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Saw Mill at the village of Glenns. (from Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des Parties Laterales de L'Amérique du Nord)
Saw Mill at the village of Glenns. (from Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des Parties Laterales de L'Amérique du Nord)

Saw Mill at the village of Glenns. (from Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des Parties Laterales de L'Amérique du Nord)

Artist Jacques-Gérard Milbert French, 1766 - 1840
Date1828-1829
MediumLithograph on thin India (?) paper laid on heavy wove backing paper (chine collée?)
DimensionsSheet: 9 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (24.4 x 32.4 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (34.9 x 51.8 cm)
Matboard: 15 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (40.3 x 55.6 cm)
Exhibition Frame Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 4.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineThe Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York
Object number1974.8
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InscribedLower left: "$ 12-"
MarkingsTop Margin: "6 e Livraison AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE ÉTAT DE NEW-YORK. Pl 3." Lower margin, left: "Lithographié par Villeneuve./ Moulins à Scies au village de Glenns./ Serrae Motae fluctibus prope vicum Glenns." Lower margin, right: "Defoiné d'après nature par J. Milbert/ Saw Mill at the village of Glenns./Saw Muhleim Dorfe Glenns." Lower margin, center: "No. 23./Imp Lith. de Bove dirigée par Noëlainé & Ce."
DescriptionFrom the series of lithographs published in "Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des Parties Laterales de L'Amérique du Nord" after originals by Milbert. 1988.10.3 in the Hyde Collection is an intact folio of these plates.This print was probably removed from a bound folio sometime after publication. Research has not found that Millbert's images were printed and released separately from the bound editions.

Plate number 23 as indicated in the lower caption. Capitalization and spelling in title are as printed on the image.

.Exhibition History"Worth A Thousand Words: The Art of Illustration from The Hyde Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, October 28, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012.Provenance1974, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (found in collections)