VIEW FROM WEST POINT (HUDSON RIVER)

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.78

Description

Colored steel cut engraving of three figures looking down on a river landscape with many sailboats: a man wearing blue and two women in yellow and red 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, green, tree-covered hills on both sides; many sailboats move up and down the river; one dark steamboat moves among the sailboats; there is an island in the distance; the sun is low in the pink and yellow sky and partially covered with clouds; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "A.L. Dick."; in center, the title is printed, "VIEW FROM WEST POINT.I (Hudson River)"; on bottom center is printed, "Engraved expressly for Graham's Magazine."

Artwork Details

Medium

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Alexander L. Dick

Attribution

Engraver

Date made

circa 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6 in

Width

9-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 x 9 5/8 in. (15.2 x 24.4 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Discoloration in square surrounding image, from mat; soil throughout; yellow stain center left; yellowing along edges; small loss bottom left edge; crease bottom center; recto is stained center right; adhered to mat with one piece of white adhesive tape along top edge.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.1 - Engraving - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #35

Note Type

General Note

Note

View From West Point (Hudson River) is a copy of 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

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Library