Print

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.15

Description

Bust-length portrait of man, headed turned slightly PR; wavy hair, brushed forward, with short sideburns; standing collar with cravat; asymmetical fur collar on outer garment; gray fine line ground with thin border; printed at CB: "Engd. by W. G. Jackson"; printed facsimile signature: "Washington Irving"; printed at CB: "N. Y. D.Appleton & Co."; handwritten, lower left in pencil: "Lisli" [?].

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William G. Jackman

Attribution

Artist

Manufacturer

D. Appleton & Company

Date made

1850 - 1880

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-1/4 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (26 x 17.1 cm)

Material

Ink on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Heavily foxed; deep tear at CT; torn from a book, so PL side is ragged with tears, one deeper, extending into image field; brown stains to lower edge with small tears.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon (Katherine LaSalle Bacon) (1892-?)

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

The objects in this gift came from Mrs. (Katherine LaSalle) Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1892-?), whose husband, Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1880-1959) was the son of Catharine Paris Storrow Bacon (1843-1917).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial