VIEW ON THE ERIE CANAL, NEAR LITTLE FALLS

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

VIEW ON THE ERIE CANAL, NEAR LITTLE FALLS

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.62

Description

Colored 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 in a red shirt 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, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolor

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Artist

James Tilbitts Willmore

Attribution

Engraver

Manufacturer

George Virtue

Date made

1838

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

10-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (19.7 x 26.4 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slight discoloration in a square surrounding the image, from mat; soil along top edge; accretion of miniscule specks of gold leaf throughout surface; recto has soil throughout; writing in pencil in top right corner; hinged with two pieces of white adhesive tape along top.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.25 - Engraving - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #45 "40-" written in pencil on the mat

Note Type

General Note

Note

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

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B4

Note Type

Department

Note

Library