1872 RARE Gallery of Landscape Painters American Scenery - 16x13"

Description: All steel plate engravings are intact. Unfortunately these books have been cannibalized for the steel plate engravings to be sold individually for a few hundred each. I prefer to sell it intact, as is. These same engravings were later produced in color versions. The book for sale has the original high quality black and white versions. I know there is a limited audience for this work, so reasonable offers will be considered. 16x13". Original brown with gilted front over and page edges. Steel plate engraved reproductions of 24 paintings of scenes around the United States. Most are in the northeast, particularly New York State, but also include views in Yosemite, St. Mary's River Indiana, the Mississippi River at Lansing Iowa, Evansville Indiana, Natural Bridge Virginia, Dismal Swamp North Carolina, Winona Minnesota. The views in upstate New York and New England are the usual ones seen in American Scenery. A hard-to-find work. The process of steel engraving first made its impact with the small, octavo topographical engravings that appeared in such works as Willis' American Scenery and Hinton's History and Topography, both issued in the first half of the nineteenth century. By the second half of the century, some publishers used this medium to produce more elaborate topographical prints, and amongst the best series of this sort was William Pate's American Scenery. This large portfolio contained medium folio sized steel engravings by various American engravers after the paintings of a number of famous American landscape artists. Not only were the sources of top quality, but the engraving work is excellent, making these some of the finest steel engraved views ever produced.

Price: 749.99 USD

Location: Manhattan Beach, California

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