CAPT. BUNKERS SLOOP, NORTH RIVER (HUDSON HIGHLANDS)

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

CAPT. BUNKERS SLOOP, NORTH RIVER (HUDSON HIGHLANDS)

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.47

Description

Steel cut engraving of a shepherd overlooking sloops in the Hudson highlands: in the foreground is a rocky path along the edge of a cliff; a shepherd sits on its edge with a staff in his hands and his back to the viewer; his sheep stand behind him; a wooded mountain rises on the left; sloops move along the river with the wind in their sails; an island is visible upstream; the peaks of the highlands behind the island; on the opposite bank are more mountains; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed "W.H.Bartlett."; in center, the title is printed, "CAPT. BUNKERS SLOOP, NORTH RIVER.I (Hudson Highlands)."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), ink

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-1/8 in

Width

9-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (15.6 x 23.8 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Discoloration along edges; strip of yellowing adhesive along bottom edge; small piece of removed glassine still attached in bottom center; yellowing throughout; writing in pencil, bottom left corner; yellowing adhesive tape, top corners; small tear along edge of tape, top right corner; recto has discoloration in the form of the text from the facing page.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.107 - Engraving - Similar item L.2007.108 - Engraving - Similar item L.2007.109 - Lithograph - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #35 Written in pencil on mat is "$15.00, pub 1870- Conn., from: One hundred years Progress of the U.S., by L. Stebbins, drawn by: W.H. Bartlett, steel engraving"

Note Type

General Note

Note

Capt. Bunkers Sloop is a copy of plate number 112 in American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Publisher George Virtue commissioned William H. Bartlett to illustrate American Scenery, for which N.P. Willis wrote the text. Bartlett completed these watercolor drawings during two visits to America between 1836 and 1838. The drawings were engraved starting in 1837 by numerous English engravers and published in installments of four engravings. Subscribers could have the prints bound in two volumes in 1840 when the installments were complete.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B5

Note Type

Department

Note

Library