Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Philadelphie, la Ville Capitale de Pensylvanie, Province Nord-Americaine. Hand-colored engraving, 12 x 15 1/2 inches to sight; moderate foxing. Not examined outside of frame. [Paris]: Basset, circa 1790s

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A fictitious view of the Philadelphia waterfront, after a 1770s vue d'optique by Leizelt. Cannons blaze from a ship in the foreground which flies the English colors. Cresswell 584n.