$95
Lot of Three Framed Engravings: After Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American, 1813-1884), The Pilgrims Signing the Compact , titled and signed in the plate "Painted by T. H. Matteson" l.l., "Engraved by Gauthier" l.r., "New York, Published by W. Schaus..." l.c., plate size 27 1/4 x 35 1/2 in.; After Charles Lucy (British, 1814-1873), The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. , titled and signed in the plate "Painted by Charles Lucy" l.l., "Engraved by John C. MacRae" l.r., sight size 23 x 31 in.; Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside. , titled and inscribed in the plate "Entered...in the year 1864 by the Irving Publishing Company..." l.c., sight size 22 3/4 x 33 in. Condition: All with toning and acid burn, Compact with foxing, Fathers with a tear u.l., Washington Irving with water stain l.r. N.B. Sold for the benefit of the Framingham History Center, Framingham, Massachusetts. Compact with two labels on the backing paper, one from Williams & Everett, Boston, and one a handwritten label bearing the following text, "This picture is the gift of/ Hon.C.C. Esty/1873"
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-07-21
