"Shanties on the Harlem" by Charles A. Platt, Amer., ( 1861-1933) Wood Engraving delicately etched with incredible detail

delicately etched with incredible detail

increasingly difficult to find

illustrator and printmaker who was part of the Westport Connecticut area art community

This fine subject

"Shanties on the Harlem" by Charles A. Platt, Amer., ( 1861-1933) Wood Engraving delicately etched with incredible detailEtching, 1881 82, as published in American Artists, 1889, S. Walker & Co., Boston, Ed. unknown, 4 1 4 x 7 9 16, signed, titled & dated in the plate, and signed in pencil, printed in a warm black ink on thin cream laid japan paper, creases to the top and bottom margin corners, areas of fine wrinkling to the sheet, a fine, a rich impression of this charming riverside scene by Platt.