Print

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.2013.22

Description

Photolithographic print of elderly bearded man with left arm raised, his right arm gripping the shoulders of a young woman who embraces him; man looks up, mouth agape, and wears jacket, vest, short ragged pants and tattered boots; the woman wears a long dress with cap-sleeved bodice trimmed with dark bands and light-colored full undersleeves, her hair in a long single braid; ornate fireplace, carpet-covered table, carved quasi-Windsor chair, Persian-style rugs in the background; marked at lower right in image field: "COPYRIGHT, 1894/ BY B. J. FALK. N. Y."

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Benjamin Jake Falk

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1894

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GX67-351

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-1/16 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23 x 16.5 cm)

Material

Ink on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Some transfer of ink overall, front and back; pinhole above image upper right; brown foxing at left edge near top; pinhole at bottom right; scattered black flecks; old staining from adhesive at right upper and lower corners on back.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905)

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Accessioned in 2013, acquired earlier [Jessa J. Krick, 10/21/2013]. Appears to be Joseph Jefferson in his role of Rip Van Winkle after the elapsed years with his daughter, now grown up [Jessa J. Krick, 10/21/2013].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13D

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial