tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3557277657453552520..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Not New JerseyCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-69229138224583054892018-01-22T10:46:22.106-05:002018-01-22T10:46:22.106-05:00The roundish looking vessel is the old ferry, eith...The roundish looking vessel is the old ferry, either exiting or entering the flats.Cynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-56268389742255057772018-01-22T10:44:23.795-05:002018-01-22T10:44:23.795-05:00Great find. Hope the new owner will share it with...Great find. Hope the new owner will share it with interested parties.Cynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-27642368617921427922018-01-21T11:15:44.463-05:002018-01-21T11:15:44.463-05:00Note the lack of fences.Note the lack of fences.1Riparianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248602693560230557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23261637815987631722018-01-19T13:07:08.123-05:002018-01-19T13:07:08.123-05:00For example, what is that strange-looking vessel o...For example, what is that strange-looking vessel or structure in the foreground, on the Athens side of the dredged cut? <br /><br />In William Guy Wall's painting from Mt. Merino, there's an object in the same location which I always assumed was a boat. Maybe it's something else though?<br /><br />In the new picture, a steamboat at the base of Promenade Hill may only be a barge, but even that distinction would tell us something. <br /><br />Such details are indecipherable at 72 dpi. unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-87011098780407770422018-01-19T12:59:50.876-05:002018-01-19T12:59:50.876-05:00I believe it is, David, just sketched out in penci...I believe it is, David, just sketched out in pencil on the ridge. According to Ellis, Hudson Academy was built in 1806.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-37177721796556928992018-01-19T12:55:31.087-05:002018-01-19T12:55:31.087-05:00Thanks, Tad, but hardly my discovery. The painting...Thanks, Tad, but hardly my discovery. The painting was discovered among the items being offered and its true subject matter recognized by someone else, who prefers to remain anonymous.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-64082658721684856982018-01-19T12:38:14.789-05:002018-01-19T12:38:14.789-05:00Brilliant Carole!Brilliant Carole!A T Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08961926354139747537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22983223537343348622018-01-19T12:37:13.217-05:002018-01-19T12:37:13.217-05:00Just beautiful !! And isn't that the Academy...Just beautiful !! And isn't that the Academy on Academy Hill? Amazing detail on the Bronson House Carole.David Marstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805425229362358449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-24879493530928448232018-01-19T12:31:38.333-05:002018-01-19T12:31:38.333-05:00Amazing!
Perhaps the anonymous buyer who "ma...Amazing!<br /><br />Perhaps the anonymous buyer who "may have known" the picture depicted Hudson would supply, anonymously, a high-resolution scan of the image. Only then can individual buildings, vessels, and other details be studied properly and dated. <br /><br />The amount of free research to be had will only increase the value of the work.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-75704443104497684552018-01-19T12:09:48.950-05:002018-01-19T12:09:48.950-05:00WONDERFUL FIND !
would love to have a copyWONDERFUL FIND !<br /><br />would love to have a copyVincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com