Lot Essay
The print source for the battle scene on Lake Erie is illustrated in plate 83 in American Broadsides by E. Newbold Smith.
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POSSIBLY NEW YORK, 1800-1820
Details
TWO NEARLY IDENTICAL FEDERAL GILT-WOOD AND EGLOMISE LOOKING GLASSES
POSSIBLY NEW YORK, 1800-1820
47 in. high, 27 in. wide (2)
POSSIBLY NEW YORK, 1800-1820
47 in. high, 27 in. wide (2)
Provenance
Descended in the White Family, Londonderry, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1996
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1996
Sale room notice
Please note that these mirrors are nearly identical but not a pair as was previously noted in the written catalogue.