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Subject: Re: [WEST-L] BENJAMIN WEST
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:38:58 EDT
Hi Vicki,
Well I agree that it didn't sound real clear but I also remember that the
bidding was fairly low on it as well. You can rate the seller negatively if you
feel that it was misrepresented but I remember seeing the picture and it looked
pretty clear. I would just do something creative with it, frame it and enjoy
it. Maybe even putting several pictures together showing how the house has
evolved over the last 150 years.
We are cousins and we are lucky that such a piece of our history still
exists.
Lisa
>In a message dated 10/20/2003 11:57:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
> Well - I am quite unhappy. This is how it was presented on e-bay...what I
> got was a page taken from a book with the little picture inside. so much
> for this being an "original engraving; this is not a reproduction" Okay Wests
> out there, what would you have thought was being sold?
>
> 1861 Engraving PA Benjamin West Birth Place
>
> Guaranteed original engraving; this is not a reproduction.
>
> This print was removed from the 1861 edition of John W. Barber and Henry
> Howe's book "Our Whole Country: Or The Past and Present of the United States,
> Historical and Descriptive. Illustrated by 600 engravings."
> The approximate dimensions of the print including captions is 1.75" x 1.25".
> It has some foxing spots yet is attractive and would be nice framed
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