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Auction 93, Lot 426

"The Faithful Pilot on the Burning Steamship"

Subject: Ships

Period: 1872 (circa)

Publication: Ladies Repository

Color: Black & White

Size:
5.5 x 7.5 inches
14 x 19.1 cm
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A handsome fellow mans the wheel as the ship burns and people run around him in panic. A highly accomplished lithograph that also shows dot and lozengen, stipple and line patterns.

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Condition: A

A finely rendered image that is also a real treat under magnification.

Estimate: $30 - $50

Sold for: $25

Closed on 12/6/2000

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