Auction: Discovery - 2514MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 21, 2010 2:00PM
Description:
Paul Girardet (French, 1821-1893) Engraver, After Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
(American, 1816-1868)
Washington Crossing the Delaware. Signed in the plate "Painted by E. Leutze" l.l., "Engraved by Paul Girardet" l.r., "New York Published by Goupil & Co." l.c., "Berlin Verlag von Goupil & Cie." l.l., Paris Imprimé et publié par Goupil & Cie." l.r., "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853 by M. Knoedler,...New York" l.c. Engraving on paper, plate size approximately 25 5/8 x 40 1/4 in., framed. Condition: Toning, foxing, water stains, not examined out of frame.
N.B. Sold for the benefit of the Framingham History Center, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Estimate $150-200
There is a label from Williams & Everett, Boston, affixed to the backing paper.