White Mountains, New Hampshire, General Stark at Bennington, circa 1850
€ 185
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-13999-39
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 left corner; edges straight and without nicks. Even age toning, lightly soiled along the left edge. Scattered light foxing in the margin. A light brown stain in the right margin.
About this sheet
This is an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, lettered below the view "WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE." A wooded valley opens toward a range of mountains, with a pale, pointed summit catching the light at the left under a dark, stormy sky. A road leads back through the trees, where a horseman rides away. In the foreground two men, one with a gun over his shoulder, stand with a dog among boulders and a stream, one pointing toward the hills. Sheep graze at the left beside a tall tree, and a broken dead tree leans across the right.
The uncaptioned emblem above the view shows a woman kneeling beside a fallen man, one arm raised toward the sky. Two uncaptioned vignettes sit in the upper side borders: at left riflemen fire from behind a tree with a skirmish beyond, and at right a soldier with a pack and musket stands over a seated soldier holding a cup, Native American men seated beside them. Below at left, a vignette lettered "GENERAL STARK DEFEATS COLONEL BAUM AT BENNINGTON. 1777." shows mounted officers and infantry advancing over fallen men and a fallen horse. At right, "MURDER OF MISS M'REA." shows two Native American men seizing a young woman in a woodland, one raising a weapon. No artist or engraver credit is lettered under the view. The imprint at the foot reads "J. & F. TALLIS, LONDON & NEW YORK."
The plate belongs to the 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, and 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. Both vignettes refer to the Saratoga campaign of 1777, the right one to Jane McCrea, a young woman killed that summer.
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.
