Antique 1844 Tallulah Falls Georgia T Addison Richards Engraving For Sale

PP738. Original 1844 steel engraving titled Tallulah Falls, after Georgia-born landscape painter T Addison Richards, published in Graham\'s Magazine, Philadelphia, the popular literary magazine edited by George R Graham and at times associated with Edgar Allan Poe. The plate depicts Tallulah Falls, or Tallulah Gorge, in northeastern Georgia, one of the most celebrated natural wonders of the antebellum South, whose Cherokee name Tallulah was said to mean the terrible, referring to the dramatic drops of the river through the gorge. A densely wooded mountain gorge with cascading water visible through the trees, two figures on a rocky outcrop at right providing scale and a human presence amid the wilderness. Thomas Addison Richards, 1820-1900, produced widely published views of Southern scenery, and this plate is of strong interest to Georgia and Southern regional collectors as well as those interested in American periodical illustration and 19th century travel views.Image approx 4 x 5.75 inches; sheet larger. Steel engraving on period paper, uncolored. Even age toning with scattered light foxing in the margins, minor edge wear, image area clear and detailed. Unframed.