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A Christmas Classic by Thomas Nast
[CHRISTMAS],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, New York, N.Y., December 24, 1881. 16 pp., 11¼ x 16 in.
CAUGHT! Thomas Nast’s classic image of Santa Claus being hugged by a little girl graces the front cover of this issue of Harper’s Weekly.
The double-page centerfold is another nice Thomas Nast Christmas print, “Christmas Fancies – ‘Don’t You Wish You Wore Stockings?’,” showing children and their dog in front of a fireplace. Will Carleton’s poem, The Christmas Tree, is illustrated with art by Howard Pyle which fills nearly an entire page. Other prints include the “Electric Railway at Berlin, Prussia,” “The Ring Theatre, Vienna, Recently Destroyed by Fire,” “Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State,” “The Late John W. Forney,” “Short and Sweet – ‘It’s Too Too Too Funny!’,” and “The Interrupted Journey.” Thomas Nast is credited with creating the modern version of Santa Claus.
Item #H 12-24-1881, $375
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded.
Image shown is a sample. To request an image of the deed currently available please email us at info@sethkaller.com
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409u, $495
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as recorder of deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded. Sample Frame pictured.
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409, $895
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The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein’s Creative Mind
[ALBERT EINSTEIN],
Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children’s building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolstadt, [Germany], c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil blocks in red, limestone and slate gray, in various sizes and shapes, together with three or more sets of building plans, all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels.
A unique and important artifact of his childhood.
Item #24284, $180,000
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Seesaw - Gloucester, MA - Drawn by Winslow Homer
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, September 12, 1874.
Item #H-9-12-1874, $295
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A Ruff-Necked Hummingbird by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Ruff-Necked Hummingbird, [1871].
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.02, $1,750
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A Harlequin Duck by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Harlequin Duck, [1871]. 14 x 12 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.03, $350
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A Great American White Egret by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Great American White Egret, [1871]. 14½ x 12 framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.05, $550
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A Common Crossbill by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Common Crossbill, [1871]. 11½ x 16 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.08, $275
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A Prairie Lark-Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Prairie Lark-Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.09, $250
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A Song Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Song Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.04, $250
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A Swamp Sparrow by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Swamp Sparrow, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.07, $300
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New England Factory Life
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, July 25, 1868.
Item #H-7-25-1868, $350
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George Washington as a Mason
CURRIER & IVES. [GEORGE WASHINGTON],
Print. Washington as a Mason. Small folio lithograph, 1868. Black & white.
Item #23708, $850
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Edwin M. Stanton Portrait, Based on a Photograph by Matthew Brady
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 26, 1866.
Item #H-5-26-1866, $250
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Christmas Presents
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, December 30, 1865.
Item #H-12-30-1865, $250
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An Oversized Photo of General Grant
Taken after Lincoln’s Assassination
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
Photograph. By Frederick Gutekunst. Philadelphia, Pa., [May 1865] 15½ x 18 in., mounted on 20 x 24 in. board. Likely dated “October 1865” [perhaps the date of production] in light pencil on Gutekunst’s label on verso. Blind stamp of Chicago Historical Society, and “Chicago Historical Society dupl” in pencil on verso.
Item #22942, $7,500
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Last Formal Photograph of Lincoln, with Son “Tad”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Photograph [taken by Alexander Gardner, February 5, 1865], Albumen print by Bouve, Boston, Mass. Captioned, “President Lincoln and his Son Thaddeus/ The Last Photograph the President Sat For/ Published by G.F Bouve & Co, 41 Brattle St, Boston.” Image 6¼ x 8½ in., mounted on original board, 8 x 10 in.
In this albumen print, Lincoln’s youngest son Thomas is erroneously called “Thaddeus,” because of nickname “Tad.” An unfinished Washington Monument (construction began in 1848, but was not completed until 1884) rises in the background perhaps referencing the funerary motif of a broken column symbolic of a life cut short. This image, showing father and son posing for what would be Lincoln’s last sitting.
Item #22350, $3,750
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Lincoln Portrait by Currier & Ives
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Currier & Ives. Lithograph, New York, 1865. In 24 x 29 in. hand-gilt frame.
Item #20323, $3,500
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‘Rally round the Flag, Boys!’ President Lincoln Centerfold
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, October 1, 1864. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
This October, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly has a magnificent centerfold engraving of President Lincoln—perfect for framing—with a patriotic poem below.
Item #H 10-1-1864, $225
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