two-engravings-of-washington-and-two-engravings-of-revolutionary-war-scenes
Lot 4045
Two Engravings of Washington and Two Engravings of Revolutionary War Scenes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All unframed, the first by Desrais & LeBeau, Pairs, depicting a youthful Washington in uniform and armed with a sword (sheet 10 x 8.5 in.) (mild soiling; some glue residue in lower left corner on verso); the second of an older Washington for the Encyclopedia Londinensis,1828 (sheet 10.5 x 8.25 in.) (foxing); the third an English print by Archer & Boilly depicting the 1781 surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (10.75 x 8 3/8 in.) (loss to upper left corner; foxing and light soiling); the fourth The Battle of Bunker's Hill. mid-19th century, after Trumbull's famous painting (9 3/8 x 13.5 in.) (overall browning; loss to lower left corner).

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Southern MS