William James Bennett: Master of the Aquatint View

Exhibition catalog. Full-page prints of early Americana by the master of aquatint, with critical and biographical introductions and a complete, annotated checklist of the New York Public Library's holdings. Introductory essay by Dale Roylance. Checklist and commentaries by Roberta Waddell and Theresa Balazar. 92 pages, 32 b/w duotones, 9 color plates. William James Bennett (1787-1844), a British-born artist and engraver, was active in the United States from 1816 until his death.