Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1848

NY: G. F. Nesbitt, 1849. Softcover. Good+, some wear to covers. Greenish wraps. 191 pp. This publication contains the listings of the 455 paintings which were distributed at the 1848 annual meeting AND to whom each painting went, and the city that the individual lived in. Also contains a complete listing of paid members, honorary secretaries, and the annual report of the Union. Frontis illustrations with tissue guard: Etching of "Youth" from the original painting by Thomas Cole; opposite page showing obverse and reverse of the Stuart Medal Rare.