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Lot 51

Sale 6465 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2026 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[American Views] Bodmer, Karl. View of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania)


Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Vig. III. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Lucas Weber after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. Approximately 10 3/4 x 14 in. (273 x 356 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame, 22 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (565 x 638 mm). Graff 4648; Howes M-443; Pilling 2521; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1

Bodmer and Prince Maximillian arrived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the evening of July 25, 1832. Established in 1740, Bethlehem was founded by Moravians along the banks of the Lehigh River.

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