Lot of Six Framed Prints: Shakespeare and His Friends

Description:

Lot of Six Framed Prints:

Shakespeare and His Friends, painted and engraved by John Faed, R.S.A.,Washington Irving and His Literary Friends at Sunnyside, inscribed in the plate "Entered...in the year 1864 by the Irving Publishing Company...New York..." l.c.; Danae und der Goldne Regen des Jupiter, von Antoni van Dyck, engraved by G. Weinhold, printed by Herausgeber; The Blessed Virgin and Child, from an Original Painting by Raphael, published by Haskell & Allen, Boston, 1869, J. Mayer & Co lithographers; Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant., inscribed in the plate "Engraved by H.B. Hall & Geo. E. Perine/Painted by H.B. Hall/...1865" l.c. and "Printed by H. E. Coats, N.Y." l.r.; Beatrice Cenci., inscribed in the plate "Painted by Em Berenger...Engraved by W. H. Simmons...1860...Dedicated by permission to Washington Irving, Esq."

Condition: Shakespeare with a tear l.c. and rippling, Washington with foxing, staining, and insect damage, Danae, Grant, and Beatrice with foxing and toning, The Blessed Virgin with toning and staining.
Estimate $300-500

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