Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color
Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color Helen of Troy Her Rose 1840's juvenile wood engraved print hand color
$ 98.00

Helen with her Rose.

(Old Prints, 19th Century Prints, Folk Legends, Ancient Greece, Homer, Helen of Troy, Trojan War, Rose).

Issued c. 1840's, Boston by J. Fisher.

Scarce/ rare antique wood engraved ephemeral juvenile print depicting this legend, with original hand color.

Likely sold by an itinerant vendor (colporteur) or sold as a cheap colorful juvenile gift sheet in a book shop of the era. Blank on verso.

These types of small single sheet hand colored juvenile prints are all inherently uncommon/ rare, many surviving in minuscule numbers. In 35+ years of looking for instance, I have never seen this image before.

Well preserved, small light staining as seen, various mostly short edge tears, small old nail hole at top center, nice looking example with pleasing age patina.

Sheet Measures c. 4 3/4" H x 6" W.

Engraved Area Measures c. 4 1/4" H x 5 1/2" W.

[B8442].