SUNNYSIDE ON THE HUDSON

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

SUNNYSIDE ON THE HUDSON

Entry/Object ID

SS.77.1 a-b

Description

a. Painting: View of Sunnyside from the southeast, showing a sand-colored house with bright green shutters and a coral-colored roof, its east gables covered with vines: the river, with three sailboats and a steamboat, is visible through the trees on the left; in the left foreground, on brown dirt path running past the house, a man in a high hat sits on a rustic bench; a nearby dog gazes across a bed of blue and red flowers in the center foreground at two gardeners--one standing, one kneeling--near the house; yellow-tinged cumulus clouds almost fill the sky. b. Frame: Title in plaque on frame, center bottom: "Sunnyside on the Hudson/The Home of Washington Irving"

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil Paint, Canvas, Oil Paint, Canvas

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Dates: 1868 - 1899 Date made: r. 1868 - 1899

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SS.77.1

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

26-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (54.6 x 67.3 cm)

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

27 in

Width

31-3/4 in

Depth

2-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 27 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (68.6 x 80.6 x 6.4 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Several repairs--in the upper left and lower right corners, and a tear halfway up the left side.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Notes

Subject

Related Entries

Notes

SS.97.2 - Lithograph - Related SS.2011.73 a-b - Lithograph - Related SS.2004.2 - Lithograph - Related SS.98.11 a-b - Print - Related

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #8. This image is the inspiration for SS gift products like the throw blanket.

Note Type

General Note

Note

Painting is very like the Currier and Ives print "Sunnyside, The Residence of the Late Washington Irving Near Tarrytown, N.Y." It may have been copied from the print, or it may have been the basis for the print. Dog is different in the Currier & Ives print. Another similar print is T. L. Rowbothen's view of Sunnyside, very fine lithography, 1856. Sunnyside and Sweet Owen fine-cut tobacco manufactured by Hoyt, Barbour and Company, Louisville, Kentucky also very like painting but no dog, writing instead; same flower beds. Exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York, 1938: "Currier and Ives and the New York Scene" [source of this note is unknown] The previous note does not refer to the cigar box in the HHV collection [SS.2000.3] which shows no similar flowerbeds, although the cottage is depicted from the same perspective. [Jessa J. Krick, 3/23/2010]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 2 Slot 6