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Lot 739
Sale 5520 - Pennsylvania Sale
Nov 23, 2008
7:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$600 -
900
Price Realized
$300
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1 piece. 1 piece.
Hand-Colored Aquatint Etching. Hill, J., after Krimmel, J. L. and Jones, S. "The Conflagration of The Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Which Occurred on The Night of 9th of March, 1819." Philadelphia: William Smith, (1862-91), fourth state [restrike of the original Philadelphia, 1819 printing]. 24 x 19 3/8 inches (610 x 492 mm) - plate mark; 23 x 17 1/4 inches (584 x 438 mm) - image and text. Good margins, good impression. Generally clean and attractive. Framed. Depicting the burning of the Masonic Hall, designed by William Strickland and built to much acclaim in 1809-10.
Deak 309; Snyder 510
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