LAKE GEORGE New Yotk State - 1852 Antique Print Engraving

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving (Intaglio) - Original antique print. Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1852 Publisher: Charles A. Dana, New York, 164 William Street. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). This print was salved from an old book of prints, stained with brown age spots like the page (NOT INCLUDED) in the last photo, showing the year of publication. To save the print, I had it cleaned. Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches (18 x 25 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: ON LAKE GEORGE: Between some of its beautiful islands, and between the islands and the main, Lake George assumes the character of calm river scenery. From the undisturbed state of the vegetation on the shore, however, and the absence of the deposit left by the freshets, to which running streams are liable, the scenery is lovelier than that of most rivers, and differs from theme as the shores of the tideless Mediterranean differ from those of the disturbed Atlantic. There is scarce one of these beautiful islands that has not some association or legend of interest, and this story is recorded of Diamond Island, the one most visited and admired. The scenery of Lake George is not grand, but it is solitary and wild. The hills that surround it are low, and covered with monotonously dark foliage. There is no settlement upon its shores but the small town of Caldwell at the lower point, which was so named from a gentleman who owned vast tracts of territory upon the lake, and was very averse to any one's settling there. There is good fishing in its waters, and it is a delightful change after the whirl of Saratoga life. The northern traveler should not miss this secluded sheet of water across whose thirty six miles a neat little Steamer will carry him to the isthmus which separates it from Champlain - the Crown-Point upon which the ruins of the old fort are among the most romantic in America. Lake George has its historical fact, for upon its lower shore Sir William Johnson fought the French and Indians. The remains of the fort he built and called William Henry are still to be seen near Caldwell. But so unchanged is its wildness that the summer traveler as he strolls along its green shore at twilight would not be surprised of a light canoe shot across the gleaming surface, or the sharp crack of the Indian's rifle rang thro' the darkforest upon the mountains. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

Price: 22 USD

Location: Manassas, Virginia

End Time: 2024-05-03T19:57:22.000Z

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