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The Old Dutch Church Art Print
by Cathy Kovarik
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The Old Dutch Church art print by Cathy Kovarik. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The oldest existing church in New York, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) and its three-acre... more
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The oldest existing church in New York, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) and its three-acre colonial-era burying ground served as the inspiration for—and is featured prominently in—Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Published in 1820, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is one of the earliest works of American fiction still read widely today. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut who competes with a local for the hand of the daughter of a wealthy farmer in town. After Ichabod is pursued by the Headless Horseman, supposedly the ghost of a man who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War, he mysteriously disappears from the town forever, and the daughter marries the other man. The other man looks "exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod" is related, leaving the reader to wonder if he was the Headless Horseman in disguise.
Completed in 1685,...
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Mike Dawson
great choice for B/W