WH Bartlett color Antique 1839 PRINT Principal Front of the Capitol Washington

William Henry Bartlett Principal Front of the Capitol Washington Hand colored antique print circa 1839 From NP Willis American Scenery. London: George Virtue, [1839-1840]. Steel engraving by R. Brandard. Imperfect. Staining/foxing mostly in margins & to edges. Light crease. Old tape/marks on the back of the print, likely from being previously framed at some point. Esti 10.75” x 8” overall. Comes to you 💯 as is, as found. One of many prints we’ll be listing soon. Most by Bartlett! William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) was a British landscape artist famous for his views of all parts of the world which appeared in a series of travel volumes issued in the 19th century. Beginning in 1837, British publisher George Virtue began to publish what would become the most successful of all Bartlett’s series, a work written by American author Nathaniel P. Willis & entitled American Scenery: or Land, Lake & River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Book & prints were 1st issued in a series of parts running to November 1839, then the entire work was issued in 2 volumes in January 1840. Book & Bartlett’s prints were a huge success. Bartlett made several trips to the US to gather sketches for American Scenery. He followed the popular tourist route from NYC, up to the Hudson, then west to Niagara Falls. Also visiting New England & the mid-Atlantic region, Bartlett produced distinct & well loved images of most of the major sites of interest to tourists, both European & American. BART1