Name/Title
MAP OF VALUABLE PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE VAN CORTLANDT MANOR ESTATE IN THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT, WESTCHESTER CO. NEW YORKEntry/Object ID
L.2004.145Description
Lithographed, watercolored map, pasted on linen, of the Van Cortlandt Manor estate in Cortlandt, New York; title appears in lower left corner as follows: "MAP OF VALUABLE PROPERTY / belonging to the / VAN CORTLANDT MANOR ESTATE / in the Town of / CORTLANDT, WESTCHESTER CO. / NEW YORK;" scale appears below title; "Miller's Lith. Trinity Pl. cor. Of Thames St. N.Y." appears in lower left corner; "Tarrytown, February 28 1857 / Ward Carpenter, / Surveyor." appears at bottom, just right of the scale; map runs from the "HUDSONS (sic) RIVER" along the top, manor land, divided into numbered plots, with acreage noted, in the middle and "CROTON BAY" and "CROTON RIVER" along the bottom; "LAND OF WILLIAM UNDERHILL" runs along the left side; other features include areas marked "HEIRS OF WIDOW LENT," "PHILIP C.VAN WYCK," "LAND OF WILLIAM UNDERHILL," and "Heis (sic) of Armenia Cox;" "Orchard," "Van Cortlandt / Manor House," "Carriage House," "School House," "Burying Ground," "BRIDGE," " Brick Kilns," "Pit Shed," "Road to Underhill Point," "Road to Covered Bridge;" buildings are outlined, trees are indicted; an inset chart of acreage appears in middle left side; paint is green; map is bordered by two thin black lines with a thick black line in between; reverse has "Croton River / & / Manor House / Property" written in ink on reverse upper right side.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Miller's Lith.Date made
1857Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
21 inWidth
32-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 21 x 32 1/4 in. (53.3 x 81.9 cm)Material
Paper (laid), ink, Watercolor, LinenCondition
Notes
Remarks: Paper map pasted on linen; split down the center vertically; center part torn and folded back but still intact; heavily creased and torn in many places with the linen showing through; edges chipped and linen frayed; dark brown stain in center of left side; more stains in title area; reverse linen side is heavily stained and creased with vertical and horizontal fold marks very apparent; much surface dirt, staining and foxing throughout.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ward CarpenterNotes
SurveyorGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28DNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library