Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PRESIDENTS--1856 CAMPAIGN.) The Presidential Candidates, 1856. Illustrated broadside, 34 x 25 inches, composed from six conjoined sheets; minor wear. New York: B.H. Day, 1856

Additional Details

Depicts the tickets for the three major political parties, including winner James Buchanan and Know-Nothing candidate Millard Fillmore. The portraits surround a prospectus for a mammoth double-sheet holiday edition of the newspaper Brother Jonathan. One copy in WorldCat.