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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 255

Two 18th Century Engravings

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Two prints: An Emblem of Europe, An Emblem of America, John Fairburn, publisher, London, 1778, hand colored mezzotints, sheet 13-7/8 x 9-3/4 in.; original gilt wood frames with eglomise mats, 16-1/8 x 12-1/4 in., Provenance: Jonathan Peasley Little Family, Woodsom Farm, Essex County, Massachusetts; Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

loose, slightly trimmed, toning, pest damage, accretion from eglomise mats, stains; frames resurface, abrasions, eglomise with flaking
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