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Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American (England), 1770–1850)
After: Joshua Shaw (American (born in England), 1776–1860)
1820

Medium/Technique Etching and aquatint with hand coloring
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom: Picturesque Views of American Scenery: Engraved by Hill, from Drawings by Joshua Shaw, Landscape Painter. (Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey & Son, 1820): fasc. 1, view 1.

The Views were issued in three fascicles, of which two appeared in 1820 and one in 1821.
InscriptionsIn plate, on stone: Picturesque / Views of / American / Scenery /1820
In plate, at lower left: Painted by J. Shaw
In plate, at lower center: Philadelphia Published by M. Carey & Son,
In plate, at lower center: Engraved by J. Hill