Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Nathaniel Currier publisher (American, 1813-1888)
SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN VA. OCT. 19TH 1781. 1852, (Conningham, 5906). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 21 3/8 x 28 1/2 in., matted in a molded bird's-eye maple frame. Condition: Margins of 1 7/8 in. or more, mat stains, toning, minor foxing, hinged at the top.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 40 in the original "Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $2,600-3,000