The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 37, no. 4

JOHN HILL after WALL
The Palisades, 1823-24
JOHN WILLIAM HILL
Circular Mill,
King Street, New York, 1823
icent aquatint in brown ink with additional
hand coloring, and a rare proof. The
published versions were intended for the
Hudson River Portfolio; this image, No. 2
of the fourth part, was issued in 1823-24.
John William Hill, whose watercolor of
plums is reproduced on page 4, was the son
of John Hill. The younger Hill is best
lifes, such as Plums, often in jewel-like
colors, follow Ruskin's prescription for
fine observation and meticulous detail.
Hill also created a number of less precise
compositions, many of which continue
the Hudson River School type of landscape
painting.
Circular Mill, King Street, drawn in ink
from the topographical watercolor painting
he must have learned from Britishtrained
artists like his father and Wall.
Hill's picture is unusually fine because of
the delicacy of color, as in the dark pink
sails of the mill and the subtle blue sky.
Historically it is of interest for it preserves
the mill's unusual shape and the almost