Black Rock New York Harbor Lighthouse – Antique Steel Engraving c.1850

Maritime · 19th century

Black Rock New York Harbor Lighthouse – Antique Steel Engraving c.1850

€ 229

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1850
Sheet size: 14.4 × 23.7 cm (5.7 × 9.3 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14038-123

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Good condition for its age with light overall toning and scattered foxing mainly visible in the margins. Plate mark visible. Paper remains strong and stable.

About this sheet

A lighthouse and a rough harbor sea, an original steel engraving from Meyers Universum, published by the Bibliographisches Institut in Germany around 1850. The plate is printed in black and lettered "Black-Rock" with "New-York" beneath it.

Waves break against a tall stone lighthouse with a lantern gallery at the right, set on a low fortified wall that runs across the middle distance. In the foreground a small boat heaves in the swell with several men aboard and a white horse, while gulls wheel overhead. A large square-rigged ship and other sailing vessels labor in the heavy sea behind, under dark, stormy clouds, with the flat shore faint on the horizon.

Black Rock was a harbor village on the Niagara River, at the point where Lake Erie flows out, near Buffalo, and a rival to Buffalo in the early 19th century before it was absorbed into the city.