Monte Video Residence Antique Engraving, Connecticut View, c.1830

€ 329

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

Date: 1830
Sheet size: 18.5 × 28 cm (7.3 × 11.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14038-159

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 some scattered spotting in the margins. Minor surface marks and faint discoloration visible. Plate mark visible. Strong, clear impression.

About this sheet

Monte Video, the residence of Daniel Wadsworth in Connecticut, an original steel engraving of about 1830, lettered "Monte Video, the Residence of D. Wadsworth, Esq." in the decorative border below the view.

A white house stands in a green valley at the left, with a river or lake in the right foreground and a boat on the water. A wooded ridge rises at the right, and a tower stands on its crest, the lookout that was a feature of the property. A seated figure on the bank in the foreground looks out over the water, and birds fly in the sky. Further hills close the horizon.

The view is set in an ornamental border of scrolling foliage, with a small vignette at the top and two historical vignettes in the lower corners, in which groups of figures in older dress can be made out. Monte Video was the country seat of Daniel Wadsworth of Hartford, a patron of the painter Thomas Cole.