RIP AND THE CHILDREN

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

RIP AND THE CHILDREN

Entry/Object ID

SS.64.557

Description

Watercolored and ink sketch of Rip and the Children: (paper glued to cardboard panel); exterior porch scene with ivy growing up left corner of wall and across visible thatched roof (view of mountain on extreme left), ladder leaning against wall; man with long shaggy hair sitting on bench, dressed in patched eighteenth-century dress, pipe in mouth, long gun resting on floor and under arm, leaning forward, gesturing with knife at toy sailboat floating in wooden tub at his feet, wood shavings under bench; surrounded by 4 ragged children, youngest hanging on man's back, one lying on back, feet in the air, face covered by jacket, in right corner of bench; bigger boy lying on stomach on left side of bench, looking into tub; little girl, blue dress slipping off her shoulders, and wearing white cap, standing in front of a tub; black dog curled up in lower right corner of picture, black cat curled up on sack under left end of bench, hen with 3 chicks feeding on grain in front; against wall of house, harness hanging at extreme right, rake and pitchfork leaning against wall, whip and worn horse collar hanging next to window, shutter open, 1 broken pane, red pot with open leaf on sill, lightly colored with watercolors within ink outlines.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Paper, ink, watercolor

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

Related Entries

Notes

SS.64.558 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.559 - Drawing - Part of set SS.64.560 - 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