After Baron D. Turpin
Dated 1787
Copperplate engraving, published in the Columbia Magazine
8″ H; 10″ W
One of the Chastellux images was almost immediately appropriated by an American publication, the Columbia Magazine, in 1787.
Provenance: The Thomas A. Gray Collection
The Estate Collection of Dr. & Mrs. R. Lewis Wright
WHY WE LOVE IT: This is one of the earliest views of Natural Bridge that was shared across Europe. If you look carefully, you will see both Indigenous Americans and Europeans in the image.