Starting Bid: $150

19th Century

SIX ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS OF HISTORIC NEW YORK AND LONDON BUILDINGS

Includes:
1) Hanover Building. Published by J.P. Newell.
2-4) Three views of East India House, London. Housed together in a common frame. 7.25" x 10.5" sight and smaller. Framed 13" x 31.25".
5) "Ruins of the Merchant's Exchange N.Y. After the Destructive Conflagration of Decbr. 16 & 17, 1835". After J. Bufford. Published by N. Currier, 1835. This is one of the earliest known lithographs by Nathaniel Currier. 9" x 11" sight. Framed 16.5" x 20".
6) "Franklin Market, Old Slip N.Y. 1820.". After George Hayward. Published by D.T. Valentine, from the "Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by D.T. Valentine for 1861" (N.Y.: 1861), opposite p.324. 4.25" x 6.5" sight. Framed 15.25" x 20".
Condition: Two of the prints have been trimmed (ruins of merchant's exchange and East India House). Franklin Market print has some paper rippling and a small foxing spot.

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Property of India House, New York. Literature:
Carl C. Cutler's A descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Collection at India House (At the Sign of the Gosden Head, New York: 1935), see alphabetical listing for additional information on this lot.