Lot 1037

GA Related Engravings: Rev Holcombe & Elias Boudinot

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$150,000 $5,000
$300,000 $10,000

Property from the Collection of John and Virginia Duncan, Savannah, GA

Description:

2 Georgia Related Engravings Comprising Rev Henry Holcombe and Elias Boudinot, comprising an engraving of Elias Boudinot engraved by A. B. Durand after a painting by Waldo & Jewett, published by E. Huntington, Hartford, 1825, with copy of a page from 'American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel', by David McNeely Stauffer, with a listing of this engraving on verso (size of frame: 20 5/8 in. x 16 5/8 in., Boudinot was a Delegate of the Continental Congress and Congressman for New Jersey and director of the United States Mint), and an engraving of Reverend Henry Holcombe engraved by David Edwin, published by William Smith, Philadelphia, with pages from 'American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel', by David McNeely Stauffer, and other sources documenting this engraving and information on the engraver and sitter on verso (Holcombe was a Baptist Minister, humanitarian, and man of letters who preached in Savannah, GA).

Measurements: Height: of largest frame 23 7/8 in. x Width: 19 7/8 in.

Condition:

Overall good condition, light toning, some minor foxing, wear to edges were visible, not viewed out of frames.