11-20-201011-20-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 20, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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G. Webster & Co., (London, England, 19th Century),Publishers

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2527MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 20, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

G. Webster & Co., (London, England, 19th Century),Publishers,
The Commencement of Action Between His Majesty's Ship Shannon and the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston Light House, by John Theophilus Lee, artist (British, 1787-c. 1827),c. 1813, aquatint on paper, identified in the matrix, sight size 22 1/2 x 17 1/2, image size 21 x 15 3/4 in. Condition: Toning, spots of foxing c.l. and u.c., evidence of old repairs, not examined out of frame.

Note: This lot is being sold along with a complete leather-bound volume of the Federalist Boston weekly newspaper the Columbian Centinel for 1811.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

G. Webster & Co., United Kingdom, London, John Theophilus Lee, the Federalist Boston weekly