Crystal trial (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

No binding. Zustand: Good. Drawn and engraved by CAPEWELL & KIMMEL. 1853. Steel engraving on wove paper (17 ½" x 24 ¼" sheet; 12 ½" x 19 1/4" image size) with manuscript annotation in lower margin. CONDITION: major tear (right); some mat burn and soiling in the margins; repairs along lower edge and in the image; indentation (ca. 2 inches wide) in the image along the right border. VERY RARE trial proof showing the Crystal Palace and Latting Observatory (erected for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations in 1852-1853) at the intersection between 42nd Street and 6th Avenue. Designed by Georg Carstensen and Charles Gildemeister, the Crystal Palace was built on a centralized cruciform plan with a glass and iron dome. It was destroyed in a fire during the American Institute Fair in 1858. The adjoining Latting Observatory "was the invention of Waring Latting. One interesting feature of the tower was a steam elevator which provided access to the first and second landings, where telescopes were installed for the use of visitors. The tower proved a financial failure, and was sold under foreclosure. Later, the building at the base was used as a marble manufactory, but the tower continued in use as an observatory until its destruction" (STOKES). Based in New York, Capewell & Kimmel produced fashion plates for contemporary publications (Godey's Lady's Book and Frank Leslie's Ladies' Gazette) and some topographical views including "Syracuse, NY" (1850) "The City of New York and Environ" (1853). MANTLE identifies P. K. Kimmel as an engraver of vignettes and portraits. Information on Samuel (?) Capewell is scarce.…