HUDSON RIVER (ABOVE HYDE PARK)

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.91

Description

Steel cut engraving of a group of figures on a lawn that overlooks a river: in the right foreground, a group of men, women, and children sit on benches and on the ground; one man wears a hat and his holding a stick; the lawn is lined with stately trees; trees cover the hill as it slopes down to the river; the river is shown at an angle; sailboats cover its surface; the far bank of the river has some houses; there is an island and three peninsulas; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "Alfred Jones."; in center, the title is printed, "HUDSON RIVER. I (above Hyde Park)."; on bottom center print is almost completely cut off.

Artwork Details

Medium

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Alfred Jones

Attribution

Engraver

Date made

circa 1840

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Extreme yellowing throughout; stain top center, 2 ½ inches from left edge; stain top right corner; writing in pencil top right corner; finger print center right corner; tears along bottom edge; foxing bottom left corner; recto extremely yellowed with the exception of a square, bottom center; discoloration from ink of facing text, center.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.12 - Engraving - Similar item L.2007.189 - Lithograph - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #36

Note Type

General Note

Note

Hudson River is a copy of plate number 23 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, B4

Note Type

Department

Note

Library