Name/Title
RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE MEN OF THE CATSKILLSEntry/Object ID
SS.64.561XDescription
Watercolor of pen and ink sketch (paper glued to cardboard panel).
Exterior night scene with rays of sun peeping over dark peaks left rear; group of men in front of rocky drop with trees and vines above; central figures: man with long hair, ragged brown clothing, hat in left hand, pours with right from flask into goblet held by man seated on blue trunk dressed in 17th-century costume with high-peaked hat, pinkish jacket (with white collar overlapping) squared embroidered collar, dropped embroidered shoulder, full sleeves with 2 buttons undone at cuffs, single-breasted with 4 gold buttons; red belt buckled at front, with red scabbard trimmed with gold, holding daggar (handle of multicolored stone?), flowing buff-colored breeches with 3 buttons at cuff and blue ties, red stockings, square toed shoes with green buckles; 4 men in similar dress standing, holding large black ball, 3 similar black balls in foreground, black dog cowering behind ragged man's legs; watercolored within ink lines.Artwork Details
Medium
cardboard, Ink, Watercolor, Cardboard, ink, watercolorSubject Person or Organization
Rip Van WinkleCollection
Sunnyside Object CollectionDimensions
Dimension Description
ObjectHeight
8-7/8 inWidth
10-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (22.5 x 27.6 cm)Dimension Description
FramedHeight
17-3/4 inWidth
20-1/4 inDepth
3/4 inDimension 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 DarleyNotes
IllustratorPerson or Organization
Rip Van WinkleNotes
SubjectGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Purchased from Old Print Shop, 1961 - $300 for 6 drawings.
For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #19.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 5