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Born	April 3, 1783 • New York City • New York
Died	November 28, 1859 (aged 76) • Tarrytown • New York
Awards And Honors	Hall of Fame (1900)
Notable Works	“A History of New York” • “A Tour of the Prairies” • “Rip Van Winkle” • “The Adventures of Captain Bonneville” • “The Alhambra” • “The Devil and Tom Walker” • “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” • “The Sketch Book”
Movement / Style	Knickerbocker school

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Nineteenth-century engraved portrait of Washington Irving, shown with curly hair, a high-collared shirt, and a coat with a fur collar.

Washington Irving, oil painting by J.W. Jarvis, 1809; in the Historic Hudson Valley collection.

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