Lot 437
E.M. Tucker (American, active mid-19th c.), "General Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, New York", after 1834, grisaille, in mixed media (graphite, chalk, watercolor, gouache and stippled ink) on paper, 16 in. x 21 in., sight, in a black-painted period frame. E800- 1200 Provenance: Former collections of H.H. Moore, Middletown, NY ( late 19th c. painted inscription on backing boards); and Ralph Brill, Cold Spring, NY. Note: This classic view of the Hudson River farmhouse occupied by George Washington in 1782-1783 is precisely based on a well-known engraving by James Smillie (1807-1880), after a painting by Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), that was published in the New-York Mirror on December 27, 1834. In this wonderfully conscientious and detailed enlargement, the framing trees, the silhouette of the Hasbrouck House against the southerly mountains of the Hudson Highlands, the remains of the rock wall and cannon in the foreground, and even the human figure and farm animals, are all repeated from the engraving, including as well this fascinating and highly personalized reprise of its black-and-white medium. Reference: Dorothy Barck, "Washington's Newburgh Headquarters," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 14:2 (May 1955), pp. 30-32, for an illustration of the 1834 engraving, as well as a plan and history of the Hasbrouck House.
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