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TITLE: James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for President of the United States
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Baker--James Buchanan... (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-pga-03522 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZ62-89581 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Proof for a large woodcut campaign poster or banner for Democratic presidential nominee James Buchanan. A bust-length portrait of Buchanan (apparently taken from Mathew Brady's 1854 daguerreotype portrait) is flanked by American flags and laurel branches.
MEDIUM: 1 print on wove paper: wood engraving with letterpress ; sheet 44.7 x 64 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [New York : Baker & Godwin], c1856.
CREATOR:
NOTES:
Title from item.
"Entered ... 1856, by Baker & Godwin ... New York."
The Library's impression of the work was deposited for copyright by Baker & Godwin in the Southern District Court of New York on June 23, 1856. DLC
Probably produced by Baker & Godwin, judging from similarities in execution and format to other banners by the firm such as "Col. Fremont Planting the American Standard on the Rocky Mountains" (no. 1856-5), deposited shortly thereafter.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1856-2.
TOPICS:
Flag of the United States (prominently featured).
Buchanan, James.
FORMAT:
Portrait prints 1850-1860.
Wood engravings 1850-1860.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (View Content) digital file from original print pga 03522 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.03522
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b35952 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b35952
CONTROL #: 2003689274
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