antique prints, maps and watercolors

(Newport, Colonial building extant) New York: Frank Leslie, 1884. $75.00

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Delightful hand colored wood engraved detailed depictions of street scenes that appear much as they did 100 years before this depiction. A picture and short history of the Trinity Church Spire is included/ 

This page with its illustration of enormous Newport residences was included in a section of the periodical fittingly entitled "Where Cottages are Palaces."

Hand colored wood engraving. 
7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, sheet. 
Excellent condition save stain in lower margin not evident when matted.