Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 – 1900)
Note: This work depicts Pollepel’s Island on the Hudson, looking north. The island, now part of Hudson Highlands State Park, is located 50 miles north of New York City and features the abandoned military structure of Bannerman’s Castle.
Cropsey made two excursions in 1880 that resulted in sketches, then watercolors and oils of this area; in July with the “Artist’s Excursion” sailing up the Hudson River to Albany, then by rail to Schenectady, and in September up the Hudson to the Highlands.[1]