'The Susquehanna', 1874. View of the River Susquehanna on the East Coast of the USA. '...there is a constant succession of bold mountain-forms, wooded from the base to the summit; of deep ravines, where the pines stand in serried shadow...of winding banks, whose curves are of the most exquisite beauty; of broad sheets of brown water, swift and untamable, whose rapid flow has never been subjected to the curbing of navigation; of a superb vegetation, that clothes with equal splendor the valley and the hill-tops, the banks, the islands of the river, and the undulating plains here and there breaki Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-susquehanna-1874-view-of-the-river-susquehanna-on-the-east-coast-of-the-usa-there-is-a-constant-succession-of-bold-mountain-forms-wooded-from-the-base-to-the-summit-of-deep-ravines-where-the-pines-stand-in-serried-shadowof-winding-banks-whose-curves-are-of-the-most-exquisite-beauty-of-broad-sheets-of-brown-water-swift-and-untamable-whose-rapid-flow-has-never-been-subjected-to-the-curbing-of-navigation-of-a-superb-vegetation-that-clothes-with-equal-splendor-the-valley-and-the-hill-tops-the-banks-the-islands-of-the-river-and-the-undulating-plains-here-and-there-breaki-image332228049.html
RM2A8E87D–'The Susquehanna', 1874. View of the River Susquehanna on the East Coast of the USA. '...there is a constant succession of bold mountain-forms, wooded from the base to the summit; of deep ravines, where the pines stand in serried shadow...of winding banks, whose curves are of the most exquisite beauty; of broad sheets of brown water, swift and untamable, whose rapid flow has never been subjected to the curbing of navigation; of a superb vegetation, that clothes with equal splendor the valley and the hill-tops, the banks, the islands of the river, and the undulating plains here and there breaki
Picturesque America - On the French Broad, North Carolina Printmakers include Francesco Bartolozzi and Henry Bryan Hall. Title from Calendar of Emmet Collection. EM9101 Statement of responsibility : F.W. Quartley; Picturesque America - On the French Broad, North Carolina Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/picturesque-america-on-the-french-broad-north-carolina-printmakers-include-francesco-bartolozzi-and-henry-bryan-hall-title-from-calendar-of-emmet-collection-em9101-statement-of-responsibility-fw-quartley-picturesque-america-on-the-french-broad-north-carolina-image339520889.html
RM2AMAEA1–Picturesque America - On the French Broad, North Carolina Printmakers include Francesco Bartolozzi and Henry Bryan Hall. Title from Calendar of Emmet Collection. EM9101 Statement of responsibility : F.W. Quartley; Picturesque America - On the French Broad, North Carolina
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . AN OLD-TIME WEDDING PARTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. DRAWN BY W. L. SHEPPARD. AMERICAN ART 473. Engraved by W. J. Linton. From Kathrina. Published by Scribner & Co. I think nothing more satisfactoryis to be found in this than the workof F. O. Quartley, an Englishman,but I suppose sufficiently acclimatedto be noticed in the history ofAmerican engraving. Always firmand honest (terms to be repeatedbecause expressing the first qualifi-cations of an engraver), his cuts aresure to print well. They are alsoto be commended for artistic at Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/american-art-and-american-art-collections-essays-on-artistic-subjects-an-old-time-wedding-party-in-west-virginia-drawn-by-w-l-sheppard-american-art-473-engraved-by-w-j-linton-from-kathrina-published-by-scribner-co-i-think-nothing-more-satisfactoryis-to-be-found-in-this-than-the-workof-f-o-quartley-an-englishmanbut-i-suppose-sufficiently-acclimatedto-be-noticed-in-the-history-ofamerican-engraving-always-firmand-honest-terms-to-be-repeatedbecause-expressing-the-first-qualifi-cations-of-an-engraver-his-cuts-aresure-to-print-well-they-are-alsoto-be-commended-for-artistic-at-image338386889.html
RM2AJERX1–American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . AN OLD-TIME WEDDING PARTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. DRAWN BY W. L. SHEPPARD. AMERICAN ART 473. Engraved by W. J. Linton. From Kathrina. Published by Scribner & Co. I think nothing more satisfactoryis to be found in this than the workof F. O. Quartley, an Englishman,but I suppose sufficiently acclimatedto be noticed in the history ofAmerican engraving. Always firmand honest (terms to be repeatedbecause expressing the first qualifi-cations of an engraver), his cuts aresure to print well. They are alsoto be commended for artistic at
