FIVE ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS OF HISTORIC NEW YORK AND LONDON BUILDINGS
19th Century
1) "Franklin Market, Old Slip N.Y. 1820". After George Hayward. Published by D.T. Valentine, from the "Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by D.T. Valentine for 1861" (N.Y.: 1861), opposite p.324. 4.25" x 6.5" sight. Framed 15.25" x 20".2-4) Three views of East India House, London. Housed together in a common frame. 7.25" x 10.5" sight and smaller. Framed 13" x 31.25".5) "Ruins of the Merchant's Exchange N.Y. After the Destructive Conflagration of Decbr. 16 & 17, 1835". After J. Bufford. Published by N. Currier, 1835. This is one of the earliest known lithographs by Nathaniel Currier. 9" x 11" sight. Framed 16.5" x 20".

Two of the prints have been trimmed (ruins of Merchantís Exchange and East India House). Franklin Market print has some paper rippling and a small foxing spot.

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