[Netherlands? 1780?]. Oblong cartoon engraving, 7-1/4" x 11-1/4." Matted on paper backing. Minor dusting, Very Good. The engraving, which initially appeared in Westminster Magazine in February 1778, was frequently re-engraved. Our version, offered here, was issued without a date or credit line. It is thought to have been printed in..... More

Philadelphia: Published by Thomas W. Hartley, 1861. Broadside, 11" x 14." An engraved portrait of Brownlow, flanked by American flags, within the title. Beneath the portrait, a lithograph inscription, "Very Respectfully, &C. W.G. Brownlow." Matted. Several closed blank margin tears [no loss]. Very Good. This rare broadside prints Brownlow's final..... More

[New York: Elias Dexter; one by L. Prang, c.1862-1863?]. Forty-eight handsome portrait engravings of important Civil War figures, including Lincoln and Cabinet members, Union Army and Navy leaders, Jefferson Davis, and others. Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. Portraits are clear and clean, most with..... More

New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. [1864]. Lithograph broadside, by sight 11-1/4" x 16." Matted, 18-1/4" x 23-1/4." Fine. "An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog..... More

New York: Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, [1844]. Handcolored lithograph, 10" x 14". Light toning, brightly colored, Very Good. Attractive wood frame. "In the center of the banner are the portraits of presidential candidate James K. Polk and vice presidential candidate George M. Dallas both surrounded by decorative oval..... More

N. Currier, @1837. Van Buren seated at center in red chair in front of green draped column, his right hand is grasping arm of chair, his left holding a book on table, on which rests a quill pen. 13-1/2" x 17-3/4", matted in a gilt wood frame. Very Good. More

New York: Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. [1840?]. Broadside, 9-7/8" x 14," on thick paper stock. Full-length portrait of Van Buren astride a horse, head angled to the left, looking front, with the ground in green, pale blue, and uncolored, a few rocks and plants, and..... More

[St. Louis? 1865]. Lithograph Broadside, oblong 14" x 20." Signed in facsimile at lower right by St. Louis artisans, 'T. Welcker,' and at lower left, 'A. McLean. lith.' Light blank margin toning, one spot. Very Good. It was rumored that, when Jefferson Davis was captured at War's end, he had..... More

New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Illustrated broadside, lithograph on wove paper. 17-1/2" x 13-1/4". Light toning at blank margins from prior matting, else Fine. The 1860 presidential nominating competition split the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern branches, paving the way for the election of Abraham Lincoln. Southern Democrats..... More

[New York: 1864]. Broadside wood engraving, oblong 9-5/8" x 7-7/8". Blank verso uniformly toned, Very Good. "Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the dialogue, descriptive notes, and identification of..... More

New York: Peter Smith [i.e., Nathaniel Currier], 1848. Lithograph on wove paper, folio broadside. 12-3/4" x 19." A few fox spots, Very Good. "A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty Party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The..... More

One sheet, with Fremont portrait within a wreath in upper left corner. Browning along left margin, slightly touching the portrait. Else Very Good. The letter, written from North Enfield on September 19 by E.B. Hause, contains purely personal content. Milgram JF 46. More