Original hand-colored steel engraving with the wooden bridge of Glens Falls spanning the Hudson and the mill leaning over the cataract. Drawn by W. H. Bartlett and engraved by F. W. Topham; trilingual caption in English, French and German, and the imprint London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839.
Original hand-colored steel engraving with the wooden bridge of Glens Falls spanning the Hudson and the mill leaning over the cataract. Drawn by W. H. Bartlett and engraved by F. W. Topham; trilingual caption in English, French and German, and the imprint London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839.
It comes from American Scenery, the series of views of the United States drawn by William Henry Bartlett and published in London by George Virtue, which fixed the image of the American landscape for the European public.
Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving.
Artist: William Henry Bartlett.
Engraver: F. W. Topham.
Date: 1839.
Source: American Scenery; London, George Virtue.
Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 in (24 x 19 cm).
Condition: Clean paper; a small defect in the lower margin, outside the image, visible in the photograph.