Hudson
1825
Engraver, American, born England, 1770 - 1850
Publisher, American, active 1818 - 1845

Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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