?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(BOSTON.) John Henry Bufford; after John Rubens Smith. Old Boston. Set of 5 chromolithographed views illustrating the excavation and remodeling of the city's topography at Beacon Hill in 1811. Approximately 17 1/2x14 inches each sheet, wide margins; registration pinholes, moderate age toning but overall pleasant condition. Boston: Smith, Knight, & Tappan, 1857-1858
"...a fine set of five views of Beacon Hill..." - Peters, America on Stone, page 120.
- Plate 1 Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St. - Plate 2 Beacon Hill from Derne St. - Plate 3 Beacon Hill, with Mr. Thurston's House. From Bowdoin St. - Plate 4 Beacon Hill, from Mt. Vernon St., Near the Head of Hancock St. - Plate 5 Beacon Hill, from the Present Site of the Reservoir Between Hancock & Temple Sts.
"...eagerly sought by the collector, and has become rare" - Goodspeed's catalog no. 224, 1933.
