Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) Pratt, William H.; artist. Declaration of Independence. Lithograph, 26 x 19 1/2 inches; moderate dampstaining and toning, minor edge wear, repaired tack holes in corners. (MRS) Davenport, IA: Augustus Hageboeck, circa 1876

Additional Details

The words of the Declaration are arranged calligraphically to form a portrait of George Washington, with the state seals arranged outside. Bidwell, American History in Image and Text 33 (calls for an 1865 copyright statement not found here, and does not note the 1776-1876 header above the text seen here). 2 in OCLC, and only one other known at auction.