Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
“The Presidential Candidates. 1856,” 25” x 34,” tape mends on the reverse reinforce the splits, else VG. Large campaign broadside depicting the six candidates for the three major political tickets of the election of 1856, with a column of text running down the center. James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge for the Democratic Party adorn the topmost portion, followed by John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton of the Republican Party and Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson of the Know Nothing Party. The central column of text advertises a "mammoth double-sheet" edition of the weekly newspaper BROTHER JONATHAN, published by Benjamin Day. The special issue promises to contain "seventy to eighty fine engravings," and this broadside was likely a timely exemplar of what the publication had to offer in this regard. A very nice display piece, with illustrations of two presidents and four wannabes.
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