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Sat, Mar 28, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1072

Toms - An Exact Prospect of Charles Town

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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William Henry Toms (British, 1700-1750), An Exact Prospect of Charles Town, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina, after Bishop Roberts, second edition (1779), originally published in˜The London Magazine, June 1762, uncolored engraving on laid paper, plate 7-1/8 x 20-1/4 in. sheet 8 x 21 in.; 18th century style black painted frame, 10-1/4 x 23-1/4 in.Note: The 1779 edition can be distinguished from the 1762 edition by the lack of a small sailing vessel at the lower left margin., Provenance: Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

loose, restoration to fold and right edge and 1 in. tear,˜ some discoloration in the right margin; frame with abrasions
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