Buffalo, from Lake Erie

published 1836

William James Bennett

Artist, American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored aquatint with touches of engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 52.3 x 70.4 cm (20 9/16 x 27 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 56 x 78 cm (22 1/16 x 30 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.123


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Pain.d by W.J. Bennett from a / Sketch by J.W. Hill.; lower right in plate: Engraved by WJ Bennett., lower center in plate: Pub:by Henry J. Megarey New York. / BUFFALO, FROM LAKE ERIE. / (3 lines of dedication and publication information); lL //in brown pencil: Inv 205 / a f ug

Wikidata ID

Q74070486


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