(New York, 1828-1891)Entrance to the Highlands of the Hudson, 1874, signed lower left "JME 1874", inscribed with title stretcher verso, probably in the artist's hand, "Entrance to the Highlands", oil on canvas, 12 x 20-1/4 in.; fine period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 22-3/4 x 32-1/2 in. - Note: The Highlands of the Hudson is an area on the River that contains some of the most iconic locales visited by the artists of what came to be known as the Hudson River School.  McEntee had a home and studio there in the village of  Rondout, (now a part of Kingston), and according to his diaries he painted there the entire summer of 1874. - Provenance: Private Collection old repair canvas verso center with corresponding area of fluorescence canvas center recto, original stretchers and tacking edge, surface dirt layer; frame with wear and small losses at corners, possibly regilt in areas