SUNNYSIDE-ON-HUDSON

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

SUNNYSIDE-ON-HUDSON

Entry/Object ID

SS.2004.2

Description

Hand-colored lithograph of Sunnyside: view of partial front and tower side of house; image of man (generally thought to be Washington Irving) seated on bench located on left side on trail leading to front door of house; black dog seated on trail in front of Irving; two men working on lawn on mid-right side; both men wearing hats and hand-colored blue shirts; one man standing next to large lawn roller; the other man is kneeling down on ground next to flowering plant that appears about to be placed in a planter; three sailboats on Hudson River in background; trees, lawn, plants and wisteria plant on house are colored greens; river water and top part of sky are colored light blue; shingles on house are colored a terra cotta color; Irving's clothes and top hat are colored black; title printed in block letters across bottom center "Sunnyside-on-Hudson;" printed below image on left side "Published By Currier & Ives;" printed below image on right side "115 Nassau St. New York"; on back written in pencil on upper left "X1201LR/$12.=."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Paper, ink, watercolor

Subject Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nathaniel Currier

Attribution

Lithographer

Manufacturer

Currier & Ives, James Merritt Ives

Date made

1877 - 1894

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

17 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 17 in. (27.3 x 43.2 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper overall is slightly discolored; dark narrow stain along top and side edges; bottom corners are creased; right side has three horizontal tears; bottom right side has a vertical tear; mid-left sie has a one inch crease with small tear on each end; upper left corner is missing small piece of paper. Back side has dark smudges from lithograph ink throughout.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Notes

Subject

Related Entries

Notes

SS.97.2 - Lithograph - Similar item SS.98.11 a-b - Print - Similar item SS.77.1 a-b - Painting - Related SS.2011.73 a-b - Lithograph - Similar item SS.2021.56 a-b - Lithograph - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Of the Currier & Ives images of SS in the HHV collection, this is not the best version. It is the smaller-scle version with somewhat garish, messy coloring, and gardener is in a blue shirt, not red, as in the better larger version (SS.97.2) [Jessa J. Krick, 3/22/2017].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27D

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial