St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway, New York, Drawn by A. J. Davis, 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
Drawn by A. J. Davis
Publisher
J. and F. Tallis, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13999-57
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 left edge. Even age toning, soiled along the left and right edges. Foxing and several larger brown spots across much of the margin.
About this sheet
This is an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, lettered below the view "ST. PAULS, BROADWAY, N.Y." (the T of St. is engraved as a small raised letter). The upright view shows a stone church with a columned portico under a pediment facing the viewer, a balustraded roofline, and a tall, many staged steeple rising behind it. An iron railing with stone gate piers runs along the street, a tree stands at right, and men and women walk on the pavement in front.
Above the view, the emblem vignette shows a sword laid across a quill pen and a sheet of printed paper on which the letters STA and ACT can be read. Two small scenes are set into the lower corners of the border: at left, a crowd jostling in a street under a hanging lantern, hats in the air, captioned "TUMULTS OCCASIONED BY THE STAMP ACT."; at right, a crowd on a wharf gesturing toward a ship, captioned "SEIZURE OF THE LIBERTY SLOOP AT BOSTON, 1768." The script credit under the lower left corner of the view reads "Drawn by A. J. Davis." The imprint at the foot of the sheet reads "J. & F. TALLIS, LONDON & NEW YORK."
The plate comes from History of the United States of America, edited by John Howard Hinton (1791 to 1873), the English Baptist minister and author, and published by J. and F. Tallis about 1850. J. and F. Tallis were London publishers of illustrated works sold in parts around the middle of the nineteenth century. The plates of this edition set a central steel engraved view inside an engraved ornamental border with small lettered vignettes of episodes from American history, as here. The credit names A. J. Davis, that is Alexander Jackson Davis (1803 to 1892), the New York architect and artist. The Stamp Act was the British tax on printed papers passed in 1765, and the Liberty was John Hancock's sloop, seized by customs officers at Boston in 1768.
The upright format suits a narrow wall.
Condition: Light handling wear to the top right corner; minor nicks along the left edge. Even age toning, soiled along the left and right edges. Foxing and several larger brown spots across much of the margin.
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.
