ICE-BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.213

Description

Photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph of iceboats and a train traveling along a river: a frozen river is bordered on the right by rocky hills covered with pine trees and on the left by traintracks at the bottom of a sloping, nearly treeless hill; two iceboats with white sails are in the foreground and a third is in the distance; there are men wearing heavy coats and hats on each of the boats; below the scene on far right is printed, "REPRINTED FROM LITH. BY CURRIER & IVES"; below in center the title is printed, "ICE-BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolor

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nathaniel Currier

Attribution

Lithographer

Manufacturer

James Merritt Ives

Date made

circa 1940

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

L.2007.186

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11-3/8 in

Width

15-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (28.9 x 38.7 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Edges are slightly irregularly cut; crease, top left.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #4

Note Type

General Note

Note

Label on removed plastic says "#16, Ice-Boating on the Hudson, 1940's Portfolio Print".

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B9

Note Type

Department

Note

Library