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$1,750 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[PEN AND INK ILLUSTRATION OF A RIVER SCENE IN CINCINNATI]. A lovely pen and ink illustration of a river scene, captioned "Cincinnati, Ohio" and marked in the upper left corner: "Plate 6, Page 34." Clearly intended to appear as a plate in a published work, the sketch is in a style similar to those that appear in Captain Basil Hall's FORTY ETCHINGS..., but is not present in that publication. The illustration shows an elaborate circular houseboat floating past a developed riverfront. The artist's name appears in the lower left corner, but it is illegible. The artist has also included a date attribution which looks like "'53." A fine antebellum view of a prosperous Cincinnati.

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