City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett.
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Few city views of Charleston face the water this directly: this one looks across the Cooper River toward the harbor and the city's working waterfront. George Cooke painted the scene, and William James Bennett engraved it, combining engraving and aquatint with watercolor color added by hand. The print was issued in New York around 1838 by L.P. Clover, when Charleston was one of the South's busiest ports, exporting cotton and rice. Prints like this gave buyers outside the region a view of a city whose prosperity depended on its docks and shipping.
| Created / published | New York : L.P. Clover, c1838. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving and aquatint, with watercolor ; 54.8 x 75 cm (sheet). |
| Genre | Engravings Color 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Copyright by L.P. Clover. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 73 Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007. |
| Subjects | Waterfronts--South Carolina--Charleston--1830-1840. Charleston (S.C.)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217875 |
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