Lot 412: JOHN HENRY BUFFORD (1810-1870), LITHOGRAPHER

Five Views of Beacon Hill
from drawings by J.R. Smith (Peters p.120)
five chromolithographs (Pl. 3 with touches of hand-coloring in green), 1857-8, on wove paper, published by Smith, Knight & Tappan, Boston, all with margins, all with time, mat and light-staining, old tape remains on the reverse of the upper corners, areas of minor soiling in the margins and on the reverse, three with a tear or two, otherwise all in generally good condition, all framed
(3) approx. L. 12 x 14 5/8 in. (305 x 371 mm.) (3) approx. S. 15 7/8 x 20 in. (404 x 507 mm.); (2) approx. L. 16 x 11 in. (406 x 280 mm.)
(2) approx. S. 22 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (562 x 403 mm.) (5)

Titles include: Old Boston. Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St. (Plate 1); Old Boston. Beacon Hill from Derne St. (Plate 2); Old Boston. Beacon Hill, with Mr. Thurston's House. from Bowdoin St. (Plate 3); Old Boston. Beacon Hill, from Mt. Vernon St., Near the Head of Hancock St. (Plate 4); Old Boston. Beacon Hill, from the Present Site of the Reservoir Between Hancock & Temple Sts. (Plate 5).