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Lot 304

Rare Broadside, Bishops of the A. M. E. Church.

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(Washington, D.C.: H. W. Burley, 1876), a central oval features a portrait of Richard Allen encircled by images of ten other named bishops, this device is flanked by six vignettes relevant to A. M. E. history and culture. Presented in a likely original gilt and gesso frame.

From the Collection of Michael Joyce, Greensboro, NC

No auction records of this lithograph have been located, however the Library of Congress retains an example.

Overall light aging; marginal damp stains; small insect hole near center.