New Haven Green toward Yale College, Connecticut, Roger Williams, circa 1850
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
Not named on the sheet
Publisher
J. and F. Tallis, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13999-43
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
Light handling wear to the top right corner; minor nicks along the right edge. Light, uneven toning, lightly soiled along the top edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
About this sheet
An original antique steel engraving, uncolored, lettered "NEWHAVEN CONNECTICUT, VIEW LOOKING SOUTH WEST, ACROSS THE GREEN, TOWARDS YALE COLLEGE." The view looks across a broad, open green planted with tall elms. Across the middle distance stand a row of public buildings: at the left a Gothic church with a pinnacled tower, then a church with a tall spire and a pedimented portico, a large templelike building with a columned front in the center, and at the right a church with a domed bell tower. Small figures stroll on the grass, and a large elm dominates the right foreground.
Above the view a small uncaptioned emblem shows three boys reading together beneath a tree, with a small building with a spire behind them. A light border of flowering vines frames two lettered vignettes. At the lower left a Puritan with a cane addresses a group of Native American men, one kneeling, lettered "ROGER WILLIAMS PREVENTING THE LEAGUE OF THE NARRAGANSETTS AND PEGNODS TO EXTIRPATE THE WHITES." At the lower right a settler with a musket fights among Native American warriors armed with bows and hatchets, lettered "EXPEDITION OF SETTLERS AND FRIENDLY INDIANS AGAINST THE PEGNODS. 1637." The captions use the period spelling "PEGNODS" for the Pequot people. No artist or engraver is named under the view. The imprint reads "J. & F. TALLIS, LONDON & NEW YORK."
The sheet belongs to History of the United States of America, edited by the English Baptist minister and author John Howard Hinton (1791 to 1873) and published by J. and F. Tallis about 1850. The Tallis firm were London publishers of illustrated works sold in parts around the middle of the nineteenth century; in this edition every plate sets its steel engraved view within an ornamental border holding lettered vignettes of American history. The sheet itself names New Haven, Connecticut, and Yale College. The war of 1637 between English colonists, their Native allies and the Pequot people is the subject of the right hand vignette.
A good choice for anyone with ties to New Haven or Yale.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
