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On the Hudson River Near Irvington by Albert Bierstadt, 1866 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) Bartholomew's map of Kent isOn the Hudson River Near Irvington by Albert Bierstadt captures a tranquil reach of the Hudson Valley in the late 1860s, when American artists were turning their attention to familiar eastern scenery with renewed reverence. Executed in oil on cardboard, this intimate study sets aside the theatrical peaks of the American West to dwell instead on light, atmosphere, and gently contoured shoreline. Warm evening tones bathe the river and distant hills,