rare-mid-19th-century-declaration-of-independence-broadside
Lot 475
Rare Mid-19th Century Declaration of Independence Broadside
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Reading "Stereotyped and Printed by the Boston Bewick Company" in the lower margin, the document's text and facsimiles of its original signatures are centered within a scrolled ivy and oak border incorporating the seals of the thirteen original states. Presented in a period gilt and gesso frame.

A more familiar version of this broadside is colored and also notes that it was published by Prentiss Whitney in 1835.

SS 25.5 x 20.5 in.

Horizontal and vertical fold creases; a small area of loss in the upper right field; several minute splits; a few trivial stains. Not examined out of the frame.

$800 - 1,200