Author: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
Title: “George and Martha Washington. ” Frank Leslie’S Christmas Pictorial for the Holidays of 1856 and 1857
Description: New York: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1856. Engravings. 4 pp. 83 x 58 cm (sheet). Good, light toning and tears along sheet edges, sheets soiled, sheets folded in center, holes at some of the fold intersections. Christmas special comprised of engraved illustrations on all four pages, notably large portraits of President George Washington and First Lady Martha Washington, taking up the top half of the first page. In addition, there are views of “Bleeding Kansas” during the Kansas Civil War; Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; hangings by the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, Cal.; and other western U.S. views in 1856. Provenance: From the collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr. founder of Gale Research, Detroit. .
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Title: “George and Martha Washington. ” Frank Leslie’S Christmas Pictorial for the Holidays of 1856 and 1857
Description: New York: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1856. Engravings. 4 pp. 83 x 58 cm (sheet). Good, light toning and tears along sheet edges, sheets soiled, sheets folded in center, holes at some of the fold intersections. Christmas special comprised of engraved illustrations on all four pages, notably large portraits of President George Washington and First Lady Martha Washington, taking up the top half of the first page. In addition, there are views of “Bleeding Kansas” during the Kansas Civil War; Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; hangings by the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, Cal.; and other western U.S. views in 1856. Provenance: From the collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr. founder of Gale Research, Detroit. .
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Price: US$ 200.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 71-7592
- Book number: 71-7592
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