Buffalo, from Lake Erie, published 1836

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Medium

hand-colored aquatint with touches of engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 52.3 x 70.4 cm (20 9/16 x 27 11/16 in.)

sheet: 56 x 78 cm (22 1/16 x 30 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.123

Artists / Makers

William James Bennett (artist) American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

John William Hill (artist after) American, 1812 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Pain.d by W.J. Bennett from a / Sketch by J.W. Hill.; lower right in plate: Engraved by WJ Bennett., lower center in plate: Pub:by Henry J. Megarey New York. / BUFFALO, FROM LAKE ERIE. / (3 lines of dedication and publication information); lL //in brown pencil: Inv 205 / a f ug