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Little Falls at Luzerne (No. 1 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

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Date

1822-1823

Artist

Print after William Guy Wall (1792-c.1864)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/418411

Description

This vista in the foothills of the Adirondacks centers on a ten-foot drop in the Hudson near the hamlet of Luzerne (now Lake Luzerne), and looks back towards the peaks where the great water course originates. The aquatint comes from the Hudson River Portfolio, a monument of American printmaking produced through the collaboration of artists, a writer, and publishers. In the summer of 1820, the Irish-born William Guy Wall toured and sketched along the Hudson, then painted a series of large watercolors. Prints of equal scale were proposed—to be issued to subscribers in sets of four—and John Rubens Smith hired to work the plates. Almost immediately, Smith was replaced by the skilled London-trained aquatint engraver John Hill, who finished the first four plates, and produced sixteen more by 1825. Over the next decade, the popularity of the Portfolio stimulated new appreciation for American landscape, and prepared the way for the Hudson River School. Medium: aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; first state of two. Album: The Hudson River Portfolio.
Additional Makers: Etcher - John Hill (American (born England), London 1770–1850 Clarksville, New York); Publisher - Henry J. Megarey (American, 1818–1845 New York)

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Lake Luzerne, NY, USA

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Buildings
Hills
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Rivers
Waterfalls

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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