Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL WAR--PRINTS.) The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States 1861. Hand-colored lithograph, 20 x 27 inches; several short closed tears, faint scrape across top part of image, laid down on archival paper. New York: Kimmel & Forster, 1865

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To the left, President Buchanan naps at his desk while corrupt Secretary of War John Floyd scoops coins into a sack, and Jefferson Davis leads an unruly army while Justice looks on sternly. To the right, Lincoln addresses an adoring crowd. Reilly 1865-21; none known at auction.