Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Durand, Asher B.; after Trumbull. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Engraving, 25 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches; moderate toning, closed 3 1/2-inch horizontal tear entering image area, 1/2-inch chip in image area, upper margin defective, other minor wear, laid down on early board. [New York], 20 December 1820

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The first and most important engraving of Jonathan Trumbull's 1819 classic painting, depicting Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and the rest of their committee presenting John Hancock with their draft of the Declaration of Independence, as most of the other signers look on. Offered without the related index key. Snyder, Mirror of America 225; Stauffer 679.