STEEL ENGRAVING - "CITY OF CLAVELAND, FROM RESERVOIR WALK" drawn by A.C. Warren, engraved by R. Hinshelwood, copyright 1872.  This engraving is in good condition.  It measures 5 3/8" x 9", an is matted to 11" x 14" for easy framing.

CITY OF CLEVELAND

FROM RESERVOIR WALK 

            Cleveland, the city of the Western Reserve, is universally considered the most beautiful town on the Great Lakes.  It was named after General Moses Cleveland, the agent of the Connecticut Land Company, and was first settled in 1796.  The town lies on both sides of the Cuyahoga River, a narrow, crooked stream, which flows through a deep valley into the lake, leaving on either side the bluffs whose shaded streets have gained the name of “Forest City.”  The houses are embowered in foliage, and, were it not for the width of the avenues, it would seem like a city built in a wood.  As it is, the traveler coming into the harbor on the Buffalo boat cannot realize its size, save from spires that rise through the green.   Above, on either side, stretch the long avenues, with miles of pleasant residences, gardens, velvet lawns, vines, and flowers.  Each house is isolated in green, and one of the avenues is lined with rows of countryseats, with extensive grounds, such as are seldom seen within the limits of a city.  But Cleveland on the hill is not like a city; it is like a suburban village multiplied by ten, and miraculously endowed with grass and pavements.  Even in its central square, with its post-office, court-house, business-blocks, and horse-cars, it has an air of leisure; and the statue of Commodore Perry, the flag-staff, and the little seats scattered over the grass, seem quite appropriate to its elegant case.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

Antique prints, etchings, engravings, and lithographs are printing processes which use steel, copper, stone or wood blocks or plates to produce a picture on paper.

Most antique prints and engravings, which are seen on the internet today, are bookplates.  Because they are pages from a book, there are multiple copies in existence.  This does not, however, mean that they are "reproductions" that have been printed recently.  Because they were, at some point, part of books, some have been preserved in excellent condition, while others show signs of age, as yellow spots or darkness on the edge of the page from being handled.

Engravings, lithographs, ect. are high quality pieces of art, as it took a highly trained artist many hours of work to produce one.  Although there may be multiple copies still in existence, the date of the item should be stated in the auction, thus giving the buyer an idea of it's age.

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