Sartain John