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Lincoln Mourning Broadside ca. 1865, Possibly First Time Seen.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Political Memorabilia Start Price:560.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,600.00 USD
Lincoln Mourning Broadside ca. 1865, Possibly First Time Seen.
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1,700.00USDto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2012 Oct 20 @ 11:15UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Lincoln: This Monument is Inscribed in the Hearts of the American Peopleā€¦to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States of America, and the Great Emancipator of Four Millions of a Down-trodden Race. No place, no date, [ca.1865?] Broadside, 17x23. Minor wear along folds, and edge wear. With several splits. Suitable for framing and a fine piece during the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. A stark memorial broadside made up of an elegiac text in a variety of types surmounted by a woodcut Union Star within a simple monumental form rendered with rules, the whole surrounded by a heavy black border. From the descendants of James Garfield. Not in Monaghan or the McClellan Collection. Rare and historic document.