La destruction de la Statue royale a Nouvelle York./Destruction of the
Royal Statue in New York
Vue Optique in original colours. Published Paris 1790 Scarce European
print dealing with the Revolutionary war.. On July 10, 1776, word of
the Declaration of Independence reached New York City. A crowd had
gathered to listen to a reading of this and inspired the group
proceeded to tear down the statue of George III in Bowling Green. This
print allegedly shows that event.J. Chereau was a publisher of optical
prints/Vue d'Optique in Paris,Rue St.Jacques. In the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments
in Paris, Augsburg and London, which produced optical viewing devices
and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century
the "optical print" or "vue optique" came into existence, whose
exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the optical
illusion of deep recession. The viewing devices for which these
perspective prints were produced consisted of a lens and a mirror, this
requiring the use of reversed or mirror-image pictures. Size: 10.6 x
15.2 inches. /27.0 x 38.6 cm. £365 inc delivery goo borders very
light crease to base edge right otherwise stunning. . .. the image was
obviously done from verbal info as the 'indians' are it native
Americans but men in dhoti & turbans. . . lost in translation
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"Washington's Family Circle. Respectfully Dedicated To The People Of
The United States."
Published in Philadelphia: by John Smith, . 18 5/8 x 24 3/4. Lithograph
probably by Anton Hohenstein from the pic of George Washington who sat
for artist Edward Savage in 1789, 1790, and 1795 for a large painting
of him and his family. Edward Savage and David Edwin published an
engraving of the family portrait in 1798. Both painting and print show
Washington as military hero, statesman, and family man. Numerous
artists made copies after this print in the following decades.
Washington ordered four prints and hung one over the mantle in his
family dining room at Mount Vernon. date (AMERICAN, 1761-1817).Depicted
are George, Martha, George Washington Park Custis, Nellie Custis, and
the servant William Lee. all labelled to base of pic. The publisher
John Smith, / Publisher and Print Dealer, was active in 710 Sansom
Street in the 1860's so possibly alter printing CONDITION : some edge
tears to margin shown unmended £185 inc delivery
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"Grant And His Family."
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885 Published by Bradley
& Co. Publishers. 66 North Fourth Street Phila. 17 3/4 x 24 3/4.
Mezzotint by William Sartain. A large steel mezzotint engraving by
William Sartain of Ulysses Grant and his family. From a series of
portraits produced in mezzotint by William Sartain shortly after the
Civil War. These would have been framed and hung in many homes
throughout the United States, both North and South.1867 Sitters:
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885 / Ellen Wrenshall
Grant, 4 Jul 1855 - 30 Aug 1922/ Jesse Root Grant, 23 Jan 1794 - 29 Jun
1873/ Frederick Dent Grant, 30 May 1850 - 11 Apr 1912/ Julia Boggs Dent
Grant, 26 Jan 1826 - 14 Dec 1902/ Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr., 22 Jul
1852 - 25 Sep 1929 £225 inc delivery. . . a copy of this is in
the Smithsonian files this has a crease to the left base corner and and
edge tear ( away from image) AGAIN WILL NEED POSTING FLAT
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Ulysses Simpson Grant,
Pencil signed(by artist) Mezzotint dated and signed in plate 1894 Max
Rosenthal. PUBLISHER : Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, The portrait
was drawn by Max Rosenthal, a Russian emigrant who followed the Army of
the Potomac and drew many Civil War scenes .He was born in Turck,
Russian Poland, 23 November, 1833. In 1847 he went to Paris, where he
studied lithography, drawing, and painting with M. Thurwanger, with
whom he came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1849, where he completed
his studies. He designed and executed the illustrations for various
works, and during the civil war followed the Army of the Potomac, and
drew every camp, up to the battle of Gettysburg. These drawings he
reproduced at the time. Up to 1884 he did miscellaneous works,
including about 200 lithographs of distinguished Americans. After 1884
he turned his attention to etching, and he has since executed 150
portraits of eminent Americans and British officers, together with
numerous large plates On India paper remarque of medals etc slight
rippling from printer base right AGAIN WILL NEED POSTING FLAT
£225
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Captain, Tanner,
Farmer. General, Imperator./ Vanity Fair Print.
