Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2709TLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 24, 2014 10:00AM
Description:
W. Strickland & W. Kneass, engravers and publishers (Philadelphia, c. 1812)
Signal Naval Victory, ...U.S. Frigate Constitution, over H.B. Majesty's FrigateGuerriere... Identified in inscriptions. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sight size 10 3/4 x 14 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Toning, losses on corners and edges, repaired tears, some into image, not examined out of frame.
Estimate $150-250
Toning, losses on corners and edges, repaired tears, some into image, not examined out of frame; there are extensive repaired tears into image in sky u.l., u.c. and c.r., also small area l.l. and in inscriptions l.r.
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