Friendship Cottage by Uintah Knight Shippen

Painting

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Painting of the friendship cottage

Name/Title

Friendship Cottage by Uintah Knight Shippen

Entry/Object ID

2009.53.02

Description

This watercolor painting features a cottage up on a hill in a wooded area. The lower and primarily right bottom of the piece features a note with the title and a note from the author about the cottage. The note reads, " 'Friendship Cottage'/Saugatuck,/Michigan/Summer 1920 Dear Aunt Naomi and Uncle/Oscar: This, "our little dream house," is located on one of the highest sand dunes in Saugatuck and is said to be the very spot about which Fenimore Cooper writes in his book, "Oak Openings." In the midst of dark pines and cool green oaks awe command a wonderfu view of the silver winding Kalamazoo River below and miles of fertile farmlands." Watercolor, framed.

Collection

Artworks

Cataloged By

Kutzel, Ken

Acquisition

Accession

2009.53

Source or Donor

Laingen, Penelope "Penne" (Babcock)

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

Shippen, Uintah Knight

Date made

1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Friendship Cottage

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Frame Size: 16h x 14w (framed) Image Size: 9.5h x 7.5w

Location

Seasons at the Lakeshore

Shelf

AC bay 22 small works

Room

Art Conservation Room

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Shippen, Uintah Knight

Exhibition

Curator’s Choice Exhibit

Interpretative Labels

Label

Uintah Knight Shippen 1872 – 1950 The Old Harbor, Saugatuck undated | oil on canvas Notes: Uintah Knight Shippen came from an old Eastern Shore of Maryland family, the Knights, who came to this country from Yorkshire, England. The daughter of the Rev. Lloyd Knight, she was born in Holidaysburg, near Altoona, Pennsylvania, and was the last of 13 children. She attended Knox College, class of 1892, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Uintah married Joseph F. Shippen, a general manager of the Northwestern Terra Cotta company of Chicago, in 1898 and the couple settled in the Evanston, Illinois area. Her husband was also interested in art and they were known to have toured Italy and England sketching. She also painted regularly with the Saugatuck, Michigan summer art colony at Ox-Bow.* This watercolor and text was a greeting sent to a family member in California. *adapted from Ed Bentley, Art Researcher Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center Gift of: Penne Laingen Accession: 2009.53.02

General Notes

Note

Shippen cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan. Painted by Uintah Knight Shippen. Note written by Margaret Knight Shippen Babcock (Uintah's daughter) to Uintah's older sister, Naomi Knight Easterday, who lived in Palo Alto, California. Status: OK Status By: Ken Kutzel Status Date: 2009-11-23

Create Date

November 23, 2009

Update Date

April 7, 2025