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View of the Lower Aqueduct on the Erie Canal, New York
Artist/Maker (1812 – 1879)
Engraver (1770 - 1850)

View of the Lower Aqueduct on the Erie Canal, New York

1829-1830
Place madeNew York, United States, North America
Watercolor, white gouache, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on paper laid on board
Overall: 14 3/8 x 19 3/4 in. (36.5 x 50.2 cm)
Purchase, Watson Fund
1974.47
This view was intended for publication in a projected series of Erie Canal aquatints which was to be engraved by John Hill (q.v.), engraver of the famed Hudson River Portfolio and other noted prints of the eary nineteenth century. They were taken from original studies prepared by his son, John William Hill. The canal tons and busting life along the upstate New York waterway gave promise of an attractive series, which, for some reason, was never published.
DescriptionLandscape
SignedSigned at lower right in brown watercolor: "J.W. Hill"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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