Title

'Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. John's River', 1872. Creator: John J. Harley.

Caption

'Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. John's River', 1872. Derelict lighthouse on the coast of Florida, south eastern USA. 'The first lighthouse was built in 1830 near the river's mouth...By 1835, the encroaching sea had undermined the lighthouse, and it was torn down and replaced by a second lighthouse' [shown here]. 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. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]

Date

1872

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F28_197

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,0Mb (3,8Mb) / 13,3in x 18,4in / 3992 x 5514 (300dpi)

Keywords

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