Original steel engraving of about 1840 with a moonlit winter scene on the Catterskill, in the Catskill Mountains, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by John Rogers. A bear crosses the frozen lake while two hunters lie in wait.
Original steel engraving of about 1840 with a moonlit winter scene on the Catterskill, in the Catskill Mountains, New York, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by John Rogers. A bear crosses the frozen lake while two hunters lie in wait.
Medium: Steel engraving, black and white.
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
Engraver: John Rogers.
Date: c. 1840.
Source: American Scenery, by Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett (London, George Virtue, 1840).
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.5 x 7.3 in (11.5 x 18.5 cm); sheet 8.1 x 10.7 in (20.6 x 27.1 cm).
Condition: Good, with wide, clean margins.