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The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career.
Edward Irving was born at Annan, Annandale, the second son of Gavin Irving, a tanner, and his wife, Mary Lowther of Dornock. [2] On his father's side he was descended from a family long known in the district which had ties to French Huguenot refugees.
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858) by John Quidor. The story was the longest one published as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (commonly referred to as The Sketch Book), which Irving issued serially throughout 1819 and 1820, using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon". [2]
The President blessed young Irving, [4] an encounter that Irving had commemorated in a small watercolor painting which continues to hang in his home. [ 5 ] The Irvings lived at 131 William Street at the time of Washington's birth, but they later moved across the street to 128 William Street. [ 6 ]
As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
Irving was inspired by his experiences to write Tales of the Alhambra. [4] The book combines description, myth and narrations of real historical events, even up through the destruction of some of the palace's towers by the French under Count Sebastiani in 1812, and the further damage caused by an earthquake in 1821.
Salvator Rosa: Allegory of Fortune, representing Fortuna, the goddess of luck, with the horn of plenty Allegory of the recognition of the Empire of Brazil and its independence.
(1824) is a two-volume collection of essays and short stories composed by Washington Irving while he was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris. The collection was published under Irving's pseudonym , Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.