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