Artist/Maker

Jeakes, J. ||Roberts, William __After

Place Made

Date Made

1810

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

HOA: 15 1/4″; WOA: 19 3/4″

Accession Number

3424.4

Description

William Roberts recorded a variety of picturesque scenery on his 1803-1804 journey through Virginia. This aquatint depicts a scene on the upper Potomac River, probably near its junction with the Shenandoah River at Harper’s Ferry.

DESCRIPTION: Aquatint on paper, “View on the Potomac, Virginia.” Landscape scene of river.

INSCRIPTION: Watermarked paper: “J. WHATMAN/ 1808.” Matting is inscribed on left: “Drawn by W. Roberts, Esq.” Matting is inscribed on right: “Engraved by J. Jeakes.” Below the caption, is another inscription stating: “Published by Mssrs. Colnaghi and Co./ Cokspur [Cockspur] Street, London 1st March 1810.” On the back: “Mr. Burton/ 91 Glocester Place/ Por_.”

History

Descended in the family of the artist, William Roberts, to his daughter Grace (Roberts) Burton, to her son Sir Charles Burton.

Credit Line

Gift of G. Wilson Douglas, Jr. and Douglas Battery Fund