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Catskills

This is a picture of the Catskills where Rip spent a great deal of his time.  This picture shows the shore of the Hudson River with the Catskills in the background.

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Image found at http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/mdevito11/ripVanWinkle.jpg

This is an image of Rip Van Winkle Sleeping in the mountains.

Photo: Copyright 2008 by Andrew Alden, geology.about.com, reproduced under educational fair use.

 

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Title page of the book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819) by Washington Irving.
Source: Cropped from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc186p2.jpg

This is the sketch book in which the story Rip Van Winkle is found.

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Kelly Hart, Hartworks, Inc. http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/posters/americanposters.htm

This is a picture of what is said to be Rip Van Winkle’s house.

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Duyckinick, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women in Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1873.

This is a portrait of Washington Irving the author of “Rip Van Winkle”.

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Rip Van Winkle And His Wonderful Nap by Edmund Clarence Stedman Copyright 1870 Published by Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co.

This picture shows Rip and his adoration by the town children.

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Rip Van Winkle And His Wonderful Nap by Edmund Clarence Stedman Copyright 1870 Published by Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co.

This is picture depicts Dame Van Winkle and how she is constantly nagging Rip.

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Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

This image shows Rip after he returns to town after his long nap.




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