Shaw, Joshua “View Near The Falls of Schuylkill” [framed]

Joshua Shaw.  “View Near The Falls of Schuylkill.”  From Picturesque Views of American Scenery.  Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, 1835.  Second edition.  Aquatint with line etching by John Hill.  Original hand color.  Narrow margins right and left hand side and top margin trimmed just to image.  Else, very good condition.  Print has been framed to museum specifications with UF3 UV filtering plexi-glass.  Deak: 315; Fowble: 275; Fielding: 659.   A rare print from a very interesting series of American views that combine the work of some of the most talented Americans of the early nineteenth century.  Joshua Shaw (ca. 1777-1860) was born and trained in England, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy.  With a recommendation of his work from Benjamin West, Shaw emigrated to Philadelphia in 1817.  He was enthralled by his new country, and as a result conceived the grand scheme of producing a folio of prints based on “correct delineations of some of the most prominent beauties of notable scener