Lot 429
After Victor de Grailly (French, 1804-1889), possibly by or for Uriah Allen (American, d. 1876), "General George Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, New York", c. 1855, oil on canvas, indistinctly inscribed on right wall of house, and at lower right (see below), 14 in. x 20 in., framed. E1200-1800 Note: The West Point Museum Art Collection, at the United States Military Academy, preserves an exact replica by Victor de Grailly of this remarkably attractive view (at identical size), which is important in being one of the most accurately detailed amongst all the existing versions of its famous subject (these are the only two images, for example, to show the privy or "necessary house," between the main building and the grandstand on the Hudson River); thus proving-together with other similar views of the area-that De Grailly did in fact travel to the U.S. in the early 1850s. There would be no reason not to assign this painting firmly to the hand of De Grailly, were it not for a mysterious inscription that appears twice on this canvas: both on the right (or north) wall of the Hasbrouck House, and again in the extreme lower right corner, occur traces of a word apparently beginning "Alle.". We are grateful to Melvin Johnson, Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site Assistant, for his help in the cataloguing (and most especially the dating) of this lot.
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