In 1835, the English artist William Henry Bartlett first visited the United States to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the northeastern states. The finely detailed steel engravings Bartlett produced were published in 30 monthly installments from 1837 to 1839 by George Virtue in London under the title "American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature." The first bound edition of the work appeared in 1840. Bartlett's engraved views were widely copied by other artists as seen in the following picture.
