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Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Snowshoeing
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Snowshoeing
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Snowshoeing

Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Snowshoeing

Object numberMO 1956.67
Artist (American painter and printmaker, 1904-1981)
Date1949
Mediumpaper (illustration paper, matboard), ink, paint (gouache)
Dimensionsframe H 28 1/2 in x W 17 5/8 in x D 1 1/4 in (72.4 cm x 44.8 cm x 3.2 cm )
image H 18 3/4 in x W 8 1/2 in (47.6 cm x 21.6 cm )

DescriptionAn original pen and ink and ink wash drawing with gouache highlights showing a young Franklin D. Roosevelt and his father, James, snowshoeing through the woods. Crumwold, the Archibald Rogers family home in Hyde Park, New York is visible in the distant background. The drawing is signed by the artist below the image: Olin Dows © 1949.

The drawing is matted, glazed, and framed in a 1/2" silver-colored metal frame.

The title of the drawing was written on the original (not current) mat: Snowshoeing.
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 20 of the book where it is captioned: FRANKLIN AND HIS FATHER SNOWSHOEING TO THE ROGERS' AFTER THE BLIZZARD OF 1888.

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
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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