Jerusalem, Mount of Olives from the Wall. H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, circa 1839. Price £38.00 / $76.00 Click for info

William Henry Bartlett was trained as an architect, but became a prolific print illustrator, who contributed to a remarkable number of engravings during his brief career.

Exceptionally, W.H.Bartlett travelled to all the places he drew, unlike many of his contemporaries who worked up their pictures from sketches by others.

Bartlett's output was prodigious, almost all of it destined for the engravers at the behest of a publisher. Only six of his paintings were exhibited at London galleries during his lifetime. Most W.H.Bartlett prints are steel engravings, this being the dominant illustative process betweeen around 1825 and 1845.

Among his contributions were the following:

• The Danube William Beattie
• Willis's American Scenery
• Willis's Canadian Scenery;
• The Beauties of the Bosphorus
• The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland
• Finden's Ports and Harbours
• The Christian in Palestine
• Three volumes of Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor etc
• Beattie's Castles and Abbeys of England

Given how prolific he was, it is not surprising, then, that W.H.Bartlett's name is the one found in the bottom left-hand corner of so many topographical prints of this period.

Selected W.H.Bartlett Prints currently in stock

Niagara Falls, from the top of the ladder on the American side. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, hand coloured, from Willis American Scenery, engraved by J.C.Bentley, 1839. 18 x 12.5 cm Condition good Price £38.00 /$76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Undercliff near Cold-Spring,(The Seat of General George P.Morris) W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, engraved by J.T.Willmore,from Willis American Scenery, date 1839. 18 x 12.5 cm Condition good £35.00 / $70.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Musicians at the Asian Valley of Sweet Waters. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving,hand coloured, from The Beauties of the Bosphorus,engraved by R.Brandard, published by Goerge Virtue,1838. 18.5 x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mosque of Bajazet, with the Seraskier's Gate. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by H.Griffiths, from The Beauties of the Bosphorus, published 1838. 18.5 x 12.5 cm condition good £40.00 / $80.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Loch Ina, Connemara. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, from Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, engraved by R.Wallis, circa 1840. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £36.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

South-wall Light-house with Howth hill in the distance. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, hand coloured, from Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, engraved by J.C.Bentley, c1840. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £42.00 / $84.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Ancient Cross, Clonmacnoise. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving from Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, engraved by H.Griffiths circa 1840. 18 x 12 cm £36.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Glasgow, New Bridge and Broomielaw. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving from Findens Ports and Harbours, engraved by R.Wallis circa 1840. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Scene at Fleetwood, on Wyer. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by R.Wallis, published by Geo. Virtue 1842. 18. x 12.5 cm Condition good £36.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Bristol from Rownham Ferry. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by S.Bradshaw, published by Geo. Virtue 1842. 18. x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Gravesend. W.H.Bartlett, hand coloured steel engraving from Finden's Ports and Harbours, published by Geo. Virtue 1842. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £42.00 / $84.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Yarmouth,with Nelson's Monument. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by H. Griffiths, published by Geo. Virtue 1841. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £42.00 / $84.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Dover, from the Ramsgate Road. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by R.Wallis, published by Geo. Virtue 1841. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Eagle Tower,Carnarvon Castle. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by J.C.Armytage, published by Geo. Virtue 1841. 19 x 12.5 cm Condition good £35.00 / $70.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Newhaven Pier, Frith of Forth, near Edinburgh. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, from Finden's Ports and Harbours, engraved by R.Brandard, published by Geo. Virtue 1842. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £36.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Monastery of Melk. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, from The Danube, engraved by R.Wallis circa 1840. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Approach to Passau from Linz. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, from The Danube, engraved by J.C.Armytage, circa 1840. 19 x 13 cm Condition good £35.00 / $70.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

St.Stephen's Chapel in the Cathedral Vienna. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by E.Challis circa 1842. 12.5 x 18 cm Condition good £35.00 / $70.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Vienna from the Gloriette at Shonbrunn. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, showing the gardens and Vienna in the background. Engraved by J.C.Armytage, Published by Virtue circa 1842. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £44.00 / $88.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Scene from the Leopoldsberg, looking to Vienna. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, showing the Danube, engraved by J.Cousen, published by Virtue circa 1842. 18 x 12 cm Condition good £44.00 / $88.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Facade of the Tombs of the Kings, Jerusalem. W.H.Bartlett, hand coloured steel engraving, circa 1840. 18.5 x 12.5 cm Condition good £38.00 / $76.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top