Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(PRINTS--PRESIDENTIAL.) The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States 1861. Lithograph, 19 x 25 1/4 inches; cropped with loss of imprint line, light dampstaining. New York: Kimmel & Forster, 1865

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To the left, President Buchanan naps at his desk while corrupt Secretary of War John Floyd scoops coins into a sack, and Jefferson Davis leads an unruly army while Justice looks on sternly. To the right, Lincoln addresses an adoring crowd, with General Winfield Scott at his side. Lincoln Image, page 85; Reilly 1865-21.