Ericstan, for John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York (perspective), Alexander Jackson Davis, 1855

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Ericstan, for John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York (perspective), 1855, Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 25 5/16 x 30in. ( x ), Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey), Davis' most successful castellated villa was built for dry-goods merchant John J. Herrick. The design was dominated by an enormous three-story circular tower facing west over the Hudson River. The tower housed an extraordinary circular parlor that had an intricately vaulted ceiling springing from a massive central cluster of delicate Gothic columns

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