Name/Title
VIEW FROM WEST POINT (HUDSON RIVER)Entry/Object ID
L.2007.1Description
Steel cut engraving of three figures looking down on a river landscape with many sailboats: a man and two women stand on a hill in the center of the foreground; the hill is covered in trees; on the left is a bridge on which tiny figures walk; three farm buildings sit on a cleared hill on the left riverbank; the river is flanked with steep, tree-covered hills on both sides; many sailboats move up and down the river; one steamboat moves among the sailboats; there is an island in the distance; the sun is low in the sky and partially covered with clouds; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "R. Wallis."; in center, the title is printed, "VIEW FROM WEST POINT.I (Hudson River)"; on bottom center is printed, "London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1837."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Henry BartlettAttribution
ArtistArtist
Robert WallisAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
George VirtueDate made
1837Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
7-7/8 inWidth
10-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (20 x 27.3 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Discoloration throughout surface; crease center right; tear top right; top right corner dog-eared; indentation along top edge, center and left; some loss of gold leaf along right, top, and left edges; bottom edge cut irregularly; some loss of ink bottom center; recto is soiled throughout; writing in pencil bottom right.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
L.2007.78 - Engraving - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #35Note Type
General NoteNote
View From West Point (Hudson River) is plate number 3 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