Irving House Waltzes

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Irving House Waltzes

Entry/Object ID

SS.2004.12

Description

Cover of sheet music: lithograph of several small vignettes; at top center inside oval is pre-revolutionary costumed man in bicorne hat and long tunic standing with cane at a table with man seated in chair on other side; above oval on each side is profile of man blowing bugle on left with larger image of head view of male Dutch caricature; other side also has profile of man standing and holding out document with a larger image of a head view of male Dutch caricature smoking long pipe; below large oval at top is vignette of man seated at table smoking long pipe and on other side in circular vignette is man seated in front of fireplace and smoking long pipe; in center is wide vignette of houses and buildings with water and boats "New Amsterdam 1659;" below are three vignettes, left one shows men dancing, tree and man with horn instrument; in center is church with steeple; on right are two men running horses; along bottom writing "Lith. of G. & W. Endicott, Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by William Hall & Son in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York, 22 John St. New York;" below "Respectfully Dedicated To D.D. Howard Esqr. / Proprieter of the Irving House Corner of Broadway and Chambers Street / New York / Published by William Hall & Son, 239 Broadway (opposite The Park), 25 cts nett."; framed and matted in modern wood frame and plexiglas, floating in beige mat.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

William Hall & Son

Date made

1849

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

13 in

Width

9-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 x 9 3/4 in. (33 x 24.8 cm)

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

26-3/8 in

Width

21-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 26 3/8 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (67 x 55.2 x 2.7 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slightly discolored throughout, particularly around edges; few dark smudges throughout.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 4 Slot 05

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial