Name/Title
Property map, possibly Philipsburg ManorEntry/Object ID
L.2006.16Description
Hand drawn and colored map of property, possibly Philipsburg Manor, by Susan Beekman Thomas, no date; gardens, structures, roads and bodies of water roughly drawn in pencil and ink with crayon highlighting in brown, green and blue; "Basin" with bridges in upper left corner; "boat / house" and "landing" in middle left; "first house / became kitchen," "orchard," "pig pen," "cider mill," "oldest Barn," "old / Stoneway," "carriage / House," "oldest Barn,", "Stable," "crib," "peach or. (sic)," "Big Garden," "Plateau," in upper left; "old Road," "vaults," "old gate" in upper right; "cherry tree" written twice in center; writing in ink at lower left reads as follows "There was quite a depression from the old / Barn to the (illegible word) Curve of Creek, by / or west, of the first House, follow / the ink or pen dots. / Between Garden and peach O. / Someone had made / an attempt to fill a / cut, logs were / removed / and partly / filled.;" reverse completely filled with handwritten text in ink beginning "Now I do not wish you to Laugh at my fine / picture nor do I wish you to think I am a great / Artist. To keep my Mind from rust and cobwebs, I do / all Sorts of things, to keep myself from flying away…" and ends with the initials "S E T" in the lower right corner of page.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Susan Beekman ThomasAttribution
ArtistDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
10-1/4 inWidth
8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 8 in. (26 x 20.3 cm)Material
Paper, ink, Pencil, crayonCondition
Notes
Remarks: Upper left, right and lower left corners folded back; crease in lower right corner; horizontal crease across center of page.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27CNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library