Name/Title
PETER STUYVESANT'S ARMY ENTERING NEW AMSTERDAMEntry/Object ID
SS.91.2Description
Lithograph, showing a procession in rows, early inhabitants of New York grouped by families: oriented with long side as horizontal image within rectangle with Greek corners.
Image: cut out and pasted to ground paper; engraving of parade of New Yorkers towards the left into city gates: man with back pointing left arm in air waving tricorn hat, right arm with cane to support right peg-leg; man trumpets as parade passes; from left: three obese men with pole of crossed two-tined fork, knife behind plate; man with long pipe and hand in pocket; among group with barrel marked "CIDER" on a pole; three men on horseback, one in foreground holding banner marked "PELTRY" with trap at top, two rodents dangling on sides; two men with feathers in cap, one in background holds nest with eggs on pole; tall thin men with batches of rush; three men with large roses holding tall necked bottles with bulbous bottoms; row of men with raised rakes, foremost one with melon with plumes and one with smoke on a sign board and rabbit hanging from one ear; row of men making faces in front of banner which reads "SING SING"; three men holding pipes; man holding pole with two dead geese; Hudson River in the background. Two windmill tops behind city walls, roughly sketched.
Inside at angle in foreground: "N. Farrow" in script. Text describing characters across botton: "First of all came the Van Brummels, the first/ inventors of suppawn or Mush and Milk. The Van Klotens of Kaatskill/ Horrible quaffers of New Cider; The Van Pelts, mighty hunters of Minks and Muskrats; The Van Nests of Kinderhook,/ valiant robbers of birds nests. The Van Higgenbottoms, armed with/ ferules and birchen rods--being a race of/ schoolmasters. the Van Grolls, of/ Anthony's nose. The Gardiners, robbers of water/ melons and smokers of Rabbits.Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, Paper, InkCollection
Sunnyside Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William HeathAttribution
ArtistManufacturer
Sarony & MajorDate made
circa 1850Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
FramedHeight
17-3/8 inWidth
35-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 17 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (44.1 x 89.5 cm)Dimension Description
ObjectHeight
11-1/8 inWidth
29-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 29 1/4 in. (28.3 x 74.3 cm)Condition
Notes
Overall Analysis: Northeast Document Conservation Center, Andover, MA, September 9, 1991. See object file for full report.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Irving FamilyNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #12.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 8