Name/Title
VIEW ON THE SUSQUEHANNAH, AT LIVERPOOLEntry/Object ID
L.2007.35Description
Steel cut engraving of a scene on the banks of the Susquehannah River: the background consists of a landscape, the river flanked by steep hills and a small village; dramatic clouds fill the sky; on the left, two barges are covered in triangular piles of logs and small figures at work; in the center, are three men with fishing poles on a narrow strip of land, two seated and one standing; these figures converse with a man on horseback who is pointing to the hills; on the right, two horses pull a boat on which figures sit; in the distance are three houses with small figures in front; below the scene, on the viewer's far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "H. Griffiths."; in center, the title is printed, "VIEW ON THE SUSQUEHANNAH [Susquehanna], AT LIVERPOOL."; on bottom left the title translated to French is printed, "POINT DE VUE SUR LA SUSQUEHANNAH À LIVERPOOL."; on bottom right the title translated to German is printed, "PROSPECT AUF DIE SUSQUEHANNAH, ZU LIVERPOOL."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Henry BartlettAttribution
ArtistArtist
Henry GriffithsAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
George VirtueNotes
Date made: 1838 or 1839Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8 inWidth
10-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 7/8 in. (20.3 x 27.6 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Bottom edge is irregularly cut; most of a line of print is cut off; accretion of blue ink in bottom center of image; three evenly-spaced tears along top edge starting four inches from left edge; gold leaf along left, top, and right edges slightly dented; discoloration throughout, particularly along edges; group of small brown circles of discoloration along top edge; indentation in bottom right; metallic accretion on right, 2 inches from bottom edge; recto has gray discoloration.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #45
On back left corner is written in pencil "P 1839". Publisher's line is mostly cut off- the date is either 1838 or 1839.Note Type
General NoteNote
View on the Susquehannah, at Liverpool is plate number 84 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