Bartlett - Niagra Falls SOLD

Title:  Niagara Falls
Artist: William H. Bartlett
Publication: American Scenery
Date:  George Virtue, London 1840
Print Type: Steel Engraving, Handcolored after publication
Condition: VG
Size:  10.75" x 8" (image 7" x 4.75”)
Code: A350

Bartlett's American Scenery, hand colored steel engraving of New York's Niagara Falls.  Print is in excellent condition, colors are deep and rich in greens and greys, some soiling to the edges of the paper which does not interfer with the image.  William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) was British topographical illustrator especially trained to draw for steel plate engravings.  He traveled to America in 1835 to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the northeastern states.  American Scenery was published by George Virtue in London in monthly installments from 1836 to 1841.  Bound editions of the work were published from 1840 onward.  The finely detailed steel engravings were published uncolored.  Our Bartlett original antique prints were hand-colored sometime after publication.