Name/Title
VIEW ON THE ERIE CANAL, NEAR LITTLE FALLSEntry/Object ID
L.2007.25Description
Steel cut engraving of a night scene on the Erie Canal with a boat and a horseman: a steep wooded hill rises from one bank of the canal; the moon; just above this hill; illuminates a rocky crevice on the other; a horseman hitched to a harness rides along a path surrounded on either side by water; a low boat moves along the river; five figures are on the deck of this boat; light from the boat's windows is reflected in the water; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "J.T. Willmore."; in center, the title is printed, "VIEW ON THE ERIE CANAL NEAR LITTLE FALLS"; on bottom center is printed, "London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1838."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Henry BartlettAttribution
ArtistArtist
James Tilbitts WillmoreAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
George VirtueDate made
1838Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
7-3/4 inWidth
10-3/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (19.7 x 26.4 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Some lose of gold leaf along left and right edges; soil and spill top left corner; soil top left, one inch from either edge; large area of yellowing, left half of image; small spots of discoloration throughout; erased pencil, bottom left corner; recto has two pieces of adhesive tape along top edge, erased pencil in top left corner, pencil in top right corner, and yellowing throughout.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
L.2007.62 - Engraving - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #45Note Type
General NoteNote
View on the Erie Canal, Near Little Falls is plate number 57 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, B4Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library