Original engraving of about 1840 with the view from Glenmary Lawn, on the banks of the Owego River, a tributary of the Susquehanna, in New York State. Drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by Robert Wallis, hand-colored, with an angler in the foreground.
Original engraving of about 1840 with the view from Glenmary Lawn, on the banks of the Owego River, a tributary of the Susquehanna, in New York State. Drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by Robert Wallis, hand-colored, with an angler in the foreground.
From American Scenery, the series of views of the United States that George Virtue published in London with text by Nathaniel Parker Willis. Glenmary was in fact Willis's own country house on the Owego, which gives this view an added interest.
Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
Engraver / lithographer: Robert William Wallis (1794-1878)
Date: About 1840
Source: American Scenery, London, George Virtue
Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.0 in (27.2 x 20.3 cm)
Condition: Good; light foxing in the lower part of the image and a few scattered specks in the margins