Watercolors of an upstate New York American landscape that isn’t coming back, done by English-born artist George Harvey. Living from 1799 to 1880, most of these were done in the 1840s.

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Daybreak. Leather-stocking’s Expedient (Episode from James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Prairie”). 1830s-1840s. Watercolor on paper with black ink, gouache and glazing over graphite. George Harvey, watercolorist (1799-1880). Signed G. HARVEY on the lower right. Collections of the New York Historical Society. Artwork is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/george-harveys-anglo-american-atmospheric-landscapes/
Sunrise. Flatbush and the Ocean from the Green-Wood Cemetery L. I. [Brooklyn], New York.1830s-1840s. Watercolor, graphite, gouache, selective glazing, and scratching out on paper, formerly laid on buff card. George Harvey, watercolorist (1799-1880). Signed G. HARVEY on the lower right. Collections of the New York Historical Society. Artwork is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/george-harveys-anglo-american-atmospheric-landscapes/
Sunset. The Outlet of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, New York. 1830s-1840s. Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, gouache, and scratching out on paper, formerly laid on buff card. George Harvey, watercolorist (1799-1880). Signed G. HARVEY on the lower right. Collections of the New York Historical Society. Artwork is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/george-harveys-anglo-american-atmospheric-landscapes/
Early Twilight. Kaatskill [Catskill] Landing and Mountains from the East Bank of the Hudson River, New York. 1830s-1840s. Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, gouache, and scratching out on paper, formerly laid on buff card. George Harvey, watercolorist (1799-1880). Signed G. HARVEY on the lower right. Collections of the New York Historical Society. Artwork is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/george-harveys-anglo-american-atmospheric-landscapes/

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