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Picturesque Views of American Scenery
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View Above the Falls of Schuylkill
Picturesque Views of American Scenery
1820
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1276
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
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 3.
The Views were issued in three fascicles, of which two appeared in 1820 and one in 1821. Alone among the MFA's sheets from this publication, this view is accompanied by the letterpress description of the scene (accession number: K1276b)
The Views were issued in three fascicles, of which two appeared in 1820 and one in 1821. Alone among the MFA's sheets from this publication, this view is accompanied by the letterpress description of the scene (accession number: K1276b)
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: View Above the Falls of Schuylkill
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
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