Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Making Models with Louis Howe under the Portico
Object numberMO 1956.113
Name
Drawing
Artist
Olin Dows
(American painter and printmaker, 1904-1981)
Date1949
Mediumpaper (illustration paper, cardboard, matboard), ink, paint (gouache), pencil
Dimensionsmat H 22 in x W 20 in (55.9 cm x 50.8 cm )
sheet H 16 in x W 13 1/2 in (40.6 cm x 34.3 cm )
sheet H 16 in x W 13 1/2 in (40.6 cm x 34.3 cm )
DescriptionAn original pen and ink and ink wash drawing with gouache highlights showing Franklin D. Roosevelt and Louis Howe seated at a small table and making ship models under the portico of Springwood, the Roosevelts' Hyde Park, New York home. Eleanor Roosevelt is watching the two of them at work on the models, while in the forefront of the scene, Anna Roosevelt stands with her bicycle in front of the terrace steps. The drawing is signed by the artist in ink in the lower right below the image: Olin Dows © 1949.
On the reverse of the drawing is a handwritten note in ink describing the image: During his illness, F.D.R. would often sit under the portico and whittle a boat hull while Louis Howe would work on the [illegible] drawings for the model boats. Mrs. Roosevelt is looking at the [illegible] model and Anna stops with her bicycle. F.D.R. would also sit outside his office and work on his boats.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat on which the title is written in pencil: Making Models with Louis Howe under the Portico.
Label TextThis drawing is one in a series of original ink wash drawings created by Olin Dows for his book, "Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park," published in 1949 by American Artists Group, Inc. Olin Dows spent two years writing the text and drawing the book's 174 illustrations. This illustration appears on page 94 of the book.On the reverse of the drawing is a handwritten note in ink describing the image: During his illness, F.D.R. would often sit under the portico and whittle a boat hull while Louis Howe would work on the [illegible] drawings for the model boats. Mrs. Roosevelt is looking at the [illegible] model and Anna stops with her bicycle. F.D.R. would also sit outside his office and work on his boats.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat on which the title is written in pencil: Making Models with Louis Howe under the Portico.
The Dows family had been lifelong friends and neighbors of the Roosevelts and were frequent guests at events at Hyde Park, NY and in Washington, DC, both before and during the presidency. In 1939, Olin Dows received a commission to design and paint the murals in the Rhinebeck, NY Post Office. In 1941, at the suggestion of President Roosevelt, Dows was commissioned to design and paint the murals in the Hyde Park Post Office as well, and worked closely with FDR in the conception and design of the murals.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Olin Dows in 1955.
Credit LineGift of Olin Dows
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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