'Under the Falls, Canada Side', 1872. The Niagara Falls seen from a cave underneath. '...over the ledge of limestone at this point the accumulated waters of four vast inland seas hurl themselves madly on their way to the ocean...during the last half-mile before the wild descent, there is a decline so great as to produce the most superb rapids. The territory that these lakes drain is equal to that of the entire Continent of Europe, many of the streams that feed Lake Superior being fully two thousand miles away'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and P Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/under-the-falls-canada-side-1872-the-niagara-falls-seen-from-a-cave-underneath-over-the-ledge-of-limestone-at-this-point-the-accumulated-waters-of-four-vast-inland-seas-hurl-themselves-madly-on-their-way-to-the-oceanduring-the-last-half-mile-before-the-wild-descent-there-is-a-decline-so-great-as-to-produce-the-most-superb-rapids-the-territory-that-these-lakes-drain-is-equal-to-that-of-the-entire-continent-of-europe-many-of-the-streams-that-feed-lake-superior-being-fully-two-thousand-miles-away-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-p-image332228619.html
RM2A8E8YR–'Under the Falls, Canada Side', 1872. The Niagara Falls seen from a cave underneath. '...over the ledge of limestone at this point the accumulated waters of four vast inland seas hurl themselves madly on their way to the ocean...during the last half-mile before the wild descent, there is a decline so great as to produce the most superb rapids. The territory that these lakes drain is equal to that of the entire Continent of Europe, many of the streams that feed Lake Superior being fully two thousand miles away'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and P
'The Yellowstone', 1872. View of the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri River, in the western USA. The river flows from the Rocky Mountains into southern Montana and northern Wyoming. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-yellowstone-1872-view-of-the-yellowstone-river-a-tributary-of-the-missouri-river-in-the-western-usa-the-river-flows-from-the-rocky-mountains-into-southern-montana-and-northern-wyoming-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228499.html
RM2A8E8RF–'The Yellowstone', 1872. View of the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri River, in the western USA. The river flows from the Rocky Mountains into southern Montana and northern Wyoming. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Richmond from Hollywood', 1872. View of the James River and the town of Richmond, Virginia, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/richmond-from-hollywood-1872-view-of-the-james-river-and-the-town-of-richmond-virginia-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228371.html
RM2A8E8JY–'Richmond from Hollywood', 1872. View of the James River and the town of Richmond, Virginia, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain', 1872. View of the Tennessee River and the town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/chattanooga-and-the-tennessee-from-lookout-mountain-1872-view-of-the-tennessee-river-and-the-town-of-chattanooga-tennessee-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228343.html
RM2A8E8HY–'Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain', 1872. View of the Tennessee River and the town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'North Branch of the Susquehanna, at Hunlocks', 1874. Scene on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River which rises in New York state, and flows through Pennsylvania and Maryland in the eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/north-branch-of-the-susquehanna-at-hunlocks-1874-scene-on-the-north-branch-of-the-susquehanna-river-which-rises-in-new-york-state-and-flows-through-pennsylvania-and-maryland-in-the-eastern-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-ii-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1874-image332228061.html
RM2A8E87W–'North Branch of the Susquehanna, at Hunlocks', 1874. Scene on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River which rises in New York state, and flows through Pennsylvania and Maryland in the eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]
'Mountain Island', 1872. Rapids on the French Broad River, North Carolina, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/mountain-island-1872-rapids-on-the-french-broad-river-north-carolina-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228367.html
