"Moonlight on the Androscoggin" by John Henry Hill, Amer., (1839-1922) Drawing three discreet repaired edge tears

three discreet repaired edge tears just into image at top and bottom left

10-1/4 x 8-3/8

with particularly effective use of the rich drypoint burr

and again at bottom left margin edge

including The Met

"Moonlight on the Androscoggin" by John Henry Hill, Amer., (1839-1922) Drawing three discreet repaired edge tearsEtching & Aquatint, printed in a warm brown ink, as published in American Art Review, ca. 1880, ed. unknown, 6 x 8 1 16, on thick cream laid paper with full margins. a small pale stain beneath image at lower left, otherwise fine. A tranquil subject and painterly use of aquatint by Hill, associated with the Hudson River School.