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James D. Smillie Intaglio Progress Proof Pair of ABNC "Woman with Wheat and Sickle" Dated 1857.

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James D. Smillie Intaglio Progress Proof Pair of ABNC  Woman with Wheat and Sickle  Dated 1857.
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This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 09 @ 16:52UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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New York, 1857, Pair of matching progress proof vignettes by engraver J.D. Smillie. Used on Obsolete Banknotes, Stocks, bonds and checks. One is 6 x 9.5 inches, completely engraved, Toppan Carpenter & Co. Imprint, LDP Proof Vignette printed on india paper that is mounted. The other is 5 x 7 inches, with the woman partially engraved, ABN LDP Proof Vignette printed on india paper that is mounted. Pencil notes are made at bottom and top margins, and mention J.D. Smillie, as well as F.O.C. Darley. The partially engraved proof has notation in J.D. Smillie's hand "J.D.S. N.Y. May 23, 1857, Bad Bite - Soft Steel". Felix Octavius Carr "F. O. C." Darley (June 23, 1822 Ð March 27, 1888) was an American illustrator, known for his illustrations in works by well-known 19th-century authors, including James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, George Lippard, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Donald Grant Mitchell, Clement Clarke Moore, Francis Parkman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Parker Willis. The swing and vigor of his style, his facility, and versatility and the high average merit of his numerous works, make him one of the most noteworthy of American illustrators. His Victorian mansion, located in Claymont, is now known as the Darley House and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.