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Hudson River Port Folio
New York from Governors Island
Hudson River Port Folio
John Hill (American (England), 1770–1850)
After: William Guy Wall (American (born in Ireland), 1792 – 1864)
After: William Guy Wall (American (born in Ireland), 1792 – 1864)
Dated depicted 1820, issued about 1825
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored aquatint
Dimensions
Image: 35.4 x 53.2 cm (13 15/16 x 20 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 50.0 x 69.9 cm (19 11/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 50.0 x 69.9 cm (19 11/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 702
DescriptionFirst state of three; hand-colored by Hill.
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: NEW YORK FROM GOVERNORS ISLAND. / No. 20 of the Hudson River Port Folio / Published by Henry I. Megarey New York
In plate, at lower left: Painted by W. G. Wall
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. Hill
In plate, at lower left: Painted by W. G. Wall
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. Hill
ProvenanceAccessioned February 14, 1962. M. & M. Karolik Collection. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1964