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THBRare 1886 Bird's-Eye View of Cincinnati by Charles Fries
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LiveOct 21, 2017 - Oct 23, 2017
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Charles Arthur Fries (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1854-1940). Engraving on paper, marked l.r.; 22 x 40.5 in. (plate), 35 x 47.5 in. (frame).
This rare view of Cincinnati was published in 1886 by the Illustrated News, Cincinnati, Ohio, as a Supplement to the Cincinnati Illustrated News- Grand Exposition Number, August 21. It depicts a bird's-eye view of the "Queen City" as it was in 1886, from Fountain Square looking north and capturing an expansive area, from Fairmount to the Bellevue House to Mt. Adams dotting the horizon. Within these boundaries are too many local landmarks to list, including Cincinnati businesses, government buildings, streets and statuary. Below the plate are detailed listings of noteworthy buildings and sectors of the city. This engraving provides a wonderful and accurate glimpse into the city of Cincinnati during the late 19th century, at a time when it was a thriving industrial and cultural powerhouse of the Midwest.
Charles Arthur Fries also worked as an illustrator, lithographer and plein air painter. Fries studied privately under Charles T. Webber, a Cincinnati artist and founding member of the Cincinnati Art Academy. It is also known that Fries was apprenticed to a Cincinnati lithographer in his teens, and would have been familiar with the engraving process. Fries left Cincinnati in 1887 to travel with his new wife to New York and never returned. The end of his career was spent in San Diego, California.The paper is very brittle and the sheet has a few tears in the margins. There is also a chunk of the left margin all the way into the plate (about 3 in. long and 2 in. tall) that was torn. There are several vertical folds to the sheet, and toning (two vertical bands appear less toned than the rest). The sheet is still loose, not laid down or glued to the mount. It has two strips of vertical tape on the reverse, along old folds (possible old tears) and tape residue as well. It has two strips of vertical tape on the reverse, along old folds (possible old tears) and tape residue as well.Condition
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