May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 349

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HILL, JOHN; after SHAW, JOSHUA H. Spirit Creek; near Augusta, Georgia. Hand-colored aquatint. 13x16 1/4 inches sheet size; two tears, one into the image, both repaired. Philadelphia: Thos. T. Ash, [1835]
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A rare example of a Southeastern image from an extremely rare work that is now considered to be a 'milestone in American printmaking ... a foundation book for American color-plate publication, being the first publication in the United States of large colored landscapes essentially scenic in effect" -- Koke, Checklist of John Hill, 45 second state. Cf. Reese, American Color Plate Books 5; cf. Stauffer 1343; cf. Stokes III:567; cf. Sabin 79935.