View Near the Falls of Schuylkill

1819

John Hill, after Joshua Shaw

Associated Names
John Hill

Artist, American, born England, 1770 - 1850

M. Carey & Son

Publisher

Joshua Shaw

Artist After, American, born England, 1776 - 1860

The image is an engraving showing a landscape with a high horizon. The setting is a valley with steep sides, featuring hills and treetops in the distance. The composition uses detailed brushstrokes to depict the natural scenery. Earthy tones and muted greens dominate the color palette, with a soft, hazy light creating a serene atmosphere. In the foreground, there are rocky terrain, a figure in a red garment, and a white horse. A river winds through the background, surrounded by trees blending into the hills. The sky is depicted with soft grey, peach, and blue tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.5 × 25.72 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
    plate: 39.37 × 30.16 cm (15 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 54.29 × 35.08 cm (21 3/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.819

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Koke 1961, no. 41, i/ii

  • Portfolio Title

    Picturesque Views of American Scenery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 13

Bibliography

1821

  • Shaw, Joshua, and John Hill. Picturesque Views of American Scenery. Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1821, no. 5.

1961

  • Koke, Richard J. A Checklist of the American Engravings of John Hill (1770-1850), Master of Aquatint: Together with a List of Prints Colored by Him and a List of His Extant Original Drawings. New York: New York Historical Society, 1961, pp. 19-20, no. 41, i/ii.

1968

  • Making of the Nation, 1783-1860. New York: American Heritage, 1968, p. 131.

Inscriptions

lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 45 / 55 [strikethrough]
text at bottom in plate:
Painted by J. Shaw / Engraved by J. Hill / View Near the Falls of Schuylkill. / Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.

Wikidata ID

Q77013673

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