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John William Hill, artist
American, 1812 - 1879
New York Harbor from Hoboken, circa 1865
Transparent and opaque watercolor on wove paper
35.5 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd 1979.7.52

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Artist Biography: Born in London 13 January 1812. Son the engraver John Hill. Emigrated in 1819.To Philadelphia 1819, moved to New York 1823. 1823-1830 apprenticed to father. Topographical artist for N.Y. State Geological Survey 1836-1841, illustrated natural history publications, numerous watercolor views of New England and upstate New York for Smith Brothers publishing,influenced by John Ruskin after ca. 1850-1855. Lived in West Nyack, N.Y. from 1838. Died there 24 September 1879. (see except in file from The Brooklyn Museum: The New Path, Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, 1985. exh. cat. by Lynda S. Ferber and Wiiliam H. Gerdts, p. 180;

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