Description:
Cuba and Sugar Production, Six Prints.
Vista de la Fuente de la Habana, Vista de la Plaza de Sn. Francisco, and Vista del Paseo Militar, all after James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878),the latter framed, Paris: Thierry Freres, [19th c.] by lithographer Jean Jaccottet (b. 1806),the former hand-colored, with some damage, the latter tinted.
[Together with] Three hand-colored lithographs printed within metallic gold borders, from Justo German Cantero's (1815-1871) Los Ingenios, Havana, Cuba: Litografia de Luis Marquier, 1857, after Eduardo Laplante (b. 1818); plates four, five, and nine: Ingenio Flor de Cuba, Ingenio Flor de Cuba (Casa de Calderas),and Ingenio el Progresso; 21 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (6)
Estimate $1,000-2,000
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Keywords
James Gay Sawkins, Justo German Cantero, Luis Marquier, Thierry Freres, Jean Jaccottet, Eduardo Laplante, Paris, HavanaJohn Dorfman
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