Five Profile Views from Various Points in New York Harbor, Including One Showing the City Itself
$18,000 · Offered by Martayan Lan
28 x 18 ¼ inches. Aquatints with delicate, original wash color; fine condition; in a museum-quality frame. One of Des Barres's rarest works, much less often seen on the market than his chart of New York Harbor. A superb example of Des Barres's five profile recognition views that realistically portray what an 18th-century pilot would have seen at various points in
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