Oyster Cove, 1819

  • M. Carey and Son, American
  • John Hill, English, 1770-1850
  • Joshua Shaw, English, 1776-1860

Aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper

  • Plate: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.7 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 1/4 inches (38.7 × 56.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball

49.359

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw. Inscribed, lower center: OYSTER BAY. | Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill.

The Rosenbach Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). 1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John Hill; after Joshua Shaw, Oyster Cove, 1819, aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.359.