Name/Title
The Legend of Sleepy HollowEntry/Object ID
SS.80.21 a-bDescription
Print from Felix O. C. Darley's engraved copperplate of Ichabod Crane at school, with lines strengthened and watercolors applied by Kredel: red-headed Ichabod Crane dressed in black coat, knee breeches and shoes, white shirt and blue stockings sits sharpening quill pen with knife with switch and open book on his lap; he sits with one elbow resting on knee, feet rest on stretcher of simple, tall, four-legged stool on four blocks of wood; Crane sits before tall, slant top desk with a blue inkwell and quills, a half-eaten apple; a purple flower, a kniddy-knoddy, a white kite and other objects on top of it; a green bottle with stopper and three branches for firewood are under the desk; a little boy dressed in a long shirt cries with head resting on one arm and the desk (he has just been spanked); before him and to the right is a group of boys seated on benches with three at a desk in the back, they are working at their slates; a devilish-looking boy in the front row holds up an open book while a seated older boy and a standing younger blonde boy with his hand over his mouth watch; before them and to the right are the wooden water bucket and ladle attached with a string (a shoe with a feather for a sail floats in the bucket) and a blue book resting in an up-side-down hat; to the left of Crane are three boys on a bench along the wall of the school house interior; from left to right; a boy kneels on the bench holding his hat up to the window as a boy on the outside puts peaches in it; his hand rests on a boy laying front down on the bench with one foot on the floor and a peach in his mouth, and the third boy holds an open book to his chest as he gazes into space dreaming; hats and coats hang on the peeling and cracked wall; a rolled up piece of paper, possibly a map is partially visible on the left, and books rest on a simple corner shelf; framed in wide, white map and wooden frame.Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Paper, ink, watercolorCollection
Sunnyside Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Felix Octavius Carr DarleyAttribution
MakerArtist
Fritz KredelAttribution
MakerDate made
circa 1970Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
FramedHeight
17-11/16 inWidth
20-3/16 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 17 11/16 x 20 3/16 in. (44.9 x 51.3 cm)Dimension Description
SightHeight
8-3/16 inWidth
10-13/16 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 10 13/16 in. (20.8 x 27.5 cm)Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
SS.80.22 a-b - Print - Part of set
SS.80.23 a-b - Print - Part of set
SS.80.24 a-b - Print - Part of set
SS.80.25 a-b - Print - Part of set
SS.80.26 - Print - Part of set
SS.2005.1 a-b - Engraving - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Accessioned in 1980, acquired before.
In 1849, six new Darley illustrations for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow were published by the American Art Union in a special edition for its members. A set of these original prints by Darley were strengthed and colored especially for Historic Hudson Valley (Sleepy Hollow Restorations) by Fritz Kredel in the early 1970s for a special edition of prints published by Sleepy Hollow Press. Kredel's illustations were later accessioned into the HHV collection. [Jessa J. Krick, 11/24/2010]Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Map drawer 5