American scenery; or, Land, lake, and river illustrations of transatlantic nature. From drawings by W.H. Bartlett

Download or read book American scenery; or, Land, lake, and river illustrations of transatlantic nature. From drawings by W.H. Bartlett written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Scenery contains local history, anecdotes, and reflections prompted by the places depicted by Bartlett on tour with Willis and coordinated with each engraving; there are many tales of the American Revolution and of conflict with and removal of First Nation peoples, from a European expansionist perspective. The engravings generally include representations of people, with visual clues of dress and physical appearance signaling class, trade, and ethnicity, with signals of European dress and appearance predominating. Some few engravings signal other identities which can be construed as African and Indigenous. Very few engravings contain no human figures or built structures; representations signaling Indigenous people generally appear in settings that appear unchanged by non-Indigenous settlers.