Drawing

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Drawing

Entry/Object ID

SS.80.9

Description

Mock-up layout for illustration of Derrick Van Bummel and townsmen, including Rip Van Winkle: figure of Van Bummel sitting with legs crossed at the knees on three-legged stool while reading aloud from a newspaper or some other printed material; he wears a "Pilgrim-style" black hat with buckle, spectacles, a great coat trimmed in buttons with side cuffs, breeches with a patch on one knee, puttees which button up almost to the knee and shoes; papers are stuffed into the pocket of his coat; seven townsmen, including Rip with coonskin cap, neckerchief and clay pipe, listen to Van Bummel; the first row contains four men, three with hats and all smoking claypipes; behind them are three men; smoke surrounds them all; below these men is the text, lines are drawn and various words sketched in strongest are "Derrick Van Bummel, the Schoolmaster,/a dapper learned little man, who was/not to be daunted by the most gigantic/word in the dictionary; and now sag-/ely they would deliberate upon/public events some months after they had taken place."; signed "Victor Perard" under sketch of men.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Victor Semon Perard

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1933

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SP 2268

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (29.2 x 36.2 cm)

Material

Paper, ink, Pencil

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Surface dirt.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

SS.80.5 - Book, Mock-up - Part of set SS.80.6 - Drawing - Part of set SS.80.7 - Drawing - Part of set SS.80.8 - Drawing - Part of set SS.80.10 - Drawing - Part of set SS.80.11 - Drawing - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Bellwood Library, Not specified