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Spectacular 1864 City View of Hartford By John Bachmann
This lithograph of the "City of Hartford, Conn." was published by
J. Weidenmann, Hartford, Conn. and printed by F. Heppenheimer of New York. It is by the premier city view artist and lithographer of
the mid 1800s, John
Bachmann and it is in simply wonderful condition. It is in significantly better
condition than the one copy held by the
Connecticut Historical Society and we know of none that are of better quality.
Looking at this print you can understand why Mark Twain who moved to Hartford in
1872, eight years after this lithograph was published,
described it as the most beautiful city in America. The captures the beauty and
vitality of the city with trains traveling to Union Station, an active wharf
area on the Connecticut River and the Park River meandering through the city and
Bushnell Park. The detail below shows the Sharp Rife Manufacturing Company at bottom right and at top the reservoir, Union Station and Bushnell Park.
Below is the print as matted and framed. The print itself is 16 3/4 x 22 3/4" (not including title) and the frame is 28 x 33"
You may take the original 1864 print as matted and framed above or we can remove it from the frame and ship it flat or in a secure tube. Price: $10,000 Pay securely with credit card through PayPal by clicking the button below Because of the high cost of this superb lithograph which is out of reach for most people, we have made a small number of wonderful high quality Glicée prints on fine art paper which have been matted. This rare lithograph is not in the extensive Library of Congress set of city views that has be digitized and is not available from the usual panoramic and city view print reproduction sources. Below are pictures of how the print looks matted and framed. The print itself is about the same size as the original.
Below is a closer view of the reproduced print.
Price: $250
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