Name/Title
VILLAGE OF CATSKILLEntry/Object ID
L.2007.41Description
Steel cut engraving of shepherds and sheep on a road by a village: in the center foreground are a pair of shepherds wearing straw hats; the man is holding a stick and leaning on a rock; to the figures' left is a heard of sheep walking up a hill on a dirt road; to the left of the road is a crumbling and overgrown stone wall, a small tree grows at an angle above the wall; there is a rustic wooden fence on the slight hill above the wall; to the right of the road is a pile of stones; on top of the pile is a decaying wooden fence; behind the stones is a pine-covered hill sloping downward; the road leads downhill into the village; small figures walk along the road in the distance, in the mid-ground a steep hill slopes down to the road on the right; more sheep and shepherds populate the hill; the road is flanked with buildings and hills as it recedes; three steepled churches are visible at the near end of the village; the background is comprised of tall mountains; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "J. C. Bentley."; in center, the title is printed, "VILLAGE OF CATSKILL."; on bottom left the title translated to French is printed, "VILLAGE DE CATSKILL."; on bottom right the title translated to German is printed, "DAS DORF CATSKILL."; on bottom center is printed, "London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Henry BartlettAttribution
ArtistArtist
Joseph Clayton BentleyAttribution
EngraverManufacturer
George VirtueDate made
1839Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8 inWidth
10-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 26.7 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Tears along top edge; some loss of gold leaf along left, top, and right edges; line of yellow discoloring across image, one inch from top of image; faint line of graphite bottom right, one inch from bottom edge; a series of stains, yellow in color, bottom right; accretion of miniscule specks of gold leaf throughout surface; recto has gray discoloration throughout and graphite marks in bottom right and top left.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
L.2007.74 - Engraving - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #45Note Type
General NoteNote
Village of Catskill is plate number 106 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