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John William Hill

1812

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John William Hill or often J.W. Hill was a British-born American artist working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focused primarily upon natural subjects including landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological subjects. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and Hill's association with American followers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, his attention turned from technical illustration toward still life and landscape.

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Artworks (7)

View By Moonlight, Near Fayetteville, plate three of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 33.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Plate: 38.5 × 30.2 cm (15 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 38.5 cm (22 3/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lynnhaven Bay, plate one of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.9 × 35.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 in.); Plate: 30.4 × 38.5 cm (12 × 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 55.9 cm (15 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portfolio Cover for Picturesque Views of American Scenery, No. I

1819 · Letterpress on blue wove paper

Sheet, folded: 56.8 × 39.6 cm (22 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View above the Falls of Schuylkill, plate three of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 34.3 cm (9 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 38.9 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 56 cm (15 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Norfolk; From Gosport, Virginia, plate five of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.8 × 35.6 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 38.7 cm (11 15/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 56.3 cm (15 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Burning of Savannah, plate four of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.3 × 35 cm (10 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate: 30.1 × 38.4 cm (11 7/8 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 56.2 cm (15 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page , Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with stipple and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Plate: 24.6 × 36.6 cm (9 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 56.4 cm (15 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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