THE TOMB OF KOSCUISKO, WEST POINT

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

THE TOMB OF KOSCUISKO, WEST POINT

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.85

Description

Steel cut engraving depicting the Tomb of Koscuisko with three figures in the foreground and Hudson River in background: two men wear coats and top hats and hold canes; one man with a hat sits on a downward sloping hill; the tomb on a hill, surrounded by a fence, with curved base, carved wreaths, and Doric column; river with boats; river bank with two structures; mountains rise from the shore; inscribed along bottom edge "WEEKES SC.;" inscribed below image "THE TOMB OF KOSCUISKO, WEST POINT;" text on verso.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolor

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Artist

Weekes

Attribution

Engraver

Date made

circa 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5-7/16 in

Width

8-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (13.8 x 22.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Removed from book; top and side edges discolored; bottom edge slightly torn; top right corner creased; small tear right side; attached to mat with hinging tape.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.84 - Engraving - Related L.2007.8 - Engraving - Related L.2007.80 - Engraving - Related L.2007.86 - Engraving - Related L.2007.87 - Engraving - Related L.2007.88 - Chromolithograph - Related

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #36

Note Type

General Note

Note

The Tomb of Koscuisko, West Point, is a copy of plate number 15 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