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1620
$486.00

TEN FRAMED COLORIZED PRINTS, FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND FIRES. 1) Aquatint “The Great Fire of London in the year 1666”, by W. Birch, Dec.r 1.st 1792 2) Lithograph “Burning of the Town Hall”, by W.G. Herdman published by H. Greenwood 3) Lithograph “Destruction by Fire of Both Houses of Parliament by Fire, 16th Oct. 1834”, initialed J.S.T., London 4) Lithograph “York Minister as it appeared from St Peter’s School on the night of the Fire, May 20th, 1840” by W. Monkhouse 5) Lithograph “The Fire (from Waterloo Bridge) Jan 5 1826”, by W. Day 6) Lithograph “The Burning of Warwick Castle, Dec. 3rd 1871, Currier & Ives 7) Aquatint “Fire in London”, by J. Bluck, published by Pugin & Rowlandson 8) Lithograph “Destruction by Fire of Both Houses of Parliament on Thursday Night 16th Oct. 1834”, after H O’Neil published 1834 by Graf & Sore 9) Lithograph “Prior Park, Bath, As it appeared on the Evening of May 30th, 1836”, unknown publisher 10) Aquatint, “An exact representation of the Great Fire at the Tower of London, as seen from Tower Hill on the night of the 30th Oct.r 1841″, published by Dean & Co. SIZE: 1) 9 3/4″ x 13″ Overall: 17 1/2″ x 23 3/4″ 2) Sight: 7″ x 9″ Overall: 17″ x 19″ 3) Sight: 8 1/2″ x 10″ Overall: 17 1/2″ x 19″ 4) Sight: 8 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Overall: 18″ x 20 1/4″ 5) Sight: 8 1/4″ x 6 1/2″ Overall: 17″ x 15 1/2″ 6) Sight: 9 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ Overall: 15 3/4″ x 19″ 7) Sight: 9 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ Overall: 17″ x 19″ 8) Sight: 9 1/2″ x 12 1/4″ Overall: 15″ x 17 1/2″ 9) Sight: 8 1/4″ x 9 1/4″ Overall 18 1/4″ x 19 1/2″ 10) Sight: 10 1/4″ x 13 1/2″ Overall: 16 1/2″ x 20”. PROVENANCE: Massachusetts National Fire Protection Association CONDITION: Generally very good, some foxing & toning, not examined out of frame 7-70465 (800-1,200)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2014
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