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Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Dec. 15th, 1851 / Charles Martin del., New York : F. Halpin, sculp. – Vintage Wall Art

Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Dec. 15th, 1851 / Charles Martin del., New York : F. Halpin, sculp., Printed by W. Pate, 1851. — antique engraving
Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Dec. 15th, 1851 / Charles Martin del., New York : F. Halpin, sculp., Printed by W. Pate, 1851.. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Dec. 15th, 1851 / Charles Martin del., New York : F. Halpin, sculp., an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Dec. 15th, 1851 / Charles Martin del., New York : F. Halpin, sculp.

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Dated December 15, 1851, and labeled "Sunnyside," this portrait shows Washington Irving at his home on the Hudson near Tarrytown, where he lived from 1835 until his death in 1859. Irving had become one of America's first widely read literary figures with *The Sketch Book* and *Rip Van Winkle*, and by the 1850s he was an elder statesman of American letters. The drawing was made by Charles Martin and engraved by F. Halpin, then printed in New York in 1851. Its place name ties the image to the rambling stone house that Irving remodeled and that became a kind of landmark of the Hudson Valley.

Created / publishedPrinted by W. Pate, 1851.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1850-1860.Engravings 1850-1860.
SubjectsIrving, Washington,--1783-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,300 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180650

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