Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(PRESIDENTS--1856 CAMPAIGN.) The Presidential Candidates, 1856. Illustrated broadside, 34 x 25 inches; minor dampstaining, minor wear at folds. New York: B.H. Day, 4 November 1856

Additional Details

This very large broadside features engraved portraits of candidates Buchanan, Frémont, and Fillmore with their running mates. However, the text running down the center is an extended advertisement for the New York weekly magazine Brother Jonathan, which was releasing a "mammoth double-sheet" for Christmas. 2 copies in OCLC.