The Station Hack, Asbury Park

Artist Howard N. Cook

Period1925

MediumBlack ink on paper

Dimensions6.25 × 8 in. (15.9 × 20.3 cm)

InscribedInscribed in pencil from left to right in lower margin, " 2/10 The Station Hack Asbury Park."

SignedSigned in pencil in lower right margin, "Howard N. Cook 1925."

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of William S. Holmes, 1941

Object number1542

DescriptionAn urban street scene with a horse drawn, four wheel carriage in the foreground headed toward the left. The passenger compartment is enclosed, with a carriage lantern on its front corner. The driver sits in an open area protected in part by the overhanging roof and canvas or cloth side curtains. The backdrop of the scene consists of three and four story, late nineteenth century buildings. Motor vehicles, including a delivery truck and automobiles, pass by on the street behind the hack. A gas street lamp sits on the corner to the left of the horse.
Curatorial RemarksHoward Norton Cook (1901 - 1980) was a pre-eminent American printmaker. This etching is one of three works he created of Monmouth County subjects in 1925. A woodcut print titled Revolutionary Times in New Jersey depicts the Village Inn in Englishtown, accession number 1915. The other is an etching of the Christopher House on East Main Street in Freehold, accession number 1995.557.NotesThe donor identified this scene, numbered 2 of 10 strikes, as Main Street in Asbury Park, Monmouth County. A plaza which still exists was situated between the train station and Main Street. The cabby is waiting in it for a fare.

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