Sunnyside is a historic house built in 1835 on 10 acres along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York. It was the home of the American author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such
View from the south (2012)
An artist's depiction of the part of Wolfert Acker's former estate that was sold to Washington Irving, who called it "Wolfert's Roost" before turning it into Sunnyside
Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside, by Christian Schussele (1864)
Sunnyside, Currier and Ives, c.1860
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"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious
Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)
…along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York. It was the home of the American author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such as "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). This cottage-like estate, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, reflects Dutch Colonial…
Depiction of Rip Van Winkle by John Quidor (1829). Housed at Art Institute of Chicago.
c. 1875 illustration of Rip Van Winkle by Thomas Nast
The first installment of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819) included "Rip Van Winkle".
Rip Van Winkle Awakening from His Long Sleep by Henry Inman, 1823