2-752-468 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Connecticut Shore Scenes', 1874. 'Norwalk from River; Oyster Boats, Roton Point; View from Wilson's Point', Connecticut, USA. Views around the coast of New England. 'Roton Point...is the resort, by eminence, of the festive parties from the town. It is admirably adapted for picnics, uniting extensive areas with fine groups of noble pines, and these flanked by a broad and beautiful beach'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]