American Scenery by N.P. Willis
(1840-1845)

Illustrations by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)

Original Steel Engravings • Hand-colored and black & white available
Sheet size: approximately 8¼ x 10¾ inches

Born in Kentish Town, London in 1809, the young Bartlett was apprenticed to John Britton (1771-1857). He became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation, travelling not just throughout Britain, but to the Americas in 1839-42.

In the mid/late 1840s he travelled extensively in the Balkans and Middle East. He died of fever on board ship returning from his last trip to Israel in 1854.
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