RM2A8E8JR–'Mountain Island', 1872. Rapids on the French Broad River, North Carolina, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Natural Towers', 1872. Rock formation in Augusta County, Virginia, USA: '...the Towers rise straight up from the cultivated field. The illusion is perfect; anyone would mistake them for a ruined work of human hands. No other rocks are visible. From a distance, the ragged peaks of the Towers are transformed almost without an effort of the imagination into crumbling embrasures and machicolations...the resemblance to a feudal ruin, the curtain-wall, with flanking towers, and low, central archway, is exact. It would hardly be a surprise if, issuing from the gateway, a knightly cortege, in glisten Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/natural-towers-1872-rock-formation-in-augusta-county-virginia-usa-the-towers-rise-straight-up-from-the-cultivated-field-the-illusion-is-perfect-anyone-would-mistake-them-for-a-ruined-work-of-human-hands-no-other-rocks-are-visible-from-a-distance-the-ragged-peaks-of-the-towers-are-transformed-almost-without-an-effort-of-the-imagination-into-crumbling-embrasures-and-machicolationsthe-resemblance-to-a-feudal-ruin-the-curtain-wall-with-flanking-towers-and-low-central-archway-is-exact-it-would-hardly-be-a-surprise-if-issuing-from-the-gateway-a-knightly-cortege-in-glisten-image332228512.html
RM2A8E8T0–'Natural Towers', 1872. Rock formation in Augusta County, Virginia, USA: '...the Towers rise straight up from the cultivated field. The illusion is perfect; anyone would mistake them for a ruined work of human hands. No other rocks are visible. From a distance, the ragged peaks of the Towers are transformed almost without an effort of the imagination into crumbling embrasures and machicolations...the resemblance to a feudal ruin, the curtain-wall, with flanking towers, and low, central archway, is exact. It would hardly be a surprise if, issuing from the gateway, a knightly cortege, in glisten
'The French Broad', 1872. The French Broad River flows from Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-french-broad-1872-the-french-broad-river-flows-from-transylvania-county-north-carolina-into-the-state-of-tennessee-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228380.html
RM2A8E8K8–'The French Broad', 1872. The French Broad River flows from Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'The Savannah, at Augusta', 1872. Men working amongst twisted tree roots, on the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia, USA. In the distance is a paddle steamer being loaded with goods. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-savannah-at-augusta-1872-men-working-amongst-twisted-tree-roots-on-the-savannah-river-at-augusta-georgia-usa-in-the-distance-is-a-paddle-steamer-being-loaded-with-goods-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228381.html
RM2A8E8K9–'The Savannah, at Augusta', 1872. Men working amongst twisted tree roots, on the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia, USA. In the distance is a paddle steamer being loaded with goods. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Monument Rock, Echo Cañon', 1874. Rock formation in Utah, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/monument-rock-echo-caxf1on-1874-rock-formation-in-utah-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-ii-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1874-image332228039.html
RM2A8E873–'Monument Rock, Echo Cañon', 1874. Rock formation in Utah, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]
'Point Noir, Trinity Rock, and Cape Eternity, Saguenay River', 1874. The banks of the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. 'For the rest of the day we are toiling through like wildernesses of bowlders, precipices, and mountains. We bid adieu to Trinity and Eternity at Point Noir, thread the desolate mazes of St. Louis Island, and soon are passing Point Crepe, where the rocks, the everlasting rocks, look in the distance like the channel of a dried-up cataract'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustration Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/point-noir-trinity-rock-and-cape-eternity-saguenay-river-1874-the-banks-of-the-saguenay-river-quebec-canada-for-the-rest-of-the-day-we-are-toiling-through-like-wildernesses-of-bowlders-precipices-and-mountains-we-bid-adieu-to-trinity-and-eternity-at-point-noir-thread-the-desolate-mazes-of-st-louis-island-and-soon-are-passing-point-crepe-where-the-rocks-the-everlasting-rocks-look-in-the-distance-like-the-channel-of-a-dried-up-cataract-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustration-image332228181.html
RM2A8E8C5–'Point Noir, Trinity Rock, and Cape Eternity, Saguenay River', 1874. The banks of the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. 'For the rest of the day we are toiling through like wildernesses of bowlders, precipices, and mountains. We bid adieu to Trinity and Eternity at Point Noir, thread the desolate mazes of St. Louis Island, and soon are passing Point Crepe, where the rocks, the everlasting rocks, look in the distance like the channel of a dried-up cataract'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustration
