Sunnyside with Picknickers

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Sunnyside with Picknickers

Entry/Object ID

SS.79.4 a-b

Description

a. Painting: View of Sunnyside from the Southeast: house, with tower, placed fairly low in picture; red roofs, bright green shutters, weathervanes, painted with care for detail; very deep blue sky with a few clouds; picture shows path to front entrance, elms, pines, wisteria vines, a few flowers in foreground; on lawn at right is a small pony cart (no pony) in which two children are seated; a young girl with long skirt and large hat, and one other adult stands beside cart; two boys, dressed alike in blue jackets with black bindings, white trousers and straw hats are stretched out on the lawn in front of the cart; a red jug and picnic basket are on the lawn not far away; in the far distance at the left, a single sloop may be seen on the river; the people in the picture are said to be members of the Woodriff family; framed in a wide mat with light blue border, in a curly maple frame about 1 1/2" wide; signed, lower right of painting in red, "J. Henry Hill, 1873." b. Frame: Curly maple 1 1/2 inches wide.

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John Henry Hill

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1873

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SS.79.4

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

29 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 29 in. (49.5 x 73.7 cm)

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

29 in

Width

38-1/2 in

Depth

7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 29 x 38 1/2 x 7/8 in. (73.7 x 97.8 x 2.2 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: All earlier notes and in addition, slight wave to paper (both watercolor and mat) visible at right side; triangular chip out of bottom of frame center front bottom.

Notes

Remarks: Minor buckling along top edge and top center; brown spot 2 1/2" above chimney; light brown spots top edge, right side Plexiglas needs cleaning

Notes

Remarks: Burl wood frame has chipped edges on three sides, and some loss on proper right inner edge.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Person or Organization

Sunnyside

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #1.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 2 Slot 1