Name/Title
WASHINGTON IRVING AND HIS LITERARY FRIENDS AT SUNNYSIDEEntry/Object ID
SS.2021.57 a-bDescription
a. Engraving: group portrait in grayscale of some men standing, some seated in the alcove and in background; curtained window at right revealing river, Palisades and sailboat (in reality wrong direction for river view); man seated in Gothic armchair in center with elbow resting on white tablecloth on table, holding glasses with ribbon in right hand; to his left, Irving sits in red chair and holds handkerchief; to the left of the painting is a stool with top hat, cane, book on it and dog lying beside stool; in background are painting and statue; carpet pattern in squares of yellow, red and green; with crumpled paper in foreground. Shown left to right are: Henry T. Tuckerman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Gilmore Simms, Fitz-Green Halleck, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, William H. Prescott, Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Cullen Bryant, John Pendleton Kennedy, James Fenimore Cooper, and George Bancroft; text below image reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1864 by the Irving Publishing Company, 625, Broadway. New York in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. / HENRY T. TUCKERMAN. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. FITZ GREENE HALLECK. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS. WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. WASHINGTON IRVING. JAMES K. PAULDING. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. CULLEN BRYANT. JOHN P. KENNEDY. J. FENNIMORE COOPER. GEORGE BANCROFT. / WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS / WASHINGTON IRVING AND HIS LITERARY FRIENDS AT SUNNYSIDE. / LONDON, MOORE McQUEEN & Co 25, BERNERS ST. OXFORD STREET W. AND 10 FENCHURCH STREET E. C."; print is surrounded by a cream mat
b. Frame; gilt with a single black stripe; gilt is flaking off on all sidesCollection
Sunnyside Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Christian SchusseleAttribution
ArtistArtist
Felix Octavius Carr DarleyAttribution
ArtistArtist
Thomas Oldham BarlowAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
Irving Publishing Company, Moore McQueen & CoDate made
1864Dimensions
Dimension Description
VisibleHeight
23 inWidth
32-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 23 x 32 1/4 in. (58.4 x 81.9 cm)Dimension Description
FramedHeight
33-1/2 inWidth
44 inDepth
1-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 44 x 1 1/2 in. (85.1 x 111.8 x 3.8 cm)Material
Paper, ink, Wood, GiltRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Henry Theodore TuckermanNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Oliver Wendell HolmesNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
William Gilmore SimmsNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Fitz-Greene HalleckNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Washington Irving (1783-1859)Notes
SubjectPerson or Organization
James Kirke PauldingNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Ralph Waldo EmersonNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Nathaniel HawthorneNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
George BancroftNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
James Fenimore CooperNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870)Notes
SubjectPerson or Organization
William Cullen BryantNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Nathaniel Parker WillisNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
William PrescottNotes
SubjectRelated Entries
Notes
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SS.79.47 a-b - Painting - RelatedGeneral Notes
Note Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial