(NEW YORK) Lords Prayer memorial broadside in honor of a New

Sale 2615 - Lot 207

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(NEW YORK.) Lord's Prayer memorial broadside in honor of a New York boy. Hand-colored engraving, 18 1/4 x 14 inches, completed in manuscript with Alexander Pope's "Universal Prayer" and the name of the deceased; foxing, closed tear along top platemark, 2 1/2-inch closed tear off bottom edge, laid down on modern board. New York: D. Longworth, Shakspeare Gallery, 24 December 1812 [manuscript completion]

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The inscription in the bottom frame reads "David Johnson, aged 10 years, New York, December 24th 1812." We have traced no other examples of this memorial broadside.