Moonlight on the Androscoggin

John Henry Hill1866

Details

Title: Moonlight on the Androscoggin
Creator: John Henry Hill
Date Created: 1866
Subject Keywords: landscapes (representations), moon, night, night scenes, rivers, water
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “J.H. Hill”
Set or Series Title: Sketches from Nature
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (B.A. Wesleyan 1943), 1984
Materials & Techniques: Etching, aquatint, and roulette printed in brown ink on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: 424; from the set of 24 plates by different artists in “Sketches from Nature,” 1866; published in the “American Art Review” (1879–1880); reprinted in S.R. Koehler’s “American Etchings” (Boston, 1886)
Dimensions: 1922
Associated People: Created by John Henry Hill (American, 1839-1922)
Accession Number: 1984.29.140

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