APPROACH TO SUSPENSION BRIDGE. THE, [OTTAWA RIVER, CANADA.]

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William S. Hunter, Jr.


Approach to Suspension Bridge. The, [Ottawa River, Canada.]

Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, 1855-56.
Image size 8 3/8 x 11 5/8" (213 x 295 mm).
Good condition and color.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 69008
Price: $300.00
Publisher : Published by William S. Hunter, Jr.
Wm. S. Hunter del. J. H. Buffords Lith. Boston. Appeared in Hunter's Ottawa scenery in the vicinity of Ottawa City, Canada. All images based on drawings by Hunter and printed in Boston by Bufford. Drawn on stone by Winslow Homer and John P. Newell. Winslow Homer apprenticed to Bufford. "Probably the first book to include lithographs drawn by Winslow Homer, who was apprenticed to Bufford's of Boston at the relatively late age of eighteen,… the third plate, View of the Locks, Entrance of Rideau Canal is initialed by Homer, and the large title vignette and five other plates that are attributable to him on grounds of style". - Tatham, Winslow Homer and the Printed Book (1992). 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Canada , Ontario

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