Lot 333
Robert Havell (British/American, 1793-1878), "View from Verplanck's Point", watercolor on paper, signed in monogram with initials and dated "1865" at lower left, with remnants of presentation inscription en verso, sight 6 3/4 in. x 10 1/8 in., framed. E1500-2500 Note: Best known for his work in London as the aquatint engraver who published the plates of John James Audubon's superb Birds of America (1827-1838) - a masterwork which owes much of its brilliance to Havell's skill as a printmaker - Havell emigrated to New York to rejoin the Audubon family in 1839, then moved progressively up the Hudson River to Ossining (1842) and Tarrytown (1857), where he was living when he painted this expansive view. Although principally active in America as a painter, he also continued to work in aquatint engraving, and published a "View of the Hudson from Tarrytown Heights" that is somewhat similar to this engraving prospect.
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