$3,690
Shaw, Joshua (1776-1860) The Landscape Album. Picturesque Views of American Scenery. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas T. Ash, 1831. Eleven hand-colored aquatint plates, including pictorial title-page, by John Hill after Joshua Shaw, and the following subjects: Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi; Oyster Cove; Hell Gate; Burning of Savannah; Passaic Falls, New Jersey; Norfolk, from Gosport, Virginia; Washington's Sepulchre Mount Vernon; Passaic River, Below the Falls; View of the North River; [and] Monument near West Point; rare on the market, each page matted separately, accompanied by the original half leather marbled-covered boards, all housed in an archival box; plates have some edge chipping, paper with J.M. Wilcox watermark, 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. Estimate $800-1,200 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-05-08
