The two Lakes on the Catskills Antique Prints by Bartlett 1840
Title: The two Lakes on the Catskills.
The Catskill Mountain House was a famous hotel near Palenville, New York in the Catskill Mountains overlooking the Hudson River Valley, built in 1824. In its prime, from the 1850s to the turn of the century, it was visited by three U.S. presidents (U.S. Grant, Chester A. Arthur and Theodore Roo-sevelt) and the power elite of the day.
Antique Prints by W.H. Bartlett. Origin: American Scenery; London: George Virtue, 1839-40.
Bartlett, William Henry. 1809-1854 Bartlett was born in Kentish Town, London in 1809. He was apprenticed to John Britton (1771–1857), and became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled throughout Britain, and in the mid and late 1840s he travelled extensively in the Balkans and the Middle East. He made four visits to the United States between 1835 and 1852.
Museum Quality Antique Print. Verso Black. High quality Original uncolored print. No reprint, no facsimile.
Sheet app.: 12.5 x 9.5 inches. 31.5 x 24 cm. Image app.: 7 x 4.75 inches.18 x 12 cm. Condition: View overall very good.
