Description:
J.H. Buffords, lithographer (Boston, 19th Century)
Lot of Five "Old Boston" Series Views: Beacon Hill From Mt. Vernon St.; Beacon Hill, 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 size 22 x 15 5/8 in., in later painted and gilded molded wood frames. Condition: Laid down onto paperboard, minor toning, some bleached areas to margins, two with repaired margin tears.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Beacon Hill From Mt. Vernon St.- light bleached area u.r., 2 minor foxmarks; Beacon Hill From Derne St.- minor fox marks; Beacon Hill, With Mr. Thurston's House From Bowdoin St.- repaired margin tears l.r., minor foxmarks to margins; Beacon Hill, From Mt. Vernon St., Near the Head of Hancock St.- minor foxing to margins; Beacon Hill, From the Present Site of the Reservoir Between Hancock & Temple Sts.-repaired margin tear. u.l. corner., minor foxing to margins.