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Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood. – Vintage Wall Art

Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood., c1874. — antique engraving
Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood., c1874.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood.

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Moonlight settles over the rivers where the Potomac and Shenandoah meet below the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. This steel engraving by R. Hinshelwood reproduces a painting by Granville Perkins and appeared in volume one of *Picturesque America*, the illustrated survey edited by William Cullen Bryant and published by D. Appleton & Co. around 1872 to 1874. By then the town was better known for its federal armory and for John Brown's raid in 1859 than for its scenery, so the book's romantic nighttime view offered readers a gentler picture of the place. Perkins was a Baltimore-trained painter, and his atmospheric treatment of light on water is worth noticing.

Created / publishedc1874.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreLandscape prints 1870-1880.Paintings Reproductions 1870-1880.Engravings 1870-1880.
NotesSteel engraving by R. Hinshelwood after painting by Granville Perkins. Copyright by D. Appleton & Co. Illus. in: Picturesque America / William Cullen Bryant. N.Y. :[c1872-], v. 1.
SubjectsRivers--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry--1870-1880. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,180 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127615

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