West Point,Hudson River,New York,NY,John Hill,c1823,Military Academy,Rowboat

Title: West Point / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.
Creator(s): Hill, John, 1770-1850, etcher
Related Names:
Wall, William Guy, b. 1792 , artist
Megarey, Henry I.
Date Created/Published: New York : Published by Henry I. Megarey, transferred to G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York, [between 1821 and 1825].
Summary: Print shows a view of the Hudson River from above the banks opposite of the military academy at West Point, New York. Also shows men climbing among the rocks, a man standing on the shore near a rowboat carrying three men, and across the river a sidewheel steamship. Above the river, on the far side, are the buildings of West Point, with rolling hills in the background.
Notes:
No. 16 of the Hudson River Port Folio.
Stamped lower right: Map Division, Library of Congress, Nov. 18, 1915.
Irish-born artist W.G. Hall spent the summer of 1820 traversing 212 miles of the Hudson River's 315-mile course. 20 plates were engraved as aquatints by master printer John Hill and published between 1821 and 1825 by Henry Megarey in New York.
Subjects:
Rivers--New York (State)--West Point--1820-1830.
Barracks--New York (State)--West Point--1820-1830.
Military academies--New York (State)--1820-1830.
Sightseers--New York (State)--West Point--1820-1830.
Side wheelers--New York (State)--West Point--1820-1830.
Country life--New York (State)--West Point--1820-1830.
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--1820-1830.
West Point (N.Y.)--1820-1830.
Aquatints--1820-1830.
Bookmark /2011661799/
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