Lot 90
  • 90

Girardet, Paul

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • New York Winter Scene in Broadway/Scène d'Hiver dans Broadway. Paris and New York: Goupil et Cie (M. Knoedler), 1857
  • paper, ink, paint
Color printed aquatint (26 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.; 673 x 902 mm), hand-finishing by Paul Girardet after Hippolyte-Victor Sebron (1801-1879). PROVENANCE: Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette Americana Collection

Slight toning to margins, one or two stray spots. Framed (37 x 46 in.; 940 x 1,168 mm), painted wood, gold leaf, linen mat, gold bevel. 

Provenance

Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette Americana Collection

Condition

Slight toning primarily to margins, one or two stray spots.
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Catalogue Note

This grand scene was engraved by Paul Girardet after Hippolyte Victor Valentin Sebron's painting of about 1854 and published by the famous art dealer Michael Knoedler. The view looks down Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets and includes the infamous Buckley's Minstrel Hall (there's a sign over the entrance, "Buckley's") and three Chinese men carrying advertisements for P.T. Barnum's American Museum.