The Verplanck House
Datec. 1908
Artist
James Horsey Fincken
(American printmaker, 1860–1943)
Illustration CitationAmerican Memorial Etchings, 1904-1910.
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 7 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (19.4 × 31.1 cm)
sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (23.5 × 35.2 cm)
support: 16 3/8 × 21 1/4 in. (41.6 × 54 cm)
sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (23.5 × 35.2 cm)
support: 16 3/8 × 21 1/4 in. (41.6 × 54 cm)
Credit LineFound in collection, 2019
Object number2019-49
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis etching was made for the portfolio American Memorial Etchings, which depicted various colonial homesteads. This portfolio was primarily the work of Wilmington artist Robert Shaw between 1904 and 1910, but Fincken took over when Shaw’s eyesight began failing.The subject is Mount Gulian, the homestead of the Dutch Verplanck family in Hudson Valley.
