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The first comprehensive study of how this remarkable publication reinforced and promoted the way Americans viewed progress, nature, and their own country in the years following the Civil War.
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Publication of this book was made possible partially through generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Historical Print Collectors Society.
Copyright 1994 by Vanderbilt University Press All Rights Reserved First Edition 1994 94 95 96 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1
This publication is made from recycled paper and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.
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Creating Picturesque America: monument to the natural and cultural landscape/ Sue Rainey p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rainey, Sue. Creating picturesque America: monument to the natural and cultural landscape/ Sue Rainey. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8265-1257-7 (alk. paper) 1. Picturesque America. 2. United StatesPictorial works. 3. Illustrated books 19th century. 4. Illustration tradeUnited StatesHistory19th century. I. Title. E168.155 1994 741.6'4'097309034dc2094-33484 CIP
Manufactured in the United States of America
Page v
For Reuben, Mark, and Sarah
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xiii
Part One Fighting the Illustration Wars
1 Appletons' Journal and the Mission to Civilize
3
2 The "Picturesque" Subject and Artist Harry Fenn
19
3 Oliver Bell Bunce and the Rediscovery of the South
46
Part Two "The Most Magnificent Illustrated Work Ever Produced in America"
4 "A Monument of Native Art"
77
5 Reconciling Truth and Poetry in Illustrations
113
Part Three Reassuring Messages in Words and Pictures
6 "Delineation by Pen and Pencil"
195
7 From Cultural Landmark to Relic
274
Appendices
A. Biographies of Picturesque America's Artists
293
B. Two Versions of the Preface
309
C. Placement of Steel Engravings in the Parts of Picturesque America
313
D. Notices on the Wrappers of the Parts of Picturesque America
315
Notes
322
Select Bibliography
363
Index
375
Page ix
ILLUSTRATIONS
2.1
Thomas Nast, "The Artist in the Mountains," Harper's Weekly, 1866.
2.2
F. S. Church, "Return of Our Artist with his Summer Sketches," Harper's Weekly, 1873.
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