnson/ 16 Amackassin Terrace/ Yonkers, N.Y."; in center, rough pencil sketch of manor house, reverse orientation of sketch on front (stairs on the left side)

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Benson Lossing

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1860

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8 in

Width

9-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 x 9 3/8 in. (20.3 x 23.8 cm)

Material

Pencil and watercolor on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Dark and discolored overall with darker border at left margin; small loss and crease at lower left corner; some waterdrop marks, and evidence of wood acid burn from non-archival framing at some point in the past; also probably not high-quality paper.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Helen Lossing Johnson

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Margaret Sweet Johnson

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Manor

Notes

Subject

Related Entries

Notes

SS.2016.1 - Drawing - Related

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Donor received drawing from granddaugther of Benson Lossing, and provided the artist's attribution. Possibly a sketch related to preparatory work for Lossing's The Hudson from the Wilderness to the Sea. [Jessa J. Krick, 3/23/2016].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial