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A.H. Ritchie Engraving "The Authors of the United States," 1866

December 21st 2023 @ 9:42pm EST
Winning Bid
$86

Item Details

A.H. Ritchie after Thomas Hicks
The Authors of the United States, 1866
Engraving on paper
Engraved from the painting by Thomas Hicks. Shows 44 prominent American authors including Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. On the balcony in the ground stand statues of Shakespeare, Chaucer and Dante.

Condition

- cut down; heavy toning and some staining; finish and gesso losses to the frame.

Dimensions

42.0" W x 26.5" H x 2.0" D

Item #

ITMGL01131

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