Stokes, I. N. Phelps The iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 (v. 3)

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622            THE ICONOGRAPHY OF IVIANHATTAN ISLAND                  1

Niagara Falls

Ins.: Painted  & Engd   by W. J.  Bennett. / Niagara Falls. /To Thomas Dixon
Esqf this View of the American Fall, taken from Goat Island, / is respectfully
Inscribed by bis Obedient Serv!/ Henry I. Megarey / Printed by John Neale / At
lUman & Pilbrow's
-  Niagara Falls

Ins.: Painted & Engraved by W. J. Bennett.—(Copyright, 1867, by Geo. E. Ferine)
— / Niagara Falls from the Table Rock. / Published By Geo. E. Ferine, ill Nas- ,
sau St. New York                                                                                                 a

(There probably exists an earlier state, before Perlne's line)                                     :^

Natural Bridge, Va.

Ins.: Painted by J. C. Ward.—Engraved by W. J. Bennett. /View of the Natural
Bridge, Virginia. / Published by Louis P. Clover New York.

Baltimore, Md.

Ins.: Paind   & Engd By—^W. J. Bennett / Baltimore From   Federal Hill. /New
York, by H I Megarey. / Printed By J. & G. Neale.

Boston, Mass.

Ins.: Painted by W. J. Bennett—Engd by W. J. Bennett. / Boston, / From City
near Sea Street. / New York, Published by John Levlson, 341 Broadway,                J

Plate 117                                                           1

New York, from Brooklyn Heights                                   J

[The Hill-Bennett-Clover View]                                         J

Aquatint, coloured.                           3if^xi9f|                   Date depicted: 1837.      1

Date issued: Copyright 1

1837.                            I

Artist: J. W. Hill.                                                                                                         ]

Colourist: Probably J. W. Hill.                                                                                   ]

Engraver: W. J. Bennett.                                                                                             M

Publisher: L. P. Clover.                                                                                                "

Owner: Robert Goelet, Esq.
Other copies: N. Y. Public Library (Eno Collection); N. Y. Hist, Society, etc.

Second state. An earlier state exists, before the addition of the words Jersey City,
Hoboken, and Weehawken, above the rectangle, and the references below the rectangle.
Of this state copies are owned by Herbert L. Pratt, Esq., Edward W. C, Arnold, Esq., and
the author.

In the impression reproduced, the copyright notice has been cut from the margin below
the title and pasted to the right of the publisher's imprint. Unfortunately, the side margins
of the print have been chpped close, and the names of Jersey City, Hoboken, and Wee¬
hawken, which should appear in the upper margin, are not legible in the reproduction.

This is one of the most beautiful New York views of the period, and the few copies
known, with the exception of a proof before letters, printed in blue, owned by Mrs. Crocker,
of San Francisco, are all printed in colours. The elevation from which the view was made
is so high, and the drawing so carefully done, that nearly every building of importance
from Wall Street to Canal Street can be studied in detail.
 

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