OLD RIP VAN WINKLE RETURNS HOME

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

OLD RIP VAN WINKLE RETURNS HOME

Entry/Object ID

SS.64.560

Description

Watercolor of pen and ink sketch of elderly Rip Van Winkle returning to his house: (paper glued to cardboard panel); exterior: to right, distant view of mountains, river; to left, remains of stone wall with door caved in, revealing interior; window without panes, weeds growing; through cracks in wooden floor, more weeds growing around exterior of door, black dog on door looks at old man with long white hair and beard, standing in center, wearing tattered clothes and hat, stockings in shreds, open toed shoes, holding decrepit long gun; lightly watercolored within ink outlines.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Paper, ink, watercolor

Subject Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1848

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

8-7/8 in

Width

10-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (22.5 x 27.6 cm)

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

17-3/4 in

Width

20-1/4 in

Depth

3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 3/4 in. (45.1 x 51.4 x 1.9 cm)

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Notes

Illustrator

Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Notes

Subject

Related Entries

Notes

SS.64.557 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.558 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.559 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.561 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.562 - Drawing - Part of set SS.2018.19 - Booklet - Related

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Purchased from Old Print Shop, 1961 - $300 for 6 drawings. For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #19.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 5