“Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken”

Description

“Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken” engraved by J.C.Bentley after a picture by W.H.Bartlett, published in American Scenery, about 1840. Steel engraved print with recent hand colouring. Good condition. Size 18.5 x 14 cms including title, plus margins. William Henry Bartlett was born 1809 and died in 1854. He became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He first came to the United States in 1835 to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the Northeastern US