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William Guy Wall - Newburgh / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

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Print shows a view of the Hudson River from a dirt road where oxen pull a wagon, with a view across the river of Newburgh, New York, and rolling hills in the background.

No. 14 of the Hudson River Port Folio.

Stamped lower right: Map Division, Library of Congress, Nov. 18, 1915.

Irish-born artist W.G. Hall spent the summer of 1820 traversing 212 miles of the Hudson River's 315-mile course. 20 plates were engraved as aquatints by master printer John Hill and published between 1821 and 1825 by Henry Megarey in New York.

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hudson river ny and n j newburgh ny rivers newburgh dirt roads carts and wagons country life cities and towns aquatints wall hill 1821 prints hudson river state line popular graphic arts john hill henry i megarey william guy wall ultra high resolution high resolution maps library of congress historical maps new york
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01/01/1821
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Hill, John, 1770-1850, etcher
Wall, William Guy, 1792-, artist
Megarey, Henry I.
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hudson river ny and n j newburgh ny rivers newburgh dirt roads carts and wagons country life cities and towns aquatints wall hill 1821 prints hudson river state line popular graphic arts john hill henry i megarey william guy wall ultra high resolution high resolution maps library of congress historical maps new york