Sketchbook: Views of the Hudson

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.83.6 a-e

Description

Cover and four sketches: a. Album: Heavy paper front and back covers; four interior pages; bound with thread and grosgrain ribbon. Cover: Sketch of rock with foliage growing out of cracks; leaning against bottom are folding stool, umbrella, and portfolio marked "M. Livingston"; written above on rock, "VIEWS FROM THE HUDSON"; to the right, faint view of river with sailboat and mountains beyond. b. Pl. 1: "From the Country Seat of Mr. Donaldson," caption. Sketch of river with mountains beyond; center of picture, finger of land jutting into river with sailboats hovering all around; on bottom, framed by tops of trees; lower left, signed "Livingston". c. Pl. II: "Saugerties from Lovers Leap," caption. Sketch of river through pines on a slope; rolling hills on distant bank with faint mountains in the far distance; gulls over river; in center, boat with sails down, lower left, signed "Livingston." Saugerties is in Ulster County, on the Hudson. d. Pl. III: "From Montgomery/Mrs. E. Livingston," caption. Sketch of river through trees with mountains on the far bank on the right; lower left, signed "Livingston." e. Pl. IV: "R. S. Livingston, Esq.," caption. Sketch of house, its right side hidden by trees and foliage; shuttered doors and windows (French windows on the ground floor); steps leading up to Terrace across the front of the house; lower left, signed "Livingston."

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Montgomery Livingston

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1836 - 1859

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.83.6 A-E

SS.83.6

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12 in

Width

19 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 x 19 in. (30.5 x 48.3 cm)

Material

thread, Pencil, Ribbon Grosgrain, Paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Surface dirt.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Source: PCR but not in ledger or files.

Note Type

General Note

Note

COTTAGE RESIDENCES is dedicated to "Robert Donaldson, Esq., of Blithewood on the Hudson." LANDSCAPE GARDENING: "Blithewood, formerly the seat of R. Donaldson, Esq., (now John Bard, Esq.), near Barrytown, on the Hudson, is one of the most charming villa residences in the Union. The natural scenery here is nowhere surpassed in its enchanting union of softness and dignity--the river being four miles wide, its placid bosom broken only by islands and gleaming sails, and the horizon grandly closing in with the tall blue summits of the distant Kaatskills..." (Barrytown is in northern Dutchess County, west of Red Hook and north of Rhinebeck on the Hudson.")

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13E

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial