lot of 2, both steel engravings, with printed signatures. Includes a fine, full-length portrait of Andrew Jackson standing next to a table on which a document reads, THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED. Through the window in the background, the Capitol building is visible. Engraved by J.A. O'Neill, after the painting by D.W. Carter, and published in 1857 by R.A. Bachia in New York. Unframed, 30.5" x 22.5" (plate), 34.75" x 27.25" (sheet). The second is a full-length portrait of Washington holding a sword. Pencil-signed in the margin PF Rothermel and published in 18152 by R.A. Bachia in New York. Unframed, 30" x 21" (plate), 35.5" x 26.5" (sheet). Peter Frederick Rothermel (1817-1895) was a portrait painter in Philadelphia. Condition:First with light toning and minor foxing, tears and losses to sheet, outside the platemark, VG-; Toning, foxing, and some scuffing, heavy tearing to margins, 3 that affect image, only G.
lot of 2, both steel engravings, with printed signatures. Includes a fine, full-length portrait of Andrew Jackson standing next to a table on which a document reads, THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED. Through the window in the background, the Capitol building is visible. Engraved by J.A. O'Neill, after the painting by D.W. Carter, and published in 1857 by R.A. Bachia in New York. Unframed, 30.5" x 22.5" (plate), 34.75" x 27.25" (sheet). The second is a full-length portrait of Washington holding a sword. Pencil-signed in the margin PF Rothermel and published in 18152 by R.A. Bachia in New York. Unframed, 30" x 21" (plate), 35.5" x 26.5" (sheet). Peter Frederick Rothermel (1817-1895) was a portrait painter in Philadelphia. Condition:First with light toning and minor foxing, tears and losses to sheet, outside the platemark, VG-; Toning, foxing, and some scuffing, heavy tearing to margins, 3 that affect image, only G.
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