Brown University Artists_Albert Bierstadt the King of Spain

the King of Spain

hand colored in outline with circular cartouche dated 1791

• A rare example of a manuscript based on the writing and maps of La Harpe

Phillips Maps of America p

Despite La Harpe's efforts

Brown University Artists_Albert Bierstadt the King of SpainRichard Rummell Brown University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed.