Name/Title
RISINGH AND VAN POFFENBURGHEntry/Object ID
SS.62.17 a-bDescription
Wash drawing showing confrontation between Risingh and Van Poffenburgh: confrontation with crossed swords between tall thin military figure, in uniform, with long queue, large moustache, jack-boots, and short rotund figure, uniformed, with Dutch breeches; latter figure wears wooden leg; behind him, motley assortment of variously garbed semi-military figures smoking pipes; behind first figure, beginnings of row of very soldierly-looking uniformed men.
B: Wide wooden frame.Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, glass, Wood, Paper, Glass, WoodSubject Person or Organization
Gov. Risingh, Van PoffenburghCollection
Sunnyside Object CollectionRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gov. RisinghNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Van PoffenburghNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Washington Irving (1783-1859)Notes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
George CruikshankNotes
IllustratorGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Miscellaneous: Apparently an unpublished illustration of "History of New York". Iconography of scene shows some confusion between meeting of Risingh and Stuyvesant and of Risingh and Van Pofferburgh. The latter confrontation appears to have been intended...
Frame marked SS.62.16.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13E
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Study
