About the Artwork
Spirit Creek near Augusta, Georgia
1819
John Hill (Artist) English, 1770-1850 Joshua Shaw (Artist) English, 1776-1860 M. Carey and Son (Publisher) American
Aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Plate: 11 7/8 × 15 1/4 inches (30.2 × 38.7 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 7/8 inches (36.8 × 55.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
49.372
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw Inscribed, lower center: SPIRIT CREEK; NEAR AUGUSTA GEORGIA. | Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill Inscribed, in pencil, left center of top edge: Exceedingly RARE - fine copy with wide margins. Inscribed, center bottom edge: very rare
Provenance
The Rosenbach Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). 1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Hill; after Joshua Shaw, Spirit Creek near Augusta, Georgia, 1819, aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.372.
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