Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
SURRENDER OF GENERAL BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA N.Y. OCT. 17TH 1777. 1852, (Conningham, 5907). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 21 1/4 x 28 1/2 in., matted in a molded maple frame. Condition: Margins of 1 7/8 in. or more, light toning, mat stains, hinged at the top, small abrasion in l.r. margin.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 39 in the original "Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $2,500-3,500