Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
CLIPPER SHIP "NIGHTINGALE.,"1854 (Conningham, 1159). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 20 1/2 x 27 1/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Margins 1 5/8 in. or more, toning, foxing, paper slightly rippled.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 33 in the original "Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Remains of 5 fabric tape hinges on back of upper margin.