Item 56: Engraving of Sawkill Falls by Henry Bisbing (removed to Print Box #5), [1875 September]
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 56
Dates
- Created: [1875 September]
Creator
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Engraving
Condition Note:
Fair.
Measurements:
16 ¼ in. x 11 ¼ in.
Title:
Sawkill Falls, near Milford, PA.
Description:
An engraving of a man casting a fishline into Sawkill Falls. The point of view looks up at the subject making the falls look even taller as birds pass through the landscape.
The manuscript was originally published in the September 1875 issue of The Aldine. Our manuscript, among a number of images, can be seen on the Jstor web page.
More information and later articles of Sawkill Falls can be found on the Minisink Valley Genealogy website. This print was created by Henry Singlewood Bisbing.
Henry Singlewood Bisbing was an animal and landscape artist who was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visit the Smithsonian website to learn more about Bisbing’s other collections.
Location:
Sawkill Falls, Near Milford, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
SAWKILL FALLS, NEAR MILFORD, PA. -- H. BISBING.
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu