RARE 'INCENDIE DE NEW YORCK~AMERIQUE' 1835 FRENCH HND COLORED LG FOLIO W/B PRINT

Description

EXCEEDINGINLY
RARE
'INCENDIE DE NEW YORCK~AMERIQUE'
(1835)
or
'GREAT FIRE
of
NEW YORK~AMERICA, 1835'
ORIGINAL,
AUTHENTIC
EARLY
19TH
CENTURY
FR
EN
CH
ANTIQUE
HAND
COLORED,
LARGE
FOLIO
LITHOGRAPH
PRINT
DEPICTING
the
GREAT
CALAMNITY
of
FIRE
AFFECTING
LOWER
MANHATTAN
of
NYC,
with
ACCOMPANYING
FR
EN
CH
LANGUAGE
TEXT
on
LOWER
MARGIN
(Illustrated depiction of the events of
December 16-17, 1835
in the
Wall St.
area of
lower Manhattan, NYC)
'Fabrique de Demeour Gravure et Lithographie, a Metz, Successeur de LaCour et C., de Nancy'
[Weaknesses & marginal loss along folded paper creases & paper loss, which is torn on both the lower & right corners of the margins, fortunately not interfering with the printed image]
(Circa 1835-1840)
Early 19th century
Fr
en
ch
antique hand-colored early lithographic prints of important historical events
[*A similar
hand colored lithograph print
of this very rare
early 19th century
Fr
en
ch
antique lithograph print,
was in the private collection of
Eno Amos
and was given to the
New York City Public Library
back in
1915
and is now in its permanent collection. This particular and extremely rare lithograph of the
1835
'Great Fire of New York'
is estate fresh and is being offered to the public for the first time. No other similar early prints of the same image, have been seen available on the open market.]
DIMENSIONS:
Early lithograph print:
16
1⁄4" Height x 25
1⁄2" Width
Backing board:
18
1⁄4" Height x 26" Width
Weight:
8.9 oz. (with backing board)
DESCRIPTION:
Extraordinarily rare and in fairly well-preserved condition, this incredible, estate-fresh and new to the marketplace early
Fr
en
ch,
hand-colored, lithographic print is titled in the
Fr
en
ch
language along the upper print margin,'
Incendie De New Yorck de 1835 ~
(Am
eri
que)
or
'The Great Fire of New York of 1835
' (Am
eri
ca.)
There's also text in the
Fr
en
ch
language along the lower margin that describes the scene and the print. It's incredibly hand-colored and painted in both opaque and semi-transparent watercolor paint by hand. The colors are amazingly undiminished and the ultramarine blue is especially saturated and still extraordinarily vivid. There's only some weakening of the paper found along the interior folds of the paper print, which is hinged to the heavy millboard by two pieces of transparent tape. The lithograph isn't 'laid-down' on the board and floats above it, unattached. The only measurable and depreciating damage to the print is largely found in the lower print margins, with tears and paper loss in the right and left corners, not affecting the pictorial plane and occurring outside of the outlined lithographic image of the scene. The paper also doesn't suffer from any internal tears or depreciating episodes of foxing, tanning, light or dark stains, water damage or insect larvae damage. It could be matted with 100% cotton rag archival mat board, with the upper and lower blocks of text displayed with cut-away viewing windows. The torn-away and now absent left and right corners, wouldn't even be visible when this newly designed, archival mat system was placed in a period frame. Extremely rare. Absolutely gorgeous. Important.
CONDITION:
Fair to Good overall antique condition.