Details
Creator Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, lithographer.
Contributor Sullivan, C., artist
Title The Hawks Nest or Marshalls Pillar [graphic] : A celebrated cliff on the Kenawha River, Virginia. / drawn from nature by C. Sullivan.
Publisher Philadelphia : Printed at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic & Print colouring establishment, No. 94, Walnut, Phila
Date [ca. 1840]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 32 x 27 cm (12.5 x 10.5 in.)
Description View of the Kanawha River at Hawks Nest or Marshalls Pillar near Ansted, West Virginia. In the right foreground, shows three men fishing on a large rock. The large Kanawha River flows towards the viewer. Trees grow along the shorelines and on the cliffs that rise in the background. The area was called Marshalls Pillar after Chief Justice John Marshall, who visited. By the Civil War, the area was named Hawks Nest. It was established as a State Park in 1935.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from active dates of the lithographer and content.
Text printed below image: Measuring 1200 feet from the top of the cliff to the river beneath.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Cliffs -- West Virginia -- Ansted.
Fishing -- West Virginia -- Ansted.
Men -- West Virginia -- Ansted.
Landscapes (Representations)
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Ansted (W. Va.)
Kanawha River (W. Va.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Views - United States - Virginia [P.2010.35.7]
Accession number P.2010.35.7