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Folio pictorial broadside, 11-1/4" x 17-3/4." Large engraving [6-1/2" x 7"] at head of title: Lady Liberty, American shield in her right hand, affectionately puts her left arm around the iconic Screaming Eagle, who holds an E Pluribus Unum banner in his beak, and seven arrows and a tree branch in his claws. Light spotting, chip at blank inner margin. Else Very Good. Matted on pale drab paper. The unusual, eye-catching engraving was the work of Garret Lansing [born c.1788-1791], the first of only four students of Alexander Anderson, America's first wood engraver. Lansing, who began studying under Anderson in 1804, thus became America's second wood engraver. He worked in Albany and Boston for several years, then settled in New York City where he was active through the late 1830s. His advertisement in the 1827 New York City directory locates his business at 16 Pine and residence at 66 Rutgers. [Lossing, B.F.: A MEMORIAL OF ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.D., THE FIRST ENGRAVER ON WOOD IN AMERICA, New York: 1872, pp.21-32; LONGWORTH'S AMERICAN ALMANAC, NEW-YORK REGISTER AND CITY DIRECTORTY. . . , New York: 1827, p.297.] Hezekiah B. Pierpont a/k/a Pierrepont [1768-1838] was a merchant, farmer, land owner, and developer in Brooklyn and upstate New York. He was also Vice President of the Brooklyn Savings Bank. John Hunter was likely the Brooklyn tavern and livery stable owner. Elijah Raynor was elected a Brooklyn fireman in Franklin Engine no. 3, in 1817, and is listed in the 1822 Brooklyn Directory as owner of a grocery and tavern. It is unclear if William Thompson was the Brooklyn shipmaster or fur merchant. Thomas Armstrong was a mariner and tavern owner. [Spooner's Brooklyn Directory for the year 1822; OUR FIREMEN. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT, Chapter 1]. Not in Sabin, American Imprints or on OCLC, AAS, NYPL, NYHS online sites as of August 2023. Seller Inventory # 39484
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