Sold for:
$540
$540
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) Two Civil War Prints: The Fall of Richmond Va. on the Night of April 2nd, 1865 (Conningham, 1823); and Bombardment of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor., undated (Conningham 596). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Small folio lithographs with hand-coloring on paper, sheet sizes 12 1/4 x 17 3/8 and 10 x 14 in., respectively, in period molded wood frames. Condition: The Fall ... with margins 1 in. or more, several edge tears, minor foxing; Bombardment ... with margins 3/8 in. or more, toning, stains, scattered foxing. The Fall with sixteen edge tears with scotch tape repairs, neither is laid down.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
