RANNEY WILLIAM TYLEE The Trappers Last Shot

Sale 2464 - Lot 406

Price Realized: $ 1,375

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

RANNEY, WILLIAM TYLEE. The Trapper's Last Shot. Large-format steel engraving. 22 3/4x27 3/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; toned with a light vertical darkening left of center, several small closed tears in the margins. Engraved by T.D. Booth. [Cincinnati, circa 1850]

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One of several engravings offered as a special benefit to Art Union members in the mid-nineteenth century: A sharp impression of Ranney's epic American frontiersman frozen with his gaze fixed upon the two mounted tribesmen approaching from the distance. Here in a proof-state without the complete lettering below the title.