View of the Natural Bridge

1835

William James Bennett

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

William James Bennett after Jacob C. Ward

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.134

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

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.

Wikidata ID

Q74070534

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