Country Americana
Description:
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
ETHAN ALLEN AND MATE AND DEXTER., 1867 (Conningham, 1757). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 20 1/2 x 29 1/4 in., in a later molded wood frame. Condition: Margins 1 in. or more, toning, repaired tears into image cl. and u.r., three margin tears, toning, light foxing, acid stains.
Estimate $600-800
Tear c.l. about 2 3/4 in. long, into image about 1 5/8 in. at black horse's foremost leg; tear u.r into image about 1/4 in. in sky,
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