GRANT Gen. Ulysses S, President of the United States of
America.Published London from Vanity Fair, 1st, June 1872.. Page size
15 x 10 Ins. Guaranteed original coloured lithograph. Titled - Ulysses
S. Grant (1869-1877) was elected President as a war hero-the Northern
General who'd defeated the South in the Civil War.£15
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"Major Gen. Geo. H. Thomas"
engraved and published by William Sartain. Sheet measures 19" x
15"Published by Bradley & Co. Publishers. 66 North Fourth Street
Phila. 17 3/4 x 24 3/4. Mezzotint by William Sartain 1865-70. 11 1/4 x
9 1/4 (image) plus platemarks and margins. Mezzotint & engraving
based on the ambrotype photographs of the various commanders normally
by by Daniel T. Crowell, and printed after the cessation of
hostilities. Smaller than above pics £135 inc delivery x3
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"Colonel Elmer E Ellsworth"
engraved and published by William Sartain. Sheet measures 19" x
15"Published by Bradley & Co. Publishers. 66 North Fourth Street
Phila. 17 3/4 x 24 3/4. Mezzotint by William Sartain 1865-70. 11 1/4 x
9 1/4 (image) plus platemarks and margins. Mezzotint & engraving
based on the ambrotype photographs of the various commanders normally
by by Daniel T. Crowell, and printed after the cessation of
hostilities. Smaller than above pics £75 inc delivery CONDITION
ISSUES repaired tear to image four edge tears to margin . . . . .
.Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 - May 24, 1861) was
the commanding officer of the 11th New York Infantry (also known as the
"First Fire Zouaves") and was later a martyr for the Union cause after
becoming the first casualty of the American Civil War. CONDITION issues
vertical tear £55 posted flat
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Henry Clay
Henry Clay was Kentucky's most prominent nineteenth-century politician.
He was Abraham Lincoln's political idol. His estate, Ashland, is now a
mueum in Lexington. Alexander Hay Ritchie artist, born in Glasgow,
Scotland, 14 January, 1822. Studied drawing under Sit' William Allan at
the Royal institution, receiving a premium during the first year. In
1841 he came to New York, whence, after several years, he moved to
Brooklyn, where he has since resided. He was elected an associate of
the National academy in 1863 and an academician in 1871, and has
exhibited frequently at the academy since 1848. His engravings, mostly
mezzo-tinto include this "Henry Clay" (1848), "after his own painting.
Image size: 26-7/16 x 19-5/8 inches. Plate mark: 30-1/8 x 21-3/8
inches. Sheet size: 33 x 24-3/8 inches. Line Engraving with Stipple and
Mezzotint Included Lower Margin Says: A. H. Ritchie. Sc(ulpt) Lower
Margin Identifies the New York Publisher: Fishel, Adler and Schwartz
Lower Margin Identifies the Artist : P. F. Rothermel (Peter Frederick
Rothermel) £185 inc delivery. . . some condition issues to the
margin but will have to be sent flat well reinforced as a mezzo
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Lieut. General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B.
Painted by H.W. Phillips. Engraved by G. Zobel. Printed London,
Published June 20th 1856, by J. Mitchell, Bookseller and Publisher to
the Queen, and by Special appointment to the Emperor Napoleon III.
Mezzotint, image 415 x 330mm. 16¼ x 13". This is first state
without title ie no ifo to plate
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792-1863), was a Field Marshal who
served in the Crimea 1854-5, and suppressed the Indian Mutiny.
After Henry Wyndham Phillips (1820 - 1868).£150 inc delivery
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