ADAMS JOHN QUINCY Engraved portrait Signed

Sale 2202 - Lot 1

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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

ONE OF EARLIEST SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Engraved portrait Signed, bust portrait image by N. Dearborn, showing the President seated and with a furrowed brow. Boldly signed in the blank margin, top center. Approximately 2 1/4x2 inches (image), approximately 4 1/2x3 1/4 inches overall; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, facsimile signature at bottom center; mounted and framed. Np, [circa 1825]

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Wesley M. Marans: "The earliest signed image--an engraving--known to me of a United States president."