Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 213

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(PRESIDENTS--1835.) Durand, Theodore, engraver; after Bragg. In Honour of Andrew Jackson, Twice President of the United States. Engraving, 21 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches; toned, minor edge wear. (MRS) New York: Isaac F. Bragg, 1835
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An impressive presentation piece in honor of the sitting president. The small portrait at center is embellished with a long text in a multitude of fonts praising Jackson's exalted character and devoted patriotism. No other copies of this elaborate composition have been traced in OCLC or at auction.