THE OLD COTTAGE TAKEN PREVIOUS TO IMPROVEMENT

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

THE OLD COTTAGE TAKEN PREVIOUS TO IMPROVEMENT

Entry/Object ID

SS.80.17 a-b

Description

a. Painting: View of small white cottage with peaked tan-pink shingled roof, red brick central chimney, and pert front porch; casement window on either side of door (door and shutters painted tan pink) and casement window on side with shutters; blue curtains at all windows, including transom window over door; lean-to wing on back with pent porch off it; trees and flowering bushes in yard contained by white picket fence; man dressed in white clothing and straw hat stands at fence gate at left; path worn on grass and tree at right before fence; blue sky filled with white clouds. b. Frame

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor, Paper, Watercolor, Paper

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George Harvey (1800-1878)

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1835

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SS.80.17

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

8-5/16 in

Width

12-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. (21.1 x 31.4 cm)

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

11-3/8 in

Width

19-1/8 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 in. (28.9 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm)

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

8 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Some discoloration or loss of gouache upper left corner and in two spot upper right corner; darkened area on right of chimey, no looses on frame or scratches on plexi; reframed with new plexi for Winter Antiques Show 12/2011.

Notes

Overall Analysis: Has been restored; rebacked.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Originally had a mat very similar to one appearing on another Harvey watercolor, "Scudding Clouds After a Shower" with title "The Old Cottage Taken Previous to Improvement". Accesioned in 1980, acquired before For Visions exhibition, packed in Crate #10.

Note Type

General Note

Note

Frame not original to the object, but used for installation purposes [Jessa J. Krick, 3/7/2012]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 4 Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 4