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Bartlett, William Henry

Bartlett, William Henry, 18001854, English painter and illustrator. After four visits to the United States, Bartlett illustrated a book, American Scenery (1840), with panoramic vistas of the American landscape. During his travels, he also executed drawings of Jerusalem for a book about the Holy Land.

See study by A. M. Ross (1973).

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