Nov 21 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 225

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(UNITED STATES.) Andrew B. Graham, lithographer. Display printing of the Great Seal of the United States. Chromolithograph, 22¼ x 23¼ inches, minimal toning and edge wear, edge-mounted to period board. Washington, DC, circa 1889-1909

Additional Details

This print closely follows the 1885 redesign of the Great Seal by James Horton Whitehouse, which has been in use ever since. The lithographer, Andrew Butler Graham (1852-1909), was a government draftsman until taking over the family lithography firm in 1889.