That jolly ditty, written by JohnFrederick Coots and Haven Gillespie in 1934, has been recorded by artists from Bing Crosby to Justin Bieber and continues to garner considerable airplay.
The pairing of two canvases, "View on the Hudson" (1865) and "On the Thames, Near Windsor" (1868), by JohnFrederick Kensett, a Luminist, shows how the disparate landscapes of the two rivers inspired different approaches.