[Johnson, Andrew]:

HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH BUST PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, FACING RIGHT, LOOKING FRONT. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE ABOVE FULL NAME: "ANDREW JOHNSON SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."

New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. [c.1865]. Folio broadside, 13" x 19". Lithograph bust portrait printed in black and white and hand-colored expertly. Johnson wears a dark jacket and vest with a white button-down collared shirt and dark bow tie. Light toning and dusting, minor wear at corners, a few very small spots. A few closed tears [none enter portrait, two through imprint with no loss, several archival tape repairs on verso]. Else Very Good.

An evidently unrecorded variant of Gale 0232 and Conningham 0218 [at the National Portrait Gallery] in which Johnson, with a slightly different facial expression, has a button partly showing from under the left of his lapel. Item #38591

Price: $850.00