Lot 334
Americas.- Canada.- Serres (After Dominic) and Richard Short. Part of the Town & Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Looking down George Street to the opposite Shore called Dartmouth, etching and engraving, 1764.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Americas.- Canada.- Serres (After Dominic) and Richard Short. Part of the Town & Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Looking down George Street to the opposite Shore called Dartmouth, etching and engraving by James Mason, on laid paper mounted on board support, plate-mark 377 x 530 mm. (14 7/8 x 20 3/4 in), sheet 402 x 545 mm. (15 3/4 x 21 1/2 in), some minor abrasion to sheet, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, drawn on the Citadel Hill desd. & Pubd. by R. Short Mar. 1, 1764.
⁂ This plate is the first issue published by Richard Short himself, not the later second issue by John Boydell in 1777.
Description
Americas.- Canada.- Serres (After Dominic) and Richard Short. Part of the Town & Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Looking down George Street to the opposite Shore called Dartmouth, etching and engraving by James Mason, on laid paper mounted on board support, plate-mark 377 x 530 mm. (14 7/8 x 20 3/4 in), sheet 402 x 545 mm. (15 3/4 x 21 1/2 in), some minor abrasion to sheet, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, drawn on the Citadel Hill desd. & Pubd. by R. Short Mar. 1, 1764.
⁂ This plate is the first issue published by Richard Short himself, not the later second issue by John Boydell in 1777.
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