Antique Print-FORT PUTNAM-HUDSON-USA-Bartlett-1840

Steel engraving on vellin type hand laid paper. Original hand colour. Remains of tape from framing on blank rear. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 26 x 36,5 cm. The image size is ca. 17 x 13 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10,2 x 14,4 inch. The image size is ca. 6,7 x 5,1 inch.

Plate : ‘View from Fort Putnam’. Hudson River, USA. Published in London, ca. 1840.Artists and Engravers: William Henry Bartlett (March 26, 1809 – September 13, 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings.In 1835, Bartlett first visited the United States in order to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the northeastern states. The finely detailed steel engravings Bartlett produced were published uncolored with a text by Nathaniel Parker Willis as American Scenery. or Land, Lake, and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. American Scenery was published by George Virtue in London in 30 monthly installments from 1837 to 1839. Bound editions of the work were published from 1840 onward. William Tombleson (1795 – c. 1846) was an English topographical and architecture artist, illustrator, copper and steel engraver, writer and printmaker, based in London.

Condition: Excellent. general age related toning. some light staining from handling.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-FORT PUTNAM-HUDSON-USA-BARTLETT

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