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Hudson River Album
Object numberMO 1953.1082
Name
Album
Artist
P. Lodet
Maker
Joseph Zaehnsdorf
(Hungarian-British bookbinder, 1816 - 1886)
Date1806-1807
Mediumleather, metal (gold leaf), paper, ink, pencil
Dimensionspart a (album case) H 14 in x W 10 1/8 in x D 1 3/8 in (35.6 cm x 25.7 cm x 3.5 cm )
part b (album) H 9 3/8 in x W 13 5/8 in x D 1 in (23.8 cm x 34.6 cm x 2.5 cm )
part b (album) H 9 3/8 in x W 13 5/8 in x D 1 in (23.8 cm x 34.6 cm x 2.5 cm )
Descriptiona) A two-piece slipcase covered with brown leather and buckram. Embossed gilt lettering on one side edge reads: HUDSON / RIVER SKETCHES / LODET / 1806-7. The slipcase contains an album of sketches (see b).
b) A bound album covered in tan leather with decorative gilt trim on the covers and page edges. Adhered to the album pages are nineteen original pencil and ink wash drawings of Hudson River scenes, et al. The spine of the album is accented with red leather and embossed gilt designs. Embossed gilt lettering on the spine reads: HUDSON / RIVER SKETCHES / LODET / 1806-7. Inside the album, the formal title is handwritten in ink: HUDSON RIVER ALBUM. / Series of Original Sketches, / from / New York to Hudson City. / P. LODET. / 1806 - 1807. A handwritten ink inscription on the fly leaf reads: To the President, with / affectionate regard,/ Nov. 10, 1933, Mark Eisner. Just below the inscription, is FDR's original ink signature: Franklin D. Roosevelt / The White House - 1933. The bookbinder's name is printed opposite the fly leaf: BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, LONDON, ENGLAND.
The titles of the drawings are handwritten at the bottom of each unless otherwise indicated:
Page 1: “Vis-a-vis New York –” [signed and dated "PL . 3 June 1806" in upper right]
Page 2: “Part of The High Bank of the Hudson river / about 12 miles from New York called Palysadoes [Palisades]” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 3: “Philip's Mannor [Philipse Manor] 27m. from N.Y.” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 4: “P.L. 4th of June 1806 Melancholy Point - opposite Sing Sing 35. from N. York on the hudson or North River. State of New York.”
Page 5: “Jenny Tink Landing North River By P.L.S.”
Page 6: “Crotone [Croton] Sur la Riviere du Nord / Etat de New York / 1806”
Page 7: “Haverstraw, North River 42. miles N. York” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 8: “The high lands north river”
Page 9: “West point & Fort Putnam 50 miles above N. Y.”
Page 10: “Chelsers creek on the North River below New Windsor” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 11: “Sugar loaf hill. North River”
Page 12: “Poughkeepsie's Landing america”
Page 13: “Crum Elbow america” [title at the top of the drawing]
Page 14: “on North River, america / Governor Lewis' seat, Redhook [Red Hook] at / Rinebeck [Rhinebeck], 96 m. from N.Y.” [title at the top of the drawing]
Page 15: “Clermont Seat of the Chancellor Livingston North River / 1807” [signed "P Lodet" in lower right]
Page 16: “Hudson City”
Page 17: “Frankfort's Bridge near Philadelphia” [signed "P.L.S. daprès nature" in lower left]
Page 18: “Solitary Vale in the Neversink - Blue Mountains - 1792-3” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 19: “Angelica B.” [signed "P.L. Fecit" in lower left]
Label TextThis album of early 19th century sketches by P. Lodet, mainly depicting the Hudson River Valley, was personally given to Franklin D. Roosevelt by Mark Eisner of New York, New York on November 10, 1933 during an appointment Eisner had at the White House. Mark Eisner (1885-1953) was a collector of internal revenue during Woodrow Wilson's presidency.b) A bound album covered in tan leather with decorative gilt trim on the covers and page edges. Adhered to the album pages are nineteen original pencil and ink wash drawings of Hudson River scenes, et al. The spine of the album is accented with red leather and embossed gilt designs. Embossed gilt lettering on the spine reads: HUDSON / RIVER SKETCHES / LODET / 1806-7. Inside the album, the formal title is handwritten in ink: HUDSON RIVER ALBUM. / Series of Original Sketches, / from / New York to Hudson City. / P. LODET. / 1806 - 1807. A handwritten ink inscription on the fly leaf reads: To the President, with / affectionate regard,/ Nov. 10, 1933, Mark Eisner. Just below the inscription, is FDR's original ink signature: Franklin D. Roosevelt / The White House - 1933. The bookbinder's name is printed opposite the fly leaf: BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, LONDON, ENGLAND.
The titles of the drawings are handwritten at the bottom of each unless otherwise indicated:
Page 1: “Vis-a-vis New York –” [signed and dated "PL . 3 June 1806" in upper right]
Page 2: “Part of The High Bank of the Hudson river / about 12 miles from New York called Palysadoes [Palisades]” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 3: “Philip's Mannor [Philipse Manor] 27m. from N.Y.” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 4: “P.L. 4th of June 1806 Melancholy Point - opposite Sing Sing 35. from N. York on the hudson or North River. State of New York.”
Page 5: “Jenny Tink Landing North River By P.L.S.”
Page 6: “Crotone [Croton] Sur la Riviere du Nord / Etat de New York / 1806”
Page 7: “Haverstraw, North River 42. miles N. York” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 8: “The high lands north river”
Page 9: “West point & Fort Putnam 50 miles above N. Y.”
Page 10: “Chelsers creek on the North River below New Windsor” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 11: “Sugar loaf hill. North River”
Page 12: “Poughkeepsie's Landing america”
Page 13: “Crum Elbow america” [title at the top of the drawing]
Page 14: “on North River, america / Governor Lewis' seat, Redhook [Red Hook] at / Rinebeck [Rhinebeck], 96 m. from N.Y.” [title at the top of the drawing]
Page 15: “Clermont Seat of the Chancellor Livingston North River / 1807” [signed "P Lodet" in lower right]
Page 16: “Hudson City”
Page 17: “Frankfort's Bridge near Philadelphia” [signed "P.L.S. daprès nature" in lower left]
Page 18: “Solitary Vale in the Neversink - Blue Mountains - 1792-3” [signed "PL" in lower left]
Page 19: “Angelica B.” [signed "P.L. Fecit" in lower left]
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesHudson River Valley Materials (National Archives Identifier 778818)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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