'Ascending the Ocklawaha River at Night', 1872. Steamboat in the swamp, Florida, south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/ascending-the-ocklawaha-river-at-night-1872-steamboat-in-the-swamp-florida-south-eastern-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228336.html
RM2A8E8HM–'Ascending the Ocklawaha River at Night', 1872. Steamboat in the swamp, Florida, south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Purgatory', 1872. Cliffs on the Atlantic coast of Rhode Island, USA: 'precipitous rocks, with the deep and sharp-lined fissure... The opening in the cliff extends one hundred and sixty feet, and is fifty feet deep at the outer edge. It is from eight to fourteen feet wide at the top, and from two to twenty at the bottom. It was once supposed that the water at the base was unfathomable; but at low tide it is actually not more than ten feet in depth. It was formerly the prevailing theory that this fissure was occasioned by a sudden upheaving of the rock; but, after careful examination, Professor Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/purgatory-1872-cliffs-on-the-atlantic-coast-of-rhode-island-usa-precipitous-rocks-with-the-deep-and-sharp-lined-fissure-the-opening-in-the-cliff-extends-one-hundred-and-sixty-feet-and-is-fifty-feet-deep-at-the-outer-edge-it-is-from-eight-to-fourteen-feet-wide-at-the-top-and-from-two-to-twenty-at-the-bottom-it-was-once-supposed-that-the-water-at-the-base-was-unfathomable-but-at-low-tide-it-is-actually-not-more-than-ten-feet-in-depth-it-was-formerly-the-prevailing-theory-that-this-fissure-was-occasioned-by-a-sudden-upheaving-of-the-rock-but-after-careful-examination-professor-image332228521.html
RM2A8E8T9–'Purgatory', 1872. Cliffs on the Atlantic coast of Rhode Island, USA: 'precipitous rocks, with the deep and sharp-lined fissure... The opening in the cliff extends one hundred and sixty feet, and is fifty feet deep at the outer edge. It is from eight to fourteen feet wide at the top, and from two to twenty at the bottom. It was once supposed that the water at the base was unfathomable; but at low tide it is actually not more than ten feet in depth. It was formerly the prevailing theory that this fissure was occasioned by a sudden upheaving of the rock; but, after careful examination, Professor
'Delaware Water-Gap', 1872. View of the 'gap' where the Delaware River cuts through a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/delaware-water-gap-1872-view-of-the-gap-where-the-delaware-river-cuts-through-a-ridge-of-the-appalachian-mountains-on-the-border-between-new-jersey-and-pennsylvania-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228370.html
RM2A8E8JX–'Delaware Water-Gap', 1872. View of the 'gap' where the Delaware River cuts through a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Sinking Run, Above Tyrone', 1874. Lightning on the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, USA. 'Thunder-storms are of daily occurrence up in these heights, and luckless is the stranger wight who trusts to his umbrella; for the winds will turn it inside out, and will propel it forward, dragging its reluctant owner to the brink of precipices, and, after giving him chills of terror, will at length drag it from his grasp, and leave him umbrellaless, exposed to the pelting storm...the writer was wetted to the skin three distinct times when descending Sinking-Run Hill, a mountain about six miles from Tyrone. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/sinking-run-above-tyrone-1874-lightning-on-the-juniata-river-pennsylvania-usa-thunder-storms-are-of-daily-occurrence-up-in-these-heights-and-luckless-is-the-stranger-wight-who-trusts-to-his-umbrella-for-the-winds-will-turn-it-inside-out-and-will-propel-it-forward-dragging-its-reluctant-owner-to-the-brink-of-precipices-and-after-giving-him-chills-of-terror-will-at-length-drag-it-from-his-grasp-and-leave-him-umbrellaless-exposed-to-the-pelting-stormthe-writer-was-wetted-to-the-skin-three-distinct-times-when-descending-sinking-run-hill-a-mountain-about-six-miles-from-tyrone-image332228048.html
RM2A8E87C–'Sinking Run, Above Tyrone', 1874. Lightning on the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, USA. 'Thunder-storms are of daily occurrence up in these heights, and luckless is the stranger wight who trusts to his umbrella; for the winds will turn it inside out, and will propel it forward, dragging its reluctant owner to the brink of precipices, and, after giving him chills of terror, will at length drag it from his grasp, and leave him umbrellaless, exposed to the pelting storm...the writer was wetted to the skin three distinct times when descending Sinking-Run Hill, a mountain about six miles from Tyrone.
