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Maker(s):Bartlett, William Henry
Culture:English (1809-1854)
Title:print: View from Mount Holyoke
Date Made:1837
Type:Print
Materials:paper, ink, watercolor
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; London
Measurements:Mat: 9 1/4 x 10 3/4 in; 23.5 x 27.3 cm; Sight: 6 3/16 x 7 3/4 in; 15.7 x 19.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 77.088
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Print (steel engraving) titled "View from Mount Holyoke" engraved by R. Wallis, based on a drawing by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854). This print also appeared in Volume 1 of "American Scenery" (London: George Virtue, 1840) by Nathaniel Parker Willis, which is illustrated with engravings made from Bartlett's drawings from his four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. The scene depicts people looking southwest from a promontory on Mount Holyoke with a corner of the hotel on the left and the Connecticut River oxbow below. A plate, HD 77.080, is decorated with this scene.

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