Washington Irving and his literary friends at Sunnyside illustration, 1864
Permanent ID:
11528Call number:
Bc 918 B 258Date:
1864Image Description:
Oversize mezzotint portrait of men in the literary social circle of the mid-19th century, Including Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fitz-Greene Halleck, James Fennimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, and others. This scene is imagined in Irving's home, Sunnyside, in Tarrytown, New York, but it is unlikely that many of these men ever met.Image 2 is the key.
Address:
, SunnysideTarrytownFormat:
MezzotintCollection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania large graphics collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Washington Irving, 1783-1859 (depicted)James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851 (depicted)
Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1790-1867 (depicted)
Barlow, Thomas Oldham (engraver)
Moore, McQueen and Company (printer)