Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: F.D.R. and Sara Delano Roosevelt Watching Logging Operations
Object numberMO 1956.160
Name
Drawing
Artist
Olin Dows
(American painter and printmaker, 1904-1981)
Date1949
Mediumpaper (illustration paper, cardboard, matboard), ink, paint (gouache), pencil
Dimensionsmat H 20 in x W 24 in (50.8 cm x 61 cm )
sheet H 13 in x W 18 3/4 in (33 cm x 47.6 cm )
sheet H 13 in x W 18 3/4 in (33 cm x 47.6 cm )
DescriptionAn original pen and ink and ink wash drawing with gouache highlights showing Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt sitting in FDR's Ford Phaeton automobile watching logging operations. Standing next to the car is William Plog, the head foreman and gardener on the Roosevelts' Hyde Park, New York estate, as he discusses the progress of the work with FDR. Behind them, logs are being loaded onto a trailer. 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 the War the woods on the east of Route 9 were lumbered for the Navy. F.D.R. took much interest in this activity and when he was at H.P. he often went out to look at what was being done. Here he is with (Mrs. James Roosevelt) his mother talking to William Plog on the road that goes between 9 and 9g - Farther in the woods than when we've seen him riding [. . .] with the children.
Also on the reverse side of the page is another variation of Dows’s drawing of the Paul Troubetzkoy 1911 bronze sculpture of Franklin D. Roosevelt that sits in the entrance hall of FDR's Hyde Park home, Springwood. See MO 1956.105 for the version of the drawing used in the book.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat.
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 152 of the book.On the reverse of the drawing is a handwritten note in ink describing the image: During the War the woods on the east of Route 9 were lumbered for the Navy. F.D.R. took much interest in this activity and when he was at H.P. he often went out to look at what was being done. Here he is with (Mrs. James Roosevelt) his mother talking to William Plog on the road that goes between 9 and 9g - Farther in the woods than when we've seen him riding [. . .] with the children.
Also on the reverse side of the page is another variation of Dows’s drawing of the Paul Troubetzkoy 1911 bronze sculpture of Franklin D. Roosevelt that sits in the entrance hall of FDR's Hyde Park home, Springwood. See MO 1956.105 for the version of the drawing used in the book.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat.
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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