Drawing Book of Landscape Scenery
Title page in aquatint with engraved lettering. The book contains 12 aquatint full-page plates each with 4 views, including cottages, bridges, churches, castles, windmills, light houses, turnpikes, ruins, barns and rocks, all British in character.
Artwork Details
- Title: Drawing Book of Landscape Scenery
- Artist: John Hill (American (born England), London 1770–1850 Clarksville, New York)
- Publisher: Henry J. Megarey (American, 1818–1845 New York)
- Publisher: John Mill (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Date: 1821
- Medium: Illustrations: aquatint, hand-colored
- Dimensions: 13 x 19 1/4 in. (33 x 48.9 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
- Object Number: 33.67
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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