The Old Print Shop

Verplank House, Fishkill, N. Y. [Mount Gulian]

  • ARTIST: James Fincken

  • PUBLISHER: Published by The Colonial Society of America (United States Historical Society).

  • MEDIUM: Etching, chine colle,

    DATE: undated, circa 1910.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 11/16 x 12 1/2" (19.6 x 31.7 cm) plus signature, remarque and wide margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: From 'American Memorial Etchings' depicting historic landmarks of Colonial America. Initialed in lower right plate. Remarque: Eagle emblem with oval that states; 'Inst A.D. 1783 Virt Praem Soci.Cin Rum.' <br><br> This was the headquarters of Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the Revolutionary War and the location where the Society of the Cincinnati was founded.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil lower right.

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Small tear at right paper margin and smudges in lower paper margin. As is..

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