3100386 "He found the old burghers, and still more their wives, rich in that legendary love so invaluable to true history." from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, pub. 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving (1783-1859) published in 1819; It is is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.