Richmond, from the hill above the waterworks / engraved by W.J. Bennett from a painting by G. Cooke. – 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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Richmond, from the hill above the waterworks / engraved by W.J. Bennett from a painting by G. Cooke. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Richmond, from the hill above the waterworks / engraved by W.J. Bennett from a painting by G. Cooke.
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The view looks down from the high ground above the Richmond waterworks onto the James River, where canal boats and river craft crowd the water below the city. Richmond sat at the falls of the James, which made it the head of navigation and a center for trade, and the canal works shown here reflect the effort of the 1830s to link the city's river traffic to inland markets. The print is an aquatint in color, engraved by W. J. Bennett after a painting by G. Cooke and published in New York by Lewis P. Clover around 1834. Its popularity lay in its careful rendering of a working river town at a time of rapid change.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Lewis P. Clover, c1834. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : aquatint, color. |
| Genre | Aquatints Color 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Rivers--Virginia--1830-1840. Boats--Virginia--Richmond--1830-1840. Canals--Virginia--1830-1840. Richmond (Va.)--1830-1840. James River (Va.)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218404 |
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