VIEW OF THE WATER GAP AND COLUMBIA GLASS WORKS - RIVER DELAWARE.
Thomas Birch
View of the Water Gap and Columbia Glass Works - River Delaware.
Aquatint handcolored, c.1830.
Image size 12 3/4 x 19 3/8" (32.3 x 49.2 cm).
Good condition, modern handcoloring. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 16346
Price: $900.00 Publisher : Engraved by William Strickland after a painting by Birch. Both artist and engraver were based in Philadelphia in the early 19th century. In the foreground of this idyllic scene is a "Durham" boat, a flat bottomed vessel forty to sixty feet long and capable of carrying up to fifteen tons. A crew of five, one to steer and four to push with iron poles, could maneuver the swift currents of the upper Delaware River. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , New Jersey
