ANTIQUE CURRIER & IVES SCHOOL BERNARD DONDORF "GOING OUT ON HUNT" w DOGS PRINT

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THIS AUCTION IS FOR: : ANTIQUE CURRIER & IVES SCHOOL BERNARD DONDORF IN FRANKFURT "GOING OUT ON THE HUNTING" LITHOGRAPH THIS IS A GREAT ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH. IT HAS EVERYTHING ONE COULD WANT IN AN ANTIQUE LITHOGRAPH. THE 2 HUNTERS WITH THEIR GUNS, EMBRACING THEIR WIVES, WITH THE CHILDREN BY THEIR SIDE SAYING GOODBYE TO THE HUNTING DOGS. EVEN THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE WAITING TO TAKE THEM OFF TO THE HUNT. GOOD SIZE SMALL FOLIO WITH THE IMAGE MEASURING 9 1/4 X 12 3/4 INCHES. THE SHEET MEASURES 12 1/4 X 15 1/4 INCHES. BESIDES BEING A GREAT SCENE, THE CONDITION IS REALLY GREAT. THE COLORING IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU ARE GOING TO FIND. IF THIS PIECE DIDNT HAVE THE ORIGINAL FRAME, GLASS, AND NEVER REMOVED BACKING, I WOULD THINK IT HAS BEEN REPAINTED. JUST STUNNING. NOT JUST THE BLUE DRESS BUT THE YELLOWS AND REDS AND GREENS ARE JUST AS VIBRANT. THE LITHOGRAPHERS INFORMATION IS LOWER RIGHT AND WAS PROBABLY DONE AROUND 1850-1870s OR SO. THE TITLE LOWER CENTER IS FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ENGLISH (THOUGH A LITTLE ROUGH ON THE TRANSLATION). OTHER THAN SOME MINOR TONING TO THE MARGINS, THIS IS A SUPERIOR LITHOGRAPH. THROUGH THE ORIGINAL WOOD BACKING YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER SO THIS PIECE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO EXPORT AND SELL IN THE AMERICAN MARKET NEXT TO THE CURRIERS AND THE KELLOGGS. IF THIS WAS A CURRIER IT WOULD BE PRICED IN THE 4 FIGURES. read more