Brief Biography-John Quidor was born in Tappan, New York, in 1801. He took brief instruction from the portraitist John Wesley Jarvis when he was a teenager. He earned his living mainly as a sign painter while eagerly engaged in painting pictures of folklore scenes. However, he also painted landscapes. The National Academy of Design exhibited his works from 1827. Quidor primarily painted tales from literary subjects such as Rip van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Unfortunately, his infusion of humour into his paintings led to the public not receiving his work with much sincerity at the time.