Lot 1502
  • 1502

Currier & Ives (Publishers)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Currier & Ives (Publishers)
  • Catching a Trout: "We Hab You Now, Sar." (G. 938)
  • lithograph
  • image: 460 by 647 mm 18 by 25 1/2 in
  • sheet: 545 by 708 mm 21 3/8 by 27 7/8 in
Hand-colored lithograph printed in colors, 1854, on wove paper, framed

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from the Old Print Show, New York

Condition

The print is in good condition with margins, the bottom sheet edge trimmed to the text. The sheet is toned, time-stain at extreme sheet edges. There are two repaired tears, the largest measuring 1 inch. Two damp stains in bottom margin and nicks along right sheet edge. With surface soiling and hinge remnants on the verso. (Two pencil annotations, verso.)
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