'A Florida Swamp', 1872. Birds, lizards, snakes, Spanish moss and other exotic vegetation in the south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-florida-swamp-1872-birds-lizards-snakes-spanish-moss-and-other-exotic-vegetation-in-the-south-eastern-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228337.html
RM2A8E8HN–'A Florida Swamp', 1872. Birds, lizards, snakes, Spanish moss and other exotic vegetation in the south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Old Mill - Reems's Creek', 1872. Water mill on Reem's Creek, a tributary of the French Broad River, North Carolina, USA: '...one of the landmarks of the days when it was a struggle between the Indian and the pale-face as to which should hold the land. The creek rises in the Black Mountains, and empties into the French Broad; and the mill is historic as being the oldest building this side of the mountains. It was built there by the settler from whom its name is derived, as a sort of fort, something of a store, and a little of a mill. The old ford of the French Broad is just at the mouth of the Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/old-mill-reemss-creek-1872-water-mill-on-reems-creek-a-tributary-of-the-french-broad-river-north-carolina-usa-one-of-the-landmarks-of-the-days-when-it-was-a-struggle-between-the-indian-and-the-pale-face-as-to-which-should-hold-the-land-the-creek-rises-in-the-black-mountains-and-empties-into-the-french-broad-and-the-mill-is-historic-as-being-the-oldest-building-this-side-of-the-mountains-it-was-built-there-by-the-settler-from-whom-its-name-is-derived-as-a-sort-of-fort-something-of-a-store-and-a-little-of-a-mill-the-old-ford-of-the-french-broad-is-just-at-the-mouth-of-the-image332228387.html
RM2A8E8KF–'Old Mill - Reems's Creek', 1872. Water mill on Reem's Creek, a tributary of the French Broad River, North Carolina, USA: '...one of the landmarks of the days when it was a struggle between the Indian and the pale-face as to which should hold the land. The creek rises in the Black Mountains, and empties into the French Broad; and the mill is historic as being the oldest building this side of the mountains. It was built there by the settler from whom its name is derived, as a sort of fort, something of a store, and a little of a mill. The old ford of the French Broad is just at the mouth of the
'Silver Cascade', 1872. Waterfall on Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA. 'The Silver Cascade falls from an overhanging cliff, one hundred and seventy-five feet, into the lake below. The fall of Niagara is one hundred and sixty-five feet, ten feet less than the Silver, which, however, is but a ribbon in breadth, compared to the "Thunder of Waters". The Silver is a beautiful fall, and the largest among the Pictures [Pictured Rocks]; but the whole coast of Superior is spangled with the spray of innumerable cascades and rapids, as all the little rivers, instead of running through the gorges a Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/silver-cascade-1872-waterfall-on-lake-superior-minnesota-usa-the-silver-cascade-falls-from-an-overhanging-cliff-one-hundred-and-seventy-five-feet-into-the-lake-below-the-fall-of-niagara-is-one-hundred-and-sixty-five-feet-ten-feet-less-than-the-silver-which-however-is-but-a-ribbon-in-breadth-compared-to-the-quotthunder-of-watersquot-the-silver-is-a-beautiful-fall-and-the-largest-among-the-pictures-pictured-rocks-but-the-whole-coast-of-superior-is-spangled-with-the-spray-of-innumerable-cascades-and-rapids-as-all-the-little-rivers-instead-of-running-through-the-gorges-a-image332228586.html
RM2A8E8XJ–'Silver Cascade', 1872. Waterfall on Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA. 'The Silver Cascade falls from an overhanging cliff, one hundred and seventy-five feet, into the lake below. The fall of Niagara is one hundred and sixty-five feet, ten feet less than the Silver, which, however, is but a ribbon in breadth, compared to the "Thunder of Waters". The Silver is a beautiful fall, and the largest among the Pictures [Pictured Rocks]; but the whole coast of Superior is spangled with the spray of innumerable cascades and rapids, as all the little rivers, instead of running through the gorges a
'Banks of the Housatonic, at Pittsfield', 1874. Rural scene on the Housatonic River at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/banks-of-the-housatonic-at-pittsfield-1874-rural-scene-on-the-housatonic-river-at-pittsfield-massachusetts-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-ii-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1874-image332228091.html
RM2A8E88Y–'Banks of the Housatonic, at Pittsfield', 1874. Rural scene on the Housatonic River at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]
'Waiting for Decomposition', 1872. Vultures perch on a tree covered in Spanish moss above the rotting corpse of an alligator, Florida, south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/waiting-for-decomposition-1872-vultures-perch-on-a-tree-covered-in-spanish-moss-above-the-rotting-corpse-of-an-alligator-florida-south-eastern-usa-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-i-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1872-image332228348.html
RM2A8E8J4–'Waiting for Decomposition', 1872. Vultures perch on a tree covered in Spanish moss above the rotting corpse of an alligator, Florida, south eastern USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]
