Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
Clipper Ship Dreadnought Off Tuskar Light, 1856 (Conningham, 1144). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 22 x 30 in., in a molded mahogany frame with gilt liner. Condition: Margins 2 3/4 in. or more, margin tears l.l. and l.c., cleaned.
Note: The backing paper retains a paper label from The Old Print Shop, New York.
Estimate $800-1,200
1 in. tear l.l. margin edge, two 1/4 in. margin edge tears 1 1/4 in apart at l.c., 1/2 in. ter c.r. edge; l.l.corner creased, crease u.l. margin, a large stain at u.r. was removed during cleaning.