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Catskill – Historic Print

Catskill — antique engraving
Catskill. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(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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This antique engraving of Catskill brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Catskill is a river village on the west bank of the Hudson, and it was the traditional gateway to the Catskill Mountains, which makes it a natural subject for a landscape engraving. The record dates the print only to an uncertain year in the 1900s, so its exact moment is unclear. The town had long drawn Hudson River School painters, including Thomas Cole, who lived nearby, and the Catskill Mountain House, opened in 1824 on the escarpment above, made the region a favorite of summer travelers. Views like this one helped carry those images to readers far from the valley.

Medium1 print : wood engraving ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm.
Notes[19--]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,192 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120672

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