Winter Scene on the Catterskill – Antique Moonlit Landscape Engraving c.1840 by John Rogers after W.H. Bartlett, Catskill Mountains, New York

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Evocative antique steel engraving titled Winter Scene on the Catterskill, engraved by John Rogers after the renowned English artist William … Read more Evocative antique steel engraving titled Winter Scene on the Catterskill, engraved by John Rogers after the renowned English artist William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854). This dramatic night scene, created circa 1840, captures the eerie tranquility of a moonlit winter in the Catskill Mountains, New York.

The frozen lake stretches beneath a starry sky, where the shadows of skeletal trees and a wandering bear create a powerful atmosphere of solitude and suspense. In the lower right, two armed hunters lie in wait beneath the trees, and a distant figure appears to flee across the ice — a moment filled with tension and movement.

Title: Winter Scene on the Catterskill
Artist: After William Henry Bartlett
Engraver: John Rogers
Date: Circa 1840
Medium: Steel engraving on wove paper
Image size: 11.5 × 18.5 cm
Sheet size: 20.6 × 27.1 cm
Condition: Good. Strong impression with crisp details. Minor age-related marks to margins only.

A haunting and picturesque American winter landscape from the romantic period, ideal for collectors of early American views, Hudson River School influences, or 19th-century wildlife engravings. See less