This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/11/2024
[BARNUM’S MUSEUM]. BENECKE, Thomas. Sleighing in New York. Chromolithographic print (20 x 30 3/8”), signed in the stone “Benecke [18]55”. “A whimsical perspective of city traffic and congestion can be seen in the vividly colored lithograph... carriages, horses, and pedestrians navigating the corners of... Streets, which were dominated by Barnum’s American Museum.” (Zahava Friedman Stadler, The Spectacle of Downtown Broadway.) Linen backed. Original margins replaced; repaired and restored tears and image.