J. C. BUTTRE ORIGINAL P. T. BARNUM STEEL ENGRAVING

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POTTER AND POTTER AUCTIONS, INC.
CHICAGO, IL
WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEM FOR YOUR COLLECTION:
ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVING OF
P. T. BARNUM
WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURE
BY NOTED AMERICAN ENGRAVER
John Chester Buttre (1821-93)
from a Matthew Brady photograph
Buttre's
engraving of Abraham Lincoln graces the bill, and due to Brady's fame notable personages of the mid nineteenth century vied to pose for Brady, with his most famous person being Abraham Lincoln. Others included Noah Webster, Ulysses Grant, Carnegie, and P. T. Barnum.
CONDITION: FOXING THROUGHOUT WITHOUT OTHER FAULTS.
TOGETHER WITH CONTEMPORARY CLIPPINGS FROM FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER DEPICTING BARNUM AS PROPRIETOR OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF New York,
AND LINDENCROFT, THE COUNTRY ESTATE OF P. T. BARNUM IN BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE ITEM AND SHIPPING WILL BE COMBINED