Passaic Falls in the State of New Jersey

by Francis after Alexander Robertson Jukes

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Lovely colour aquatint view of Passaic Falls in New Jersey by a noted British artist: one of the earliest views in New Jersey. This view is one of a series of four views executed by the Scottish artist Alexander Robertson during his visit to the United States in 1798, each engraved in aquatint in London by Francis Jukes. Deák notes that Passaic Falls was one of the major natural wonders in America that beckoned early artists and praises the view, which shows a lone

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