Mount Desert, Coast of Maine, c. 1872 by William Cullen Bryant

Mount Desert, Coast of Maine, by William Cullen Bryant presents a tranquil black-and-white view of Mount Desert Island's rounded peaks rising above a still coastal inlet, a lone sailboat drifting beneath a crescent moon. The steel engraving, made after a painting by Henry Fenn and engraved by Robert Hinshelwood, appeared in Picturesque America, the landmark 1872 survey of American scenery edited by the poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant.

Artist: William Cullen Bryant (editor), engraved by Robert Hinshelwood after Henry Fenn. Date: c. 1872.

Mount Desert, Coast of Maine. Historic American Engraving Canvas Print.