Leisure Hours

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Leisure Hours

Entry/Object ID

W 247

Description

Brown leather band album of scenic drawings, title stamped on cover in gilt and in capital letters, approximately 70 vignettes of scenes in North America and England rendered in ink, all inscriptions handwritten; tissue paper protects each drawing; page numbers within brackets appear in upper right corner; page one inscription "Commenced in New York February 1864. / Finished in New York May 1868. / Bound in Paris Jan. 1878;" page 2 title page "LEISURE / HOURS / EVIE A. TODD" in ornate script and scrolling decoration; page 3 title "American Views" with eagle on flag and four vignettes of "View of Lake George, N.Y.," "Rocky Towers- Upper Mississippi R. / Iowa.," "Cascade Bridge, N.Y. / 250 ft. long, 184 ft. h.-" and "Kaaterskill Falls / Catskill Mts. N.Y.," page 4 title "American Views Continued" and four vignettes of "Monument Mountain, Mass.", "Caldwell, Lake George, N.Y.," "Mount Tom- Mass." and "The Outlet of Lake George;" page 5 title "American Views / Continued" with four vignettes "On the Juniata- Penn." "Sandstone Bluffs. L. Superior," "The Passaic Falls, N.J." and "View on Lake Champlain;" page 6 title "American Views / Continued" with four vignettes of "Scene on the Kentucky River," "On the Tennesse River- Tenn.," "Scene in the Blue Ridge, N.C." and "On the French Broad River, N.C.;" page 7 title "American Views / Continued" with four vignettes of "Eutaw Springs, S.C.," "The Natural Bridge Virginia / (looking up)," "View on the Savannah R.- GA." and "Jefferson's Rock-Harper's Ferry / Verginia(sic);" page 8 title "American Views / Continued" with four vignettes of "Lake Winnipiseogee- N.H.," "Trenton Falls-N.Y." "Falls of St. Anthony- Minnesota," and "Trenton Falls, N.Y.;" page 9 title "American Views / Continued" with four vignettes of "Table Mountain, S.C." "The Falls of Toccoa- / near Clarksville, GA." "The Keowee R.- S.C.," and "Entrance to Magnolia Cemetery / Charleston, S.C.," page ten title "Niagra / Falls," with four vignettes of "Niagra River looking towards L. Ontario," "Whirlpool near Niagra," "Terrapin Tower of Horse Shoe Fall," and "Table Rock;" page eleven title "Niagra / Falls," with four vignettes of "Niagra River below the Falls," "Horse Shoe Fall," "Three Sisters of Goat Island from Canada Side," "American Falls;" page 12 title "Views on the Hudson" with one vignette "Its Source, in the Adirondack Pass," a scene with annotation '(copy from Kensett.)'; page 13 title "Views on the Hudson" with four vignettes of "Fort Montgomery Creek / near West Point," "The Indian Falls / near Cold Spring," "The Broeken Kill / near Peekskill," and "The Buttermilk Falls, near West Point;" page 14 title "Views on the Hudson" with four vignettes of "Washington Heights looking North," "The Highlands below Newbury(sic)," "Haverstraw Bay from Tarrytown," and "The Highlands from West Point;" page 15 title "Tarrytown" with four vignettes of "The André Monument / Nov. 1865," "View West from Prospect Hill / June 1864," "View South from Prospect Hill / Aug. 14, 1864," and "Prospect Hill Observatory / August 1864;" page 16 title "Esprit-donné / 1866 / Tarrytown" with four vignettes of "Front View," "South Side," "East View" and "North Side;" page 17 title "Sleepy-Hollow / Tarrytown / Sketched August 1865" showing Dutch Church, bridge, mill pond and dam; page 18 title "Sleepy Hollow / Tarrytown" with four vignettes of "The Old Dutch Church. Built in 1699 / Sketched May 28th, 1864," "The Bridge over the Pocantico / Sketched Aug. 30th, 1865," "The Pocantico Rapids / Sketched Aug. 1865" and "Pocantico Mill, Built in 1690 / Sketched August 30th, 1865" (Philipsburg Manor); page 19 title "Sleepy Hollow / Tarrytown" with four vignettes of "Croton Aqueduct over the Pocantico Creek / Sketched Aug. 28, 1865," "View on the Pocantico / May 1865," "The Old Ice House on the Upper Pocantico / Sept. 17, 1865" and "The Pocantico Button Factory / Aug. 1865;" page 20 title "Sunnyside / March 1866" with four vignettes of "The Entrance," "The Cottage- South View," "The Ice House" and "The Cottage North View;" page 21 title "West Point" with five vignettes of "Kosciuszko's Garden," "Ruins of Fort Putnam, as Seen from Fort Webb / 1778," "Kosciuszko's Monument from Fort Putnam," "View from Fort Clinton looking north" and "View from Constitution Island;" page 22 title "Idle-Wild" with five vignettes of "The Cottage- East Front," "View from the Piazza," "View from the Meadow," "The Entrance- 'Pig Tight Gate'" and "The Cottage- South Front;" page 23 title "Among the Catskills" with four vignettes of "The Fawn's Leap," "On the Kawterskill, near Palensville," "Rip Van Winkle's Cabin" and "Entrance to the Catskills;" page 24 title "Spring Hill & Vernon Cottage" with two vignettes of "Mobile Alabama 1839" and "Brookline Mass. 1856;" page 25 title "Exeter" with four vignettes "The Old Homestead / Sept. 12, 1867," "View up the Squamscutt / Sept. 17, 1867," "View from the Piazza / Sept. 10, 1867" and "View down the Squamscutt / Sept. 11, 1867"; page 26 title "Shakespeare" with four vignettes of "Birthplace in 1769," "Anne Hathaway's Cottage," " Birthplace in 1850," "Schoolhouse in 1840;" page 27 title "Waverly Illustrated" with five vignettes of "Castle of Ellangowan Guy Mannering," "Ruins of Saint Ruth Antiquory," "Ravenswood Castle Bride of Lammermoor," "Craigethan Old Mortality," and "Tully Veolan Waverly;" page 28 title "Waverly Illustrated" with five vignettes of "Castle of Sodor or Halm Peel," "Castle of Peronne Quentin Durward," "Burgh Westra the Pirate," "Plessis-les Tous Quentin Durward" and "Ruins of Kenilworth Gateway;" page 29 title with five vignettes of "Glendeary The Monastery," "Lochleven Castle the Abbot," "Warwick Castle Kenilworth," "Castle of Torquilstone Ivanhoe" and "Old Iverary- Legend of Montrose; album continues until page 47; some of the reverse of pages are annotated with dates; marblized papers at front and back.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Evie A. Todd

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Feb 1864 - May 1868

Notes

Dates: January 1878

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.98.4

SH 8668

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

1-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (31.8 x 26.7 x 3.5 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink, Leather, Gilt

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Splits along spine 2" at top front, 1" at bottom front, all corners quite worn, wear on back of surface.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Rockefeller Archive, Storage

Note Type

Department

Note

Library