View Near Fishkill (No. 17 of The Hudson River Portfolio), 1823–24, Aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; first state of two or three (Koke), Image: 14 1/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.7 x 51.3 cm), Prints, after William Guy Wall (Irish, Dublin 1792–after 1864 Ireland (active America)), This view looks north along the Hudson from Fishkill Landing, a few miles above West Point. John Agg's related text tells us that, 'this section of country...is a hallowed spot to the historian; and clothed in all the sublime grandeur of her own inaccessible majesty, where Nature attracts, yet mocks, the puny efforts of human art, the painter and the poet will ever find their worthiest and most attractive models
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