Name/Title
View of the Old Dutch Church At Sleepy Hollow, New YorkEntry/Object ID
PM.2005.16Description
Engraving depicting the Old Dutch Church and surrounding countryside in a octogram shaped cartouche: the stone church with columned portico and steeple is pictured in profile, toward left side; a picket fence encloses the gravestones on the left of the church; and tall leafy trees stand behind it and on either side; a gentleman in top hat stands holding a little girl's hand in front of the fence; a man and a woman riding their horses side by side, gallop by; a dog races in front of them while a gentleman on horseback is riding behind them; in the distance is a rolling rural landscape punctuated by trees, fences, and farm houses; a large cluster of trees stand on small hill at far right foreground; overhead, billowy clouds round out the scene; below the octagonal cartouche, in ink, is the inscription, "View of the Old Church at Sleepy Hollow, New York"; inscribed in left corner of scene is, "Miller, Del"; in upper rt. corner, in pencil, is written, "# 151/100"; on the back is four columns of text, in ink.Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkCollection
Philipsburg Manor Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Rickarby MillerAttribution
ArtistDate made
1850 - 1859Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
6-3/4 inWidth
10-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (17.1 x 27.3 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Large stain on lower right corner; areas of discoloration throughout; tear lower right
corner.Relationships
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Notes
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PM.2005.17 - Engraving - Similar item
L.2007.298 - Engraving - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27DNote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial