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Spring no. 2 : Burning fallen trees in a girdled clearing. Western scene

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Title: Spring no. 2 : Burning fallen trees in a girdled clearing. Western scene
Alternative Title: Part of: Harvey's scenes of the primitive forest of America...
Creator: Bennett, W. J. (William James), 1787-1844, artist
Harvey, George, 1806-1876, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1841
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of and eye-level view of three men with a team of oxen burning fallen trees in a girdled clearing; log cabin and forest in background.
Title and date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by the Beinecke Library at Yale. "[Entered acc]ording to act of Congress, in the Southern District C[ourt N.Y. 1841.]"--text, top center margin. "Engraved by W.J. Bennett N.A. from the original painting by G. Harvey A.N.A."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 aquatint : hand colored ; overall 39.85 x 29.85 cm (15 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_VIEW_003340
442743
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3879
Language: English
Subject: Fires--Pictorial works
Forests and forestry--Pictorial works
Log cabins--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Book Illustrations. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
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