Original 1840 hand-colored engraving with the view of the village of Little Falls, on the banks of the Mohawk River, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved on steel by Samuel Bradshaw. Figures beside the water enliven the foreground.
Original 1840 hand-colored engraving with the view of the village of Little Falls, on the banks of the Mohawk River, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved on steel by Samuel Bradshaw. Figures beside the water enliven the foreground.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
Engraver: Samuel Bradshaw.
Date: 1840.
Source: American Scenery, by Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett (London, George Virtue, 1840).
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.0 x 7.1 in (12.6 x 18 cm); sheet 8.1 x 10.6 in (20.7 x 27 cm).
Condition: Good; a light yellowish stain in the left margin.