Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Oakes, William, 1799-1848
Title:
Scenery of the White Mountains : with sixteen plates, from the drawings of Isaac Sprague / by William Oakes.
Alternate Title(s):
Cover title: Oake's White Mountain scenery
Published / Created:
Boston : Crosby, Nichols, and Company, no. 111 Washington Street, [between 1852 and 1860]
Physical Description:
[4], 4, [28] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The firm of Crosby, Nichols, and Company was active between 1852 and 1860.
Contents:
1. The White Mountains, from the Giant's Grave, near the Mount Washington House -- 2. Mount Crawford, near the White Mountains, with the Mt. Crawford House -- 3. The Notch of the White Mountains, with the Willey House -- 4. The Lower Cascade in the Notch of the White Mountains -- 5. The Gate of the Notch of the White Mountains, with the Notch House -- 6. The Falls of the Amonoosuck, near the Mt. Washington House -- 7. The Cliffs of the Falls of the Amonoosuck -- 8. The Franconia with the Lafayette House -- 9. Profile Mountain at Franconia, New Hampshire -- 10. The Profile Rock -- 11. The Basin, in Lincoln, New Hampshire -- 12. The Flume, in Lincoln, New Hampshire -- 13. Nancy's Bridge, near the White Mountains -- 14. Mount Crawford, from the Notch & The Notch of the White Mountains from Mt. Crawford -- 15. The White Mountains from Bethlehem, NH & Mount Washington, from the Summit of Mt. Pleasant & Diagram of the Whole Range of the White Mountains -- 16. Mount Washington, over Tuckerman's Ravine.
Subject Terms:
White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) -- Pictorial works. | Abbey, J.R. -- Bookplate | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored.
Contributors:
Sprague, Isaac, 1811–1895, illustrator. | Crosby, Nichols, and Company, publisher. | Bufford, John Henry, 1810–1870, lithographer. | B.W. Thayer & Co.