Her instincts were good, says Walker, who identified the piece as dating to the 1840s and the Hudson River School. Walker ...

However, what really struck me was the collection of “Hudson River School & Luminism” paintings – lush, giant depictions of America, created by masters such as Thomas Cole in the mid-1800s.

The Hudson River Museum, on the river in a Gilded Age mansion in Yonkers, has been a cultural institution for over a century in Westchester County.