Engraving on paper, 9-1/2" x 12-1/4." Beneath image is the caption: "Metzmacher del et sc./ 1862." Handcolored. Light foxing in the blank portions, else Very Good. Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher [born 1815], a French engraver, was active from about 1845-1872. Jefferson Davis's facsimile signature is printed beneath his portrait, with the caption "President des Etats Confederes d'Amerique." Beneath the caption is the imprint information: Berlin, Paris, and New York, identical to the copy at the Smithsonian. According to the National Portrait Gallery's website, Metzmacher's portrait was a "copy after Matthew B. Brady." OCLC 39775012 [1- Lib. VA], 894524149 [1- U So. Car.] as of November 2023.

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ENGRAVING ON PAPER OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, A BUST PORTRAIT FACING LEFT, WEARING A SUIT AND BOWTIE

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Berlin, Paris, London, La Haye, New York, Paris

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1862

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