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London: John Bell, 1832.. Original engraving on wove paper. Very Good. 9.25 x 5.75 inches sheet size. Some creasing on top and bottom edges. Light foxing throughout.
View on the Hudson: West Point by [Robertson, engraver] - 1860
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View on the Hudson: West Point
by [Robertson, engraver]
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New York: Thomas Kelly, 17 Barclay St, 1860. Very good condition. Attractive framed view of the Hudson River looking north, with West Point and Constitution Island across from it, a handsome hand colored lithograph. In the foreground are sight seers on horseback, in the middle ground West Point and the majestic river dotted with sail boats and steam ships, and in the distance, the rolling hills of the Hudson highlands including Crow's Nest, Storm King and Breakneck. Dramatic clouds frame the top of the scene. Engraved by WM C Robertson 50 Cedar St. NY. Large folio, framed size 28 x 23". In the original handsome dark wood and gilt rimmed frame. Minor fox spotting below the title; one small area of discoloration in the sky.
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Publisher Thomas Kelly, 17 Barclay St
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1860
The Rt. Hon. Louisa Viscountess Stormont. (Engraving).
by Mrs. JA Robertson (artist); Thomson (engraver)
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Portrait of Alexander Hamilton First edition of the engraving.
by Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892, engraver after Archibald Robertson, 1765-1835
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Washington, DC: 1834. Stipple engraving . 6 x 3.5 inches image size. Margins. Matted.. J Archibald Robertson (1765-1835) was born in Scotland, and studied in London with the celebrated painters Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. He emigrated to New York in the early 1790s, and became not only successful artistically as a painter of miniatures, but also socially, traveling in the best circles of Federalist New York City society. He knew Alexander Hamilton so well that he named his second son in Hamilton’s honor. Around this time he painted a miniature portrait of Hamilton that is now lost; it was engraved, in 1834 by J.F.E. Prud’homme for the weighty collective biography National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. However, after Hamilton’s death, Robertson made a second version of the miniature portrait that featured a 3/4 view of Hamilton, surrounded by law books, pamphlets, and scrolls to represent his various achievements. As a nod to his military career, his uniform hat,…
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