Presidents of the United States of America
Beginning this blog on US election day, it seemed natural to run through some of the former occupants of the position:
Andrew Jackson.
Published by William Smith, 702 South Third Street, Philadelphia [USA, n.d., c.1865].
Lithograph, sheet 715 x 560mm. 28¼ x 22". Some light age toning to paper; generally a good impression on a full sheet. Uncut.
[Ref: 23293] £220
Major - General Zachary Taylor. President of the United States.
From an Original Daguerreotype. Engraved by John Sartain.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848, by Mess.rs Sartain & Sloanaker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint with etching. Sheet 832 x 628mm. 32¾ x 24¾". Plate 630 x 450mm. 24¾ x 17¾". Some spotting and staining to wide margins; generally good.
LoC 96522056.
[Ref: 23333] £220
Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. From the Original Portrait by E-D Marchant, painted at the White House in 1863 and No in the Possession of the Union League of Philadelphia.
After the original picture painted from life. Engraved by John Sartain. Phil.a.
Bradley & Co Publishers, 86 North Fourth St. Phil.a. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by E.D.Marchant in the Clerks Offfice of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint. 410 x 290mm. Some damage to edges.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4055] £690.00
U.S. Grant, President of the United States.
[n.d, c.1872.].
Wood engraving, 8 x 4½", mounted on scrap album paper.
Above the print is the front of an enveolpe, illustrated with a portrait of Grant over an American Flag (12 stars). Written in old ink is: 'A specimen of envelopes in general use in the United States during the Presidential struggle between Grant and poor old Greely [sic]. This is obviously a Grant envelope. There are also Greely ones. This is a Capital Likeness'. Issued during the runup to the 1872 Presidential election, between Grant and Horace Greeley, founder of 'The New Yorker'
[Ref: 216] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
President Wilson.
Copyright. Pulished by S. Hildescheimer & Co. Ltd. London & Manchester. [n.d. c.1920.]
Photogravure with large margins. Plate 306 x 222mm.12 x 8¾".
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Upon taking office he set about instituting the reforms he had outlined in his book The New Freedom, including the changing of the tariff, the revising of the banking system, the checking of monopolies and fraudulent advertising, the prohibiting of unfair business practices, and the like. In the early days of World War I, Wilson was determined to maintain neutrality. He protested British as well as German acts; he offered mediation to both sides but was rebuffed. However, in 1917 the issue of freedom of the seas compelled a decisive change, and after four American ships had been sunk, he decided to ask for a declaration of war, and on April 6 the Congress granted it.
[Ref: 26919] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
George Washington. President of the United States of America. From the Original Portrait at the request of Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts.
[Painted and engraved by Edward Savage.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 540 x 385mm. Backed with conservation tissue to reinforce delicate paper.
[Ref: 5368] £1,850
[Painted and engraved by Edward Savage.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 540 x 385mm. Backed with conservation tissue to reinforce delicate paper.
[Ref: 5368] £1,850
Thomas Jefferson.
Published by William Smith, 702 South Third Street, Philadelphia [USA, n.d., c.1865].
Lithograph, sheet 710 x 560mm. 28 x 22". Some light soiling; generally a good impression on a full sheet. Uncut.
[Ref: 23294] £220
Published by William Smith, 702 South Third Street, Philadelphia [USA, n.d., c.1865].
Lithograph, sheet 710 x 560mm. 28 x 22". Some light soiling; generally a good impression on a full sheet. Uncut.
[Ref: 23294] £220
Andrew Jackson. Published by William Smith, 702 South Third Street, Philadelphia [USA, n.d., c.1865].
Lithograph, sheet 715 x 560mm. 28¼ x 22". Some light age toning to paper; generally a good impression on a full sheet. Uncut.
[Ref: 23293] £220
Major - General Zachary Taylor. President of the United States. From an Original Daguerreotype. Engraved by John Sartain.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848, by Mess.rs Sartain & Sloanaker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint with etching. Sheet 832 x 628mm. 32¾ x 24¾". Plate 630 x 450mm. 24¾ x 17¾". Some spotting and staining to wide margins; generally good.
LoC 96522056.
[Ref: 23333] £220
Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. From the Original Portrait by E-D Marchant, painted at the White House in 1863 and No in the Possession of the Union League of Philadelphia.After the original picture painted from life. Engraved by John Sartain. Phil.a.
Bradley & Co Publishers, 86 North Fourth St. Phil.a. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by E.D.Marchant in the Clerks Offfice of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint. 410 x 290mm. Some damage to edges.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4055] £690.00
U.S. Grant, President of the United States. [n.d, c.1872.].
Wood engraving, 8 x 4½", mounted on scrap album paper.
Above the print is the front of an enveolpe, illustrated with a portrait of Grant over an American Flag (12 stars). Written in old ink is: 'A specimen of envelopes in general use in the United States during the Presidential struggle between Grant and poor old Greely [sic]. This is obviously a Grant envelope. There are also Greely ones. This is a Capital Likeness'. Issued during the runup to the 1872 Presidential election, between Grant and Horace Greeley, founder of 'The New Yorker'
[Ref: 216] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
President Wilson. Copyright. Pulished by S. Hildescheimer & Co. Ltd. London & Manchester. [n.d. c.1920.]
Photogravure with large margins. Plate 306 x 222mm.12 x 8¾".
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Upon taking office he set about instituting the reforms he had outlined in his book The New Freedom, including the changing of the tariff, the revising of the banking system, the checking of monopolies and fraudulent advertising, the prohibiting of unfair business practices, and the like. In the early days of World War I, Wilson was determined to maintain neutrality. He protested British as well as German acts; he offered mediation to both sides but was rebuffed. However, in 1917 the issue of freedom of the seas compelled a decisive change, and after four American ships had been sunk, he decided to ask for a declaration of war, and on April 6 the Congress granted it.
[Ref: 26919] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
