Antique Yale College & State House New Haven Connecticut, Meyer ca. 1850
€ 240
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1850
Sheet size
16.1 × 23.6 cm (6.3 × 9.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14038-148
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
Very good condition overall, with mild age toning and occasional light spotting in the margins consistent with age. Strong impression with wide margins preserved.
About this sheet
Yale College and the State House in New Haven, Connecticut, an original steel engraving published around 1850 by the Bibliographisches Institut of Hildburghausen for Meyer's Die Fünf Welttheile dargestellt in Bild & Wort. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title reads "Yale College & State House, Newhaven, Connecticut", with the Hildburghausen imprint and the publisher's property line beneath.
The view looks along a broad, tree-shaded street across the green. At the left stand the plain brick buildings of the college, a row of three with cupolas and a church spire rising behind them. At the right, a Greek temple-form building with a columned portico is the State House, seen among large elms. Small figures walk along the road and a rider passes in the middle distance.
Yale was founded in 1701, and New Haven shared the role of Connecticut's capital with Hartford until 1875, which is why the college and the State House could be shown together as the town's two chief landmarks.
