Description: CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN A HIGH QUALITY STEEL ENGRAVING BOOKPLATE FROM THE 1860's!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 130 YEARS OLD!! Charles Brockden Brown, (1771-1810), was an American novelist, born in Philadelphia. The first person in the United States to earn his living by writing, Brown is best known for Wieland; or, The Transformation (1798), a powerful and ingeniously plotted tale of horror, in the style of the Gothic romance. Among his other novels in that genre are Arthur Mervyn (1799-1800), which contains an excellent description of the 1793 yellow-fever epidemic in Philadelphia, and Edgar Huntly (1799), in which the Native American first appears in American fiction. Brown's style is stilted and often unpolished, but his novels are extremely intense and genuinely original. He was a magazine writer and editor and also wrote political pamphlets. SIZE: Image size is 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" overall page size is 6" x 9". CONDITION: Good condition. Printed on thick, rag stock paper with nothing on the reverse of the print. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. The item(s) being sold is an image on paper and IS NOT a block of wood or steel. IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER & CLEARER THAN THE SCAN SHOWS !! AN ACTUAL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1860's! A RARE PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, NOT FOUND OFTEN !
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-18T21:16:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Engraving
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Type: Print