Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
The Burning of Charlestown Near Boston New England. Unsigned, titled below with additional inscriptions "view taken from Beacon Hill which was afterwards --- down to fill up the Mill Pond." Ink and pastel on thin card with pencil inscriptions identifying landmarks, 9 x 15 3/4 in., in a later mitered wooden frame. Condition: Toning, minor foxing.
Estimate $150-250
Probably trimmed as a couple inscriptions go off the panel.