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"Sunnyside" in 1860, Tarrytown, New York
Sunnyside
"Sunnyside" in 1860, Tarrytown, New York
John Henry Hill (American, 1839–1922)
1860
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.5 x 34.4 cm (10 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 369
DescriptionSunnyside, Tarrytown, New York. One year after the death of Washington Irving, who purchased and rebuilt it in 1835-36. View from southeast. The two young women sitting on the lawn in foreground are probably nieces. John Henry Hill made two etchings of this composition: the first published in Sketches from Nature, about 1867, pl. 16; the second, dated 1884, in his book, John William Hill: An Artist's Memorial, New York, 1888, pl. 4.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in brush and brown wash: J. Henry Hill / 1860; verso in broad graphite: Lettie [?] / Sunnyside / Painted by J. Henry Hill 1860
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; 1960, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1960)