Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM
Description:
J.H. Buffords, lithographer (Boston, 19th Century)
Lot of Five "Old Boston" Series Views: Beacon Hill From Mt. Vernon St.; BeaconHill, With Mr. Thurston's House From Bowdoin St.; Beacon Hill, From Mt. Vernon St., Near the Head of Hancock St.; Beacon Hill, From the Present Site of the Reservoir Between Hancock & Temple Sts.; Beacon Hill From Derne St., c. 1857-58, two undated. Chromolithographs on paper, sight sizes 12 1/2-15 1/4-16 x 11 x 5/8 in., in later molded giltwood frames. Condition: Very good, very minor toning.
Estimate $400-600
One looked at out of the frame has a margin of 1 3/4 in. or more, the others not examined out of frame