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Manufacturer: Harpers Weekly
Black Americana Engraving Mine Oyster Dredging Boats In The Chesapeake (Bay)
Black Americana hung in our home 20 years, professionally framed & matted. Accompanying card: : Authentic Antique Print Professionally Hand Colored American History Depicted In Engravings From Illustrated Antique Weeklies.
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From mid 1800's to turn of the century before many could read, extremely popular illustrated newspapers such as Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie"s Illustrated pictured the news and events of the times.
Special artist-correspondents were present at the event to accurately sketch the scene as it was making hisory. These sketches were rushed to the East Coast publishers whereby skilled artisans engraved them on wood blocks.
Within a week after the event the printed illustrated newspapers were in the publics hands. Today their value to collectors is twofold, as historically accurate records, and as exquisitely engeraved works of art. At the side it says: Supplement, March 16, 1872 Harpers Weekly. Below: Mine Oyster Dredging Boats In The Chesapeake (See page 220) To the far right is regarding a story. There's an ink smudge upper right corner. Far left under the way is the artists name W.L. Sheppard Del. Beautifully done there are 12 men shown in 4 boats. Note: William Ludwell Sheppard (1838-1912), a famous illustrator, was a Richmond, VA native who fought and drew for the Confederates during the Civil War; and afterward he had a prosperous career depicting the South and its veterans in magazine and book illustrations, watercolors, oil paintings, and sculpture.
Crossover collectible for the collectors of Black Memorabilia and those collecting oyster tins & advertising as well as those interested in the Chesapeake Bay. 15 1/2" wide 10 1/2" across, the frame is 20 1/2" x 15 1/4".cross, the frame is 20 1/2" x 15 1/4".About 5 lbs unpackaged. Black Americana Black memorabilia art lithograph hand colored engraving |
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