Mathew B. Brady
1856 (ca)
James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for President of the United States

Wood engraving with letterpress
44.7 x 64 cm
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Digital Id: pga 03522 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.03522, cph 3b35952 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b35952, Library of Congress Control Number: 2003689274, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03522 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-89581 (b&w film copy neg.)
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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