Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 386

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 500
(NEW YORK CITY -- EVACUATION DAY.) Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York by the British Nov. 26, 1783/1883. Official invitation to participate in a "Parade of Steam Vessels" in New York Bay commemorating the Evacuation Day centennial decorated with a small engraved bird's eye view of Manhattan looking south from the Brooklyn Bridge. Printed on India paper, 7x11 1/2 inches sheet size, mounted to a larger sheet of contemporary card and fitted in a period molded gilt frame with decorative matting and bubbled glass (16 3/4x21 inches overall); uninscribed; light age toning. OCLC locates no examples; one found at the Federal Hall National Memorial collection, New York City. New York: Hosford & Sons, 1883