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Van Tassel house
Residence of Washington Irving on the Hudson, 1836–1841
Van Tassel house
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 39.7 x 47.9 cm (15 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 42.4 x 48.6 cm (16 11/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 42.4 x 48.6 cm (16 11/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3843
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1133, fig. 245 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- landscapes. About three miles below Tarrytown, N.Y. View from the southeast. Driveway in foreground; group of Lombardy poplars and other trees near entrance.
InscriptionsInscribed below in ink: "VAN TASSEL house the residence of WASHINGTON IRVING Esq"
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)