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John Hill

American, 1770–1850

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (24)

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View of a Ruined English Abbey

1880 · Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on off-white wove paper

14 x 10 3/4 in. (35.6 x 27.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peach Blossoms

1874 · Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

16 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (40.8 x 24.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Forest Interior

1865 · graphite with white heightened

Sheet: 24.4 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Study of Trap Rock (Buttermilk Falls)

1863 · Oil on canvas

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chancel of Trinity Chapel, New York

1856 · Watercolor, gouache, black ink, graphite, and gum arabic on off-white wove paper

18 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. (46.7 x 36.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peabody at the Glen, New Hampshire

1854 · Watercolor on off-white wove paper

5 5/16 x 3 3/4 in. (13.5 x 9.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View from My Work Room Window in Hammond Street, New York City

1826 · Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper

9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (25.1 x 34.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

City Hall

1826 · hand-colored aquatint on paper

image: 17 x 28 in. (43.2 x 71.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

View of the Spot Where General Ross Fell, Near Baltimore

1820 · etching and aquatint with watercolor additions on wove paper

plate: 29.6 × 38.8 cm (11 5/8 × 15 1/4 in.) sheet: 37.7 × 55.4 cm (14 13/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View near Fort Montgomery (no. 18, Hudson River portfolio)

1820 · hand-colored aquatint engraving on paper

plate: 14 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (35.9 x 54.0 cm.); sheet...

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portfolio Cover for Picturesque Views of American Scenery, No. II

1819 · Letterpress on blue wove paper

57.2 × 39.8 cm (22 9/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Norfolk; From Gosport, Virginia, plate five of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.8 × 35.6 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 38.7 cm (11 15/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 56.3 cm (15 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Burning of Savannah, plate four of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.3 × 35 cm (10 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate: 30.1 × 38.4 cm (11 7/8 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 56.2 cm (15 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lynnhaven Bay, plate one of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.9 × 35.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 in.); Plate: 30.4 × 38.5 cm (12 × 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 55.9 cm (15 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View By Moonlight, Near Fayetteville, plate three of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 33.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Plate: 38.5 × 30.2 cm (15 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 38.5 cm (22 3/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spirit Creek; Near Augusta, Georgia, plate two of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25.3 × 35.4 cm (10 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.2 × 38.7 cm (11 15/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 39 × 56.9 cm (15 3/8 × 22 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, plate seven of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 24.9 × 33.8 cm (9 13/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 28.6 × 37.6 cm (11 5/16 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 55.7 cm (15 1/16 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View Near the Schuylkill Falls, Pennsylvania, plate five of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 33.3 × 25.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.); Plate: 39 × 30.1 cm (15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 37.4 cm (22 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Spot Where General Ross Fell, Near Baltimore, plate six of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 25 × 35.1 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 30.1 × 39.2 cm (11 7/8 × 15 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 56.6 cm (15 × 22 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View above the Falls of Schuylkill, plate three of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 34.3 cm (9 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 38.9 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 56 cm (15 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washington's Sepulchre, Mt Vernon, Virginia, plate two of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 33.8 × 24.9 cm (13 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 37.7 × 29.8 cm (14 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 38 cm (22 3/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portfolio Cover for Picturesque Views of American Scenery, No. I

1819 · Letterpress on blue wove paper

Sheet, folded: 56.8 × 39.6 cm (22 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page , Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

1819 · Aquatint with stipple and hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Plate: 24.6 × 36.6 cm (9 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 56.4 cm (15 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interior of the Carpenter’s Shop at Forty Hill, Enfield

1813 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 470 x 688 mm

Tate

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24 published of 24 catalogued · 23 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Smithsonian
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Tate
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2 entries · 1 sources

Forest Interior
1865 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Interior of the Carpenter’s Shop at Forty Hill, Enfield
1813 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Tate

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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