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Samuel Valentine Hunt

PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN

Description

Maker

Samuel Valentine Hunt (British, b. 1803)
Robert Hinshelwood (American, 1812-ca. 1875)
William Wellstood (American, 1819-1900)
Edward Paxman Brandard (British, 1819-1898)
Unknown Maker, British
William Cullen Bryant (American), author
D. Appleton &amp
Company
, publisher
T.M. Clarke, author
David Hunter Strother, author
R.E. Garczynski, author
James D. Smillie (American, 1833-1909), author
Oliver Bell Bunce, author
T.B. Thorpe, author
L.J.G. Runkle, author
J.R. Thompson, author
John Esten Cooke, author
J.E. Ringwalt, author
W.V. Thompson, author
F.G. De Fontaine, author
Susan N. Carter, author
Robert Carter, author
Sallie A. Brock, author
Constance Fenimore Woolson, author
J.C. Carpenter, author

Culture

British

Title

PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN

Year

1872

Medium

  • steel engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • steel engraving

Materials

steel engraving

Supports

  • Wove:medium weight,
  • off-white,
  • plowed gold fore-edge.

Geography

Place Made: New York

Dimensions

33 x 26.7 x 5.7 cm (13 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches)

Identification

State

Volume: II

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pepperell

Object Number

1989.117.2

Type

  • Books

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Tombstone

Samuel Valentine Hunt (British, b. 1803)
Robert Hinshelwood (American, 1812-ca. 1875)
William Wellstood (American, 1819-1900)
Edward Paxman Brandard (British, 1819-1898)
Unknown Maker, British
William Cullen Bryant (American), author
D. Appleton & Company, publisher
T.M. Clarke, author
David Hunter Strother, author
R.E. Garczynski, author
James D. Smillie (American, 1833-1909), author
Oliver Bell Bunce, author
T.B. Thorpe, author
L.J.G. Runkle, author
J.R. Thompson, author
John Esten Cooke, author
J.E. Ringwalt, author
W.V. Thompson, author
F.G. De Fontaine, author
Susan N. Carter, author
Robert Carter, author
Sallie A. Brock, author
Constance Fenimore Woolson, author
J.C. Carpenter, author
George William Bagby, author
PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN, 1872
steel engraving
33 x 26.7 x 5.7 cm (13 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches)
Gift of George Pepperell 1989.117.2

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