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City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett. – Historic Reproduction

City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., New York : L.P. Clover, c1838. — antique engraving
City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., New York : L.P. Clover, c1838.. Antique engraving from the Charleston 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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Step back in time with City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / painted by G. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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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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Looking outward from the city across Cooper River, this view shows Charleston from the water rather than from its streets. The print was painted by G. Cooke, engraved by W.J. Bennett, and issued in New York by L.P. Clover around 1838, combining engraving and aquatint with hand-applied watercolor. By the 1830s Charleston was among the Atlantic seaboard's busiest ports, with wharves handling cotton and other goods bound for markets at home and abroad. City views like this one gave people far from the harbor a picture of a prosperous Southern port at the height of its commercial reach.

Created / publishedNew York : L.P. Clover, c1838.
Medium1 print : engraving and aquatint, with watercolor ; 54.8 x 75 cm (sheet).
GenreEngravings Color 1830-1840.
NotesCopyright 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.
SubjectsWaterfronts--South Carolina--Charleston--1830-1840. Charleston (S.C.)--1830-1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174009

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