Original 1840 hand-colored engraving of Barhydt's Lake, near Saratoga, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved on steel by Edward Radclyffe. Two fishermen in a canoe enliven the wooded shore of the lake.
Original 1840 hand-colored engraving of Barhydt's Lake, near Saratoga, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved on steel by Edward Radclyffe. Two fishermen in a canoe enliven the wooded shore of the lake.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
Engraver: Edward Radclyffe (1809-1863).
Date: 1840.
Source: American Scenery, by Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett (London, George Virtue, 1840).
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.6 x 7.1 in (11.8 x 18 cm); sheet 8.1 x 10.6 in (20.7 x 27 cm).
Condition: Good, with wide margins.