The Old Print Shop

View of Wilmington, Del. From the Newport Road.

  • ARTIST: Edwin Whitefield

  • MEDIUM: Two-stone lithograph,

    DATE: 1852.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 x 31 1/" ( 38.2 x 80 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn from nature and on stone by E. Whitefield. Lith. of Endicott & Co. N.Y. Numbered key identifies 17 prominent businesses, public buildings and locations. Very rare, only one example located by John Reps which resides at the Historical Society of Delaware. (Their example is also as is with stains and tears) We have no record of having ever owned or cataloged this print before, 70 years of cataloging.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair condition. Split in half vertically in center. Original 1/2” margins with 3/4” added. Uncolored.

  • REFERENCE: Reps, "View and Viewmakers" #660.