Hudson

1825

John Hill

Engraver, American, born England, 1770 - 1850

Henry J. Megarey

Publisher, American, active 1818 - 1845

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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: 36.83 × 54.93 cm (14 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 45.72 × 63.34 cm (18 × 24 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.594

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Koke 1961, no. 91, i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy & Co, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Peale Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1956

1977

  • Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Tour of Canada), 1977-1979

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 14

Bibliography

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, p. 39, no. 91, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a91238 / amx-
text at bottom in plate:
Painted by W. G. Wall. / Engraved by J. Hill. / HUDSON. / No. 13 of the Hudson River Port Folio / Published by Henry I. Megarey New York.

Wikidata ID

Q77011564


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