Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

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[SHIPWRECKS.] Perils of the Ocean, or Disasters of the Seas. New York: Murphy, n.d.

12mo. Engraved plates and illustrations. (Overall browning, a few short tears.) Publisher's pictorial boards; modern cloth dust wrapper. Provenance: Charles (gift inscription 1913); Lauriat Jr. (morocco booklabel on dustwrapper).

FIRST EDITION, including narratives of the losses of the ships Medusa, the Proserpine, the Mexico, the Betsey and the Prince. Huntress dates the pamphlet to the 1840s, but it was likely printed closer to 1860. Huntress 309c.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

[SHIPWRECKS.] Perils of the Ocean, or Disasters of the Seas. New York: Murphy, n.d.

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