'Owl's Head Landing', 1874. Steamship arriving at a jetty on Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada. '...the Owl's Head, a mountain surpassing others around the lake in form and size'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/owls-head-landing-1874-steamship-arriving-at-a-jetty-on-lake-memphremagog-quebec-canada-the-owls-head-a-mountain-surpassing-others-around-the-lake-in-form-and-size-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-ii-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1874-image332228179.html
RM2A8E8C3–'Owl's Head Landing', 1874. Steamship arriving at a jetty on Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada. '...the Owl's Head, a mountain surpassing others around the lake in form and size'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]
'Little Falls', 1874. The Mohawk River at Little Falls, New York State, USA. 'The river here makes a descent of over forty feet, accomplishing the effort in three small falls, which have been turned to great profit by the people of the town, for they furnish water-power to a great many factories. These, for the most part, are upon the island which springs up in the river below the first fall...The Erie Canal runs through a channel blasted out of the solid rock at the foot of a steep hill, which rises on the east side of the river, and is called the Rollaway'. From "Picturesque America; or Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/little-falls-1874-the-mohawk-river-at-little-falls-new-york-state-usa-the-river-here-makes-a-descent-of-over-forty-feet-accomplishing-the-effort-in-three-small-falls-which-have-been-turned-to-great-profit-by-the-people-of-the-town-for-they-furnish-water-power-to-a-great-many-factories-these-for-the-most-part-are-upon-the-island-which-springs-up-in-the-river-below-the-first-fallthe-erie-canal-runs-through-a-channel-blasted-out-of-the-solid-rock-at-the-foot-of-a-steep-hill-which-rises-on-the-east-side-of-the-river-and-is-called-the-rollaway-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-image332228224.html
RM2A8E8DM–'Little Falls', 1874. The Mohawk River at Little Falls, New York State, USA. 'The river here makes a descent of over forty feet, accomplishing the effort in three small falls, which have been turned to great profit by the people of the town, for they furnish water-power to a great many factories. These, for the most part, are upon the island which springs up in the river below the first fall...The Erie Canal runs through a channel blasted out of the solid rock at the foot of a steep hill, which rises on the east side of the river, and is called the Rollaway'. From "Picturesque America; or
'Falls of the Blackwater', 1872. Waterfalls in West Virginia, USA: 'Just below us flows the famous Blackwater through an awful rift nearly two thousand feet in depth...This is the land of water-falls...Now it is deliciously refreshing to breathe this atmosphere of whirling spray, to witness the wild gambols of these frisky streams, to hear the chorus of their thousand voices, from the tinkling treble of the tiny rill to the thundering bass of the distant river...The first leap made by the Skillet Fork is forty feet in the clear, and thence without a halt she goes plunging down a break-neck sta Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/falls-of-the-blackwater-1872-waterfalls-in-west-virginia-usa-just-below-us-flows-the-famous-blackwater-through-an-awful-rift-nearly-two-thousand-feet-in-depththis-is-the-land-of-water-fallsnow-it-is-deliciously-refreshing-to-breathe-this-atmosphere-of-whirling-spray-to-witness-the-wild-gambols-of-these-frisky-streams-to-hear-the-chorus-of-their-thousand-voices-from-the-tinkling-treble-of-the-tiny-rill-to-the-thundering-bass-of-the-distant-riverthe-first-leap-made-by-the-skillet-fork-is-forty-feet-in-the-clear-and-thence-without-a-halt-she-goes-plunging-down-a-break-neck-sta-image332228582.html
RM2A8E8XE–'Falls of the Blackwater', 1872. Waterfalls in West Virginia, USA: 'Just below us flows the famous Blackwater through an awful rift nearly two thousand feet in depth...This is the land of water-falls...Now it is deliciously refreshing to breathe this atmosphere of whirling spray, to witness the wild gambols of these frisky streams, to hear the chorus of their thousand voices, from the tinkling treble of the tiny rill to the thundering bass of the distant river...The first leap made by the Skillet Fork is forty feet in the clear, and thence without a halt she goes plunging down a break-neck sta
'Portland Harbor, and Islands', 1874. The Atlantic coast at Portland, Maine, USA: 'Evergreen Landing, White Head, Portland Head Light'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874] Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/portland-harbor-and-islands-1874-the-atlantic-coast-at-portland-maine-usa-evergreen-landing-white-head-portland-head-light-from-quotpicturesque-america-or-the-land-we-live-in-a-delineation-by-pen-and-pencil-of-the-mountains-rivers-lakeswith-illustrations-on-steel-and-wood-by-eminent-american-artistsquot-vol-ii-edited-by-william-cullen-bryant-d-appleton-and-company-new-york-1874-image332228185.html
RM2A8E8C9–'Portland Harbor, and Islands', 1874. The Atlantic coast at Portland, Maine, USA: 'Evergreen Landing, White Head, Portland Head Light'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]