View of the Natural Bridge, 1835

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored aquatint

Dimensions

image: 49.85 × 65.09 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 58.42 × 70.8 cm (23 × 27 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.134

Artists / Makers

William James Bennett (artist) American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

Jacob C. Ward (artist after) American, 1809 - 1891

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Painted by J.C.Ward.; lower right in plate: Engraved by W.J. Bennett.; lower center in plate: View of the NATURAL BRIDGE, Virginia / Published by Lewis P. Clover New York. / Entered According to Act of Congressin the year 1835 by LEWIS P. CLOVER in the clerks office of the D istrict Court of the Southern Dist rict of New York.

Exhibition History

1986: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1986-1987.

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 22.