Harper's Ferry, ca. 1838

  • William Henry Bartlett, English, 1809-1854
  • William Radclyffe, English, 1780-1855

Engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper

  • Image: 4 7/8 × 7 3/8 inches (12.4 × 18.7 cm) Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 7 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (18.4 × 23.8 cm)

Gift of anonymous donor

49.16

Signed, in plate, lower left: W. H. Bartlett. Signed, lower right: W. Radclyffe.

Inscribed, lower center: HARPERS FERRY. | (From the Potomac side.) Inscribed, center lower edge: London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1838.

1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

William Radclyffe; after William Henry Bartlett, Harper's Ferry, ca. 1838, engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of anonymous donor, 49.16.