Lot 4: WILLIAM BIRCH

THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (DEÀK 245)

540 by 630 mm 21 1/4 by 24 7/8 in sheet 575 by 698 mm 22 5/8 by 27 1/2 in

Hand-colored engraving, 1802, the second state (of three) engraved by Samuel Seymour and published by Birch, Pennsylvania, 1803, on laid paper, with margins, generally in good condition apart from a crease with an associated 3 1/4 inch repaired tear in the image at lower right, a small hole at the upper left corner of the image, the margins with several repaired tears (particularly at the lower sheet edge), three of the corners made up, framed