Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: Val-Kill Picnic
Object numberMO 1956.142
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 28 in (50.8 cm x 71.1 cm )
sheet H 13 1/2 in x W 21 in (34.3 cm x 53.3 cm )
sheet H 13 1/2 in x W 21 in (34.3 cm x 53.3 cm )
DescriptionAn original pen and ink and ink wash drawing with gouache highlights showing a picnic on the lawn of Eleanor Roosevelt’s cottage at Val-Kill in Hyde Park, New York. The scene shows groups of people seated and standing at or near tables set up on a section of tree-lined lawn bordering a pond. On the right side of the lawn, the outdoor fireplace decorated with a mounted sculpture of Huckleberry Finn, is visible. 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: The Val-Kill Picknick [sic] grounds south west of Mrs. Roosevelt's [. . .] out door fire place with logs to sit and often card tables or folding chairs too.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat on which the title is written in pencil: Val-Kill Picnic.
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 131 of the book.On the reverse of the drawing is a handwritten note in ink describing the image: The Val-Kill Picknick [sic] grounds south west of Mrs. Roosevelt's [. . .] out door fire place with logs to sit and often card tables or folding chairs too.
The drawing is mounted to a piece of cardboard and comes with a window mat on which the title is written in pencil: Val-Kill Picnic.
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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