page_title: History of Rockland County, New York (1798–1900)
section_title: Historic paintings
hierarchical_section_title: History of Rockland County, New York (1798–1900) / Art gallery / Historic paintings
caption_attribution_description: Sunny Morning on the Hudson River
context_page_description: The recorded history of Rockland County, New York begins on February 23, 1798, when the county was formed as an administrative division of the state of New York. It is located 12 miles north-northwest of New York City, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is the hamlet of New City. The name comes from rocky land, an early description of the area given by settlers. Rockland is New York's southernmost county west of the Hudson River. It is suburban in nature, with a considerable amount of scenic designated parkland. Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 miles north of Manhattan at the counties' two respective closest points
  Most of the early settlers were Dutch, with a sprinkling of Huguenot and Quaker families. The settlers lived almost entirely off the land, farming – berries, fruits and vegetables, as well as hunting, fishing, and trapping.
  Early attempts to settle the county by the Dutch were generally unsuccessful, and in 1664 they handed over the territory to the English.
context_section_description: The following artists studied at the Hudson River School:
  Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – April 23, 1900)
  Francis Augustus Silva (American, 1835–1886).
  The Hudson at the Tappan Zee, 1876.
  Asher Brown Durand (August 21, 1796 – September 17, 1886)
  Hudson River Scene, 1846.
  Hudson River Landscape, Date Unknown
  Régis François Gignoux (1816–1882)
  First Snow Along the Hudson River
  James McDougal Hart (May 10, 1828 – October 24, 1901)
  Harriman New York Overlooking the Hudson
  Thomas Cole (1801–1848)
  Sunny Morning on the Hudson River
  Victor DeGrailly (1845)
  Anthonys Nose on Hudson c1845
  George Wesley Bellows (1882–1925)
  A Morning Snow Hudson River
  Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
  Indian Summer Hudson River
  Approaching Thunderstorm on the Hudson River
  Figures in a Hudson River Landscape
  Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837)
  Along The Hudson
  Sandford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  Morning in the Hudson, Haverstraw Bay
caption: Sunny Morning on the Hudson River
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