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ROCHESTER FROM MOUNT HOPE CEMETARY,Monroe county,New York,1872 Antique Wood Engraving
ROCHESTER FROM MOUNT HOPE CEMETARY,Monroe county,New York,1872 Antique Wood Engraving Historical Collectible Art Print
ROCHESTER, a city and the county-seat of Monroe county, New York, U.S.A., about 70 m. E.N.E. of Buffalo and about 230 m. W. of Albany, on the Genesee river, 7 m. above where it empties into Lake Ontario.
America's First Municipal Victorian Cemetery - Formed by glaciers, this cemetery has high hills and deep valleys, winding eskers and almost bottomless kettles. The whole place is a forest of trees, many of them rare and specimen. Since 1838, a third of a million people have taken permanent residence in the cemetery's 197 acres. There are mausoleums dug deep into hillsides and everywhere myriad symbols of Victorian funerary art. In stone and bronze are soaring Egyptian obelisks, miniature Greek temples (one sleeps 20 with a lot of dancing room left over), winged angels of mercy, draped urns and broken columns, Gothic towers, and sculptures of everything from Christian saints to favorite pet dogs. They all gloriously decorate more than 350,000 graves that through the sea of vertical monuments, send a mighty chorus of hope heavenward. In fall and winter, Mount Hope becomes a rookery, and the trees appear to be fully leafed with the black bodies of crows. In summer, a high 1875 Florentine fountain cascades water from lions' mouths down through three basins held up by cast-iron caryatids.
Engraving on the back is of The east side of the Upper Falls of the Genesee
| PUBLISHED DATE |
1872 |
| PAGE SIZE: approx |
12 INCHES x 9 INCHES |
| IMAGE SIZE: approx |
9 X 6 1/2 INCHES |
| CONDITION |
ENGRAVING with intext print on the back. Excellent condition. Heavier
paper.Suitable ageing. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful
depth and detail.This beautiful rare item would look great matted and
framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames
for old art treasures. |
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