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1809 Kentishtown, London - 1854 At sea. Known for: Illustrations, town landscape-figure painting.
William Henry Bartlett, a prolific illustrator, made four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. Based on the earlier of these visits, he created a series of views that were published... Read full biography
William Henry Bartlett, a prolific illustrator, made four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. Based on the earlier of these visits, he created a series of views that were published around 1840. They were titled American Scenery, with a text by Nathaniel P. Willis. American Scenery... Read full biography
William Henry Bartlett, a prolific illustrator, made four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. Based on the earlier of these visits, he created a series of views that were published around 1840. They were titled American Scenery, with a text by Nathaniel P. Willis. American Scenery contains a number of views of the mountains, lakes, and waterfalls of the White Mountains. Bartlett made sepia wash drawings the exact size to be used in engravings. His engraved views were widely... Read full biography
William Henry Bartlett, a prolific illustrator, made four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. Based on the earlier of these visits, he created a series of views that were published around 1840. They were titled American Scenery, with a text by Nathaniel P. Willis. American Scenery contains a number of views of the mountains, lakes, and waterfalls of the White Mountains. Bartlett made sepia wash drawings the exact size to be used in engravings. His engraved views were widely copied by artists, but no signed oil painting by his hand is known. Bartlett died on board a French ship returning from a voyage to the Orient. Engravings based on Bartlett's views were later used in his posthumous History of the United States of North... Read full biography
William Henry Bartlett, a prolific illustrator, made four visits to the United States between 1836 and 1852. Based on the earlier of these visits, he created a series of views that were published around 1840. They were titled American Scenery, with a text by Nathaniel P. Willis. American Scenery contains a number of views of the mountains, lakes, and waterfalls of the White Mountains. Bartlett made sepia wash drawings the exact size to be used in engravings. His engraved views were widely copied by artists, but no signed oil painting by his hand is known. Bartlett died on board a French ship returning from a voyage to the Orient. Engravings based on Bartlett's views were later used in his posthumous History of the United States of North America, continued by B. B. Woodward and published c. 1856. Source:.... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birdseye Town, Early Settlement View
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Niagara Falls
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •West Virginia Before 1920
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty