American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)
Cambridge University Press, 7/20/2009
EAN 9781108003339, ISBN10: 1108003338
Paperback, 220 pages, 29.7 x 21 x 1.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–67) came from a publishing family and began his writing career with contributions to magazines. He also wrote poetry and plays but is best remembered as a travel writer. In this two-volume work of 1840, his contribution (described on the title page as 'the literary department') was to provide a narrative for prints from the engravings of William Henry Bartlett (1809–54), the famous British landscape artist, who followed already established tourist routes in the United States to make his drawings. Each of Bartlett's 119 engravings is accompanied by a short essay by Willis, who states in the preface that it is his intention to bring to the reader at home 'at small cost' the sensations of travel which 'those whose lot is domestic and retired' would never be in a position to experience for themselves. The extremely popular work remained in print for thirty years.
1. Vignette. Entrance to the Hudson Highlands, near Newburgh
2. The Catterskill Falls, from below
3. The Catterskill Falls, from above the ravine
3. Winter scene on the Catterskills
4. Winter scene on the Catterskills
5. Rogers' slide, Lake George
6. The Gothic Church, Newhaven
7. Niagara Falls, from the top of the ladder, on the American side
8. Saw-Mill at Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipiseogee
9. Little Falls, on the Mohawk
10. Bridge at Norwich, Connecticut
11. Undercliff, near Cold Spring
12. Boston, and Bunker Hill, from the east
13. Mount Jefferson, from Mount Washington
14. Mount Tom, and the Connecticut River
15. The Silver Sascade, in the notch of the White Mountains
16. View of New York, from Weehawken
17. The President's House from the river
18. View on the Susquehannah, at Liverpool
19. Desert Rock Lighthouse, Maine
20. Washington's House, Mount Vernon
21. Village of Little Falls, Mohawk River
22. Harper's Ferry, from the Blue Ridge
23. Barhydt's Lake, near Saratoga
24. Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia
25. Sing-Sing Prison, and Tappan Sea
26. Washington, from the President's house
27. View of Baltimore
28. The Exchange, and Girard's Bank, Philadelphia
29. Principal front of the Capitol, Washington
30. The Narrows, Lake George
31. Natural Bridge, Virginia
32. View of the Passaic Falls
33. View of Northumberland, on the Susquehanna
34. Pulpit Rock, White Mountains
35. View of Hudson City, and the Catskill Mountains
36. Scene among the Highlands on Lake George
37. Schuylkill water works, Philadelphia
38. The United States Bank, Philadephia
39. Brock's Monument, from the American side
40. Village of Catskill
41. View from Gowanus' Heights, Brooklyn
42. View on the Susquehanna, above Owago
43. Bridge at Glens Fall, on the Hudson
44. View from Mount Ida, near Troy
45. View from Glenmary lawn, on the Owago
46. View near Anthony's Nose, Hudson Highlands
47. Washington's Monument, Baltimore
48. East Port, and Passamaquoddy Bay
49. Cemetary of Mount Auburn
50. Northampton, Massachusetts
51. Chapel of our Lady of Coldspring
52. The mountain house, on the Catskills
53. Faneuil Hall, from the water.