Name/Title
VIEW FROM GOWANUS HEIGHTS, BROOKLYNEntry/Object ID
L.2007.42Description
Colored steel plate engraving of the back of a large house, a church, and a bay: in the left foreground is a couple walking on a hill beneath trees; on the right is a group of rocks and shrubs; beyond, a large white house sits atop a hill; the house is surrounded by trees; the side of the hill facing the viewer is overgrown and fenced in at the top and at the bottom; below the house is a church; beyond the church is the bay with ships and islands in the distance; to the right, through the trees, the steeples of New York can be seen; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "H. Adlard."; in center, the title is printed, "VIEW FROM GOWANUS HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN."; on bottom left the title translated to French is printed, "VUE PRISE DES HAUTEURS DE GOWANUS, BROOKLYN."; on bottom right the title translated to German is printed, "PROSPECT VON DER GOWANUS HÖHE, BEI BROOKLYN."; on bottom center is printed, "London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolorMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Henry BartlettAttribution
ArtistArtist
Henry AdlardAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
George VirtueDate made
1839Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8 inWidth
10-5/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 5/8 in. (20.3 x 27 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Discoloration in a square surrounding the image, from mat; darkening throughout with the exception of two rectangles in upper corners; soil and traces of watercolor throughout; recto has two pieces of adhesive tape along top edge.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #50
Mat has label from "Harold T. Storey- London"Note Type
General NoteNote
View From Gowanus Heights is plate number 107 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
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B5Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library