Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
After Drawings by John Badger Bachelder (American, 1857-1907) and Photographs by J.W. Moulton
Encampment of the 2d Div. of M.V.M. on Winter Island, Salem Harbor, also titled on top margin Camp Banks Aug. 25th, 26th, & 27th 1858. Endicott & Co., lithographers, New York, 1858. Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 22 1/8 x 33 in., in a contemporary molded giltwood frame. Condition: Margins of 1 in. or more, backed with rice paper, minor toning, foxing, and stains, loss and repair on lower margin corners, light surface abrasions on lower margin.
Estimate $800-1,200
Probably was cleaned, 1 x 5/8 in. loss lower right corner, tear repaired on lower right corner.