Baltus Van Tassel

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farmer fictional character literary character

Baltus Van Tassel is a wealthy, jovial Dutch farmer in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” known as the indulgent father of Katrina Van Tassel.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Baltus Van Tassel canonical 6
Mrs. Van Tassel 2
Van Tassel 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf farmer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
associatedWith Brom Bones ⓘ
Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
characteristic good-natured ⓘ
hospitable ⓘ
jovial ⓘ
wealthy ⓘ
child Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Washington Irving ⓘ
ethnicity Dutch ⓘ
familyName Baltus Van Tassel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Van Tassel
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1820 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn Gothic short story ⓘ
givenName Baltus ⓘ
houseType farmhouse owner ⓘ
literaryPeriod American Romanticism ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
notableFor being an indulgent father ⓘ
hosting feasts and parties ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
placeOfResidence Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Tarry Town ⓘ
roleInWork father of Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
host of social gatherings ⓘ
settingTime post-Revolutionary War era ⓘ
socialStatus prosperous landowner ⓘ
spouse Baltus Van Tassel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Van Tassel
wealthStatus rich farmer ⓘ
workPublishedIn The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katrina Van Tassel → father → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel → parent → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
Baltus Van Tassel → familyName → Baltus Van Tassel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Van Tassel
Baltus Van Tassel → spouse → Baltus Van Tassel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Van Tassel
Van Tassel farm → ownedBy → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
Van Tassel farm → resident → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
Van Tassel farm → associatedCharacter → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
Baltus → name → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltus Van Tassel
Baltus → spouse → Baltus Van Tassel ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltus Van Tassel
this entity surface form: Mrs. Van Tassel