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Hadley's Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by J.R. Smith ; finished by J. Hill.

Hadley's Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by J.R. Smith ; finished by J. Hill.

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Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Hadley's Falls where it passes through forested cliffs, near Jessups Landing in Corinth, New York; also shows two people on the far left enjoying the scenery.

No. 5 of the Hudson River Port Folio.
Stamped lower right: Map Division, Library of Congress, Nov. 18, 1915.
Hadley's Falls was about half a mile downriver from the commercial center of Jessup's Landing, now known as Corinth, New York, located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains.
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.

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01/01/1821
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Contributors

Hill, John, 1770-1850, etcher
Wall, William Guy, 1792-, artist
Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849, artist
Megarey, Henry I.
Gilley, William B., 1785?-1830.
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