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- Title
From Picturesque to Profane: A Cultural History of the Hudson River's Palmer Falls.
- Authors
Cernek, Stephen
- Abstract
The article discusses 19th- and 20th-century pictorial representations of the Palmer Falls along the upper Hudson River in upstate New York as a means to explore the alterations made to the area's landscape as a result of industrialization. The author begins by examining early lithographs depicting the falls in their pristine state from such artists as Jacques Gérard Milbert and William Guy Wall, and goes on to explain the establishment of a wood pulp mill, dam, and other industrial sites in the falls' vicinity. Photographers George Conkey's and Seneca Ray Stoddard's creation of stereographs depicting the falls is detailed, as are the efforts of writers to describe the falls' picturesque qualities in spite of the industrial presence. Postcards depicting the falls are also discussed.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); HUDSON River (N.Y. &; N.J.) in art; WATERFALLS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; STEREOGRAPHS; LITHOGRAPHY; PICTURESQUE, The; WOOD pulp industry; DAMS; MILBERT, Gerard; POSTCARDS
- Publication
Hudson River Valley Review, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
1546-3486
- Publication type
Article