06-10-200106-10-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2076
June 10, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
425

Smith Brothers

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$805$700
Auction: Sale #2076 - 2076Location: BoltonDate / Time: June 10, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Smith Brothers, publishers (American, 1848-1857) C. Mottram, lithographer (American, 19th Century) After John W. Hill (Anglo-American, 1812-1879) Boston, 1857. Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph on paper, sight size 28 1/2 x 41 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Margins 1 1/2 in. or more, creases and tears, including some within image, unobtrusive scattered staining, not examined out of frame. N.B. Son of aquatint engraver John Hill, J.W. Hill was a landscape and topographical painter. Early in his career, he was employed by the New York State Geological Survey and later by Smith Brothers to draw views of many American cities. The Smith Brothers were in the print publishing business in Boston from 1848 to 1857.
Estimate $700-900

Keywords

John W. Hill, landscape and topographical painter