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(NIAGARA FALLS.) Bennett,William James.
Niagara Falls . . .View of the
American Fall taken from Goat Island.
Large hand-colored aquatint engraved by
Bennett after one of his paintings, 495x585 mm; small closed tear in upper margin away
from image. NewYork, [1829]
[1,000/1,500]
William James Bennett depicted the American Fall nestled within a luxuriant, verdant setting,
with no sign of the encroachments being steadily made on the virgin landscape by the trappings
of an ever-growing tourist industry”—Deak 367.
POSSIBLEVARIANT
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(PANORAMA.) Sala, George Augustus.
Great Exhibition. “Wot is to Be.”
Probable Results of the Industry of all Nations in the year ‘51.
Lithographed folding
panorama, 5x216 inches; front board with pictorial title label present, rear board lacking.
London: Committee of the Society for KeepingThings inTheir Places, 1850
[400/600]
Abbey Life 594, lists a folding strip panorama by Sala which seems to match the one offered
here.The dimensions are the same. However, the affixed title label on the front cover is different
(The Great Glass House) and the publisher is different (Company of Painters & Glaziers).
The Abbey copy is colored, this copy is uncolored.
408
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(PEEP SHOW.) Crystal Palace.
Perspective View of the Crystal Palace.
Hand-colored 3-panel peep show, plus cover with hole, 130x85 mm (5x3
1
/
2
inches); cover
loose but could be repaired. England, 1850 or 1851
[80/120]
409
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(POSTERART.)
Group of approximately 50 pieces of poster art,
principally
German but with other countries represented, largely removed from magazines dealing with
poster art but some may be advertisements for various lithographers, includes the work of
well-known artists (Hohlwein, Anton, Henze, Reusch, and others); generally in 4to format,
but a few smaller pieces as well. Principally Germany, mostly 1920s
[200/300]
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