GENERAL P.V. CORTLANDT'S SURVEY/OF HIS MANSION & OUT HOUSES ETC.
Entry/Object ID
L.2004.3
Description
Bird's eye view watercolored drawing of estate (mansion and outbuildings) in shades of pink, blue, yellow, green and brown: "1" a 3-story brick mansion with end chimneys, blue roof, windows, large front door and blue steps; two small blue outbuildings located close (behind) mansion; roughly rectangular garden marked "13" bisected by two paths with gate and brick outbuiding marked "12"; blue buildings "4"-"8" behind mansion to viewer's right; well marked "10" also behind mansion as is"11," a circular landscape feature; "orchard" marked by a row of trees, to viewer's right; in front of house, gate and long drive bisected by circle and semi-circle; well "9" inside circle; row of trees on either side of the drive; estate bound on viewer's left by "Hill Road" and at bottom by "Turn Pike;" to viewer's right of mansion: "General P.V. Cortlandt's Survey / of his Mansion & out houses, Etc. / Mansion house No. 1 - 50 ft by 25 ft / Kitchen... No 2 - 30 by 16 (?) ft - / Coach House No 3 (28 by ?) / Ditto Do... 4- / Cyder Mill House 5 - / Stable for Coults (sic)... 6 - / Small Barn... 7- / Large Do 8 - 40 by 40 / a Well... No. 9 / Do... 10 - / a Circus... 11 - / Smoke & Ice Houses... 12 - / Garden... No . 13 -;" stylized compass of C- and S- curves pointing north; in lower left "Scale 1 (illegible)." On reverse in pencil "A Map of my / House & Out / Houses at Peekskill -."
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Maker
Date made
circa 1840
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
(See Description)
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Map 76 b
V 2414
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
12-13/16 in
Width
15-1/2 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 13/16 x 15 1/2 in. (32.5 x 39.4 cm)
Material
Paper (laid), ink, Watercolor
Condition
Notes
Remarks: This object has been conserved. At one time folded into eight sections, the paper broke along fold lines. The original paper has been attached to a rice paper backing for support. Tears have been repaired as well (refer to conservation notes).
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt II
Notes
Former owner
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28A