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View near Sandy Hill / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

View near Sandy Hill / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

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Summary

Print shows a view of the Hudson River near Sandy Hill with small buildings, possibly mills, on the far right side, and a dirt road, on which a woman is walking, in the center foreground; also shows a small forested island and reflection in the river, with meadows and rolling hills in the background.

No. 7 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.

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Date

01/01/1821
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Contributors

Hill, John, 1770-1850, etcher
Wall, William Guy, 1792-, artist
Megarey, Henry I.
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Location

hudson river
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Source

Library of Congress
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