Authors starting with 5 from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

ca. 1880s.. A large, impressive chromolithograph view of West Point, seen from the river looking north and up at the cliffs & the imposing citadel. In the foreground are a sloop being unloaded and a small passenger steamer with red and white striped awning, while in the middle distance is an imposing paddle wheeled steamer reminiscent of the Mary Powell, heading down river with all her flags flying. Steamboats had become very popular on the Hudson by the 1840's, and Melrose, a landscape painter (b... more information