Twilight, Passage of the Juniata through the Warrior Mountain
Item
Title
Twilight, Passage of the Juniata through the Warrior Mountain
Creator
John Hill
American, b. England, 1770–1850
After E. Van Blon
American, 1803–1891
From Lucas’ Progressive Drawing Book
Published in 1827 by Fielding Lucas, Jr.
American, 1781–1854
American, b. England, 1770–1850
After E. Van Blon
American, 1803–1891
From Lucas’ Progressive Drawing Book
Published in 1827 by Fielding Lucas, Jr.
American, 1781–1854
Materials
Aquatint and etching with hand coloring
Measurements
9-1/8 x 12-1/16 in. (23.2 x 30.7 cm)
Description
Fielding Lucas, Jr., was primarily a cartographer who not only drew but also surveyed a number of the towns he was responsible for mapping. Early in his career he worked with publishers in Philadelphia; however, in 1823 he opened his own publishing firm in Baltimore, where he became the first successful commercial mapmaker in that city. He also took on other publishing projects, such as the drawing book for which these prints served as illustrations. Although issued under his name, Lucas’ Progressive Drawing Book—essentially an instruction manual for artists—was the brainchild of John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe, who wrote the text and provided watercolors for the illustrations under the pseudonym E. van Blon.
The three-volume book contained a total of thirty-eight intaglio plates, of which seventeen were aquatints engraved by John Hill, who specialized in the medium. Thirteen of these were colored by hand, apparently before they were bound with the text for publishing.
Adapted from the entry written by Judith Hansen O’Toole for the 1980 Pennsylvania Prints exhibition catalogue.
The three-volume book contained a total of thirty-eight intaglio plates, of which seventeen were aquatints engraved by John Hill, who specialized in the medium. Thirteen of these were colored by hand, apparently before they were bound with the text for publishing.
Adapted from the entry written by Judith Hansen O’Toole for the 1980 Pennsylvania Prints exhibition catalogue.
Source
Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, partial gift and purchase from John C. O’Connor and Ralph M. Yeager.
Identifier
86.601
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.