Sold for:
$450
$450
[Barnum’s Museum] Thomas Benecke (American, mid-19th century). Sleighing in New York. New York, ca. 1870. Chromolithographic poster proof (34 x 26”) by Nagel and Lewis, published by Emil Seitz. “A whimsical perspective of city traffic and congestion can be seen in the vividly colored lithograph ... carriages, horses, and pedestrians navigating the corners of ... Streets, which were dominated by Barnum’s American Museum.” (Zahava Friedman Stadler, The Spectacle of Downtown Broadway.) Very good. Linen mounted. A.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-09-19
