History Gallery Pages
Menu Page | Antique Paper | Antique Paper 2 | Antique Paper 3 | Antique Paper 4 | Antique Paper 5
Antique Paper 6 | Antique Paper 7 | Antique Books | Antique Books 2 | Antique Books 3
Antique Books 4 | Political Causes | Political Campaigns | Political Leaders | Firefighting
Firefighting Art | Masonic | More Fraternal | Dags and Ambros | Later Images | Liverpool Jugs
Historical Commemoratives | Maritime and Sailor | Misc Military | War Related
Things that might be in the wrong category
<-- Previous Page | Next Page -->
Political Leaders
Portrait Of Henry Clay
After John Neagle
Anonymous
Oil on canvas (Frame: 33.5 x 38.5 inches; Portrait: 25 x 30.25 inches.)
The great statesman depicted with symbols of industry, agriculture, and a world globe surmounted by a prominent American flag-all before a roiling stormy sea and sky. The work is mounted with a gesso frame.
Price: $14,785
232-106
Woodrow Wilson World War One Patriotic Broadside, 1918
Dimensions: 16 by 20-inches.
Price: $425
913-54
Berlin Needlework Portrait
Full Standing Figure of Washington
Multicolored cotton
Circa 1850
American
General Washington is posed before his horse with compromised canon and cavalryman while in the background is Continental soldiers and our 13-star flags.
The patterns were imported from Berlin as was the worsted wool used for working needlepoint and/or cross-stitch pictures on canvas throughout the Victorian era. Frame: 45.5 x 56.25 inches; Sight Size: 38.75 x 49.5 inches.
Price: $2,945
335-59
Portrait
General Joshua Chamberlain
Anonymous
Late 19th Century
As depicted...restored.
Frame: 33 x 39 inches;
View: 23.75 x 29.75 inches.
Price: $2,150
110-359
Plaster Sculpture
George Washington
Commemorative
As depicted, a pleasing example of GGW depicted in uniform; signed on reverse-"WASHINGTON 1732-1932."
Approximately 20-inches.
Price: $695
448-4
George Washington
Parian Bust...after Houdon
Circa 1860
As depicted, standing at 11.5-inches
And in fine condition; within interior of analogous base written in pencil is-"Christmas 1863".
Price: $2,195
333-87
Polychrome Wax Portrait
Frederick The Great
Frederick II of Prussia (1712 - 1786), commonly known as Frederick the Great, reigned from 1750 - 1786, tinted profile wax portrait in a round fiberboard case with wallpaper on the bottom and colored German advertisement inside, there is tape around the outside of the case should be remounted, but the was portrait, other than some dust, is in very good condition. (Diameter: 3.5-inches.)
Price: $295
110-353
Stevengraph
General George Washington
Polychrome Stevengraph with portrait of Washington beneath an eagle and "The Father of Our Country" and over a monument with military trophies and memorial. It is signed "T. STEVENS.
COVENTRY." under the folds and includes a green tassel
Condition: light stain, pin hole.
Dimensions: 8.75-inches long, 2-inches wide.
Price: $250
TR
Pair of Reverse Paintings on Glass
George and Martha Washington
Attributed to William Prior
Both paintings measure 19.25-inches by 17.25-inches.
Price: $3,750
CLB
William Henry Harrison
Campaign Badge/Token
Circa 1840
Copper
The obverse shows bust of Harrison in uniform facing left, 3 buttons, "MAJ. GEN. W. H. HARRISON / BORN FEB. 9 1773:" reverse shows log cabin with flag, cider barrel with pitcher on top, "THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE / THE HERO OF TIPPECANOE;" hole punched at 12 o'clock; very good + condition. Measures 1-inch in diameter.
Price: $180
110-310
Handbill
Rutherford B. Hayes
New Hampshire
1876 New Hampshire handbill with engraved portraits of Rutherford B. Hayes and Vice Presidential candidate William A. Wheeler along with the names of five candidates for Presidential Electors; there is an engraving of a Revolutionary and Civil War soldier with the NH state seal, the Liberty Bell, a pair of shields marked 1776 and 1876 respectively, a banner with a patriotic slogan and Centennial, the engraving is signed Kilburn Engraver Boston; two folds, some light stains, no tears or holes. Measures 9.5-inches by 4-inches.
Price: $185
110-311
Grant and Colfax
Near mint...
Campaign Flag
Circa 1868 - SOLD
Red stripes with black lettering "GRANT AND COLFAX" and a blue field stenciled on cotton. Very good condition with strong colors and slight toning along a vertical centerfold as well as one or light spots, no holes, tears or repairs. (Approximately 20-inches by 17-inches framed, flag approximately 14.75-inches by 11.5-inches.)
232-80 - SOLD
Buckeye Centennial Folding Trade Card
With Harrison & Cleveland
Dated 1888 - SOLD
The card has a congressional map of Ohio, plus statistical information about Ohio.
Dimensions: 4 by 5.25-inches.
171-32 - SOLD
Garfield - Arthur Campaign
Brass Button
1880 Presidential Campaign
Convex brass button with steel shank, embossed lettering "GARFIELD AND ARTHUR" 1880 campaign button, very good. - ¾-inch Diameter.
Price: $58
110-347
President Benjamin Harrison
Cast Iron Trivet - SOLD
Cast iron trivet with bust portrait of President Harrison framed by horseshoe raised on three feet. (4 ½-inches Wide x 5-inches Long x ¾-inches High.)
110-341 - SOLD
Engraving
U. S. Grant in Uniform
Circa 1894
Signed Jos. Fagan
Bust length portrait of U. S. Grant in uniform of General of the Army, portrait of horse and handler in lower right, signed Jos. Fagan in pencil copyrighted 1894, on buff paper mounted on heavy rag paper. (14 ¾-inches x 10 ½-inches.)
Price: $345
593-8
Profile Portrait...Watercolor on Wax
A Young Revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte
Nineteenth Century
This image is believed to be a portrait of Napoleon as a young man. Done in wax with vibrant watercolor decoration, this is not the Napoleon with Roman emperor hairstyle as he is usually depicted, rather this is the young revolutionary Bonaparte. Mounted on a piece of watered silk and in a modern shadowbox frame. An outstanding piece remaining in very good condition, not examined out of frame. (Approximately 5-inches x 5-inches framed; wax portrait approximately 2.5-inches in length.)
Price: $775
232-87
Set of Hand Colored Woodcuts
Depicting George Washington
19th Century
The five woodcuts depict historic scenes of Washington: the Battle of Queenstown, Col. George Washington on his horse, the Battle of Eutaw, the Battle of Monmouth, and Washington Descending the Ohio.
Dimensions: 37.5 by 8-inch frame, 36 by 6.5-inch view area.
Price: $425
463-1
A Scarce Cast Iron Trivet
President Grover Cleveland Trivet - SOLD
Cast iron trivet with three-quarter profile portrait of President Grover Cleveland surrounded by a horseshoe raised on three feet. (4 ½-inches Wide x 5-inches Long x ¾-inches High)
110-342 - SOLD
Andrew Jackson Silk Ribbon
Dimensions: 7.75 by 11.25-inch frame, 4.75 by 8-inch sight-size.
Price: $950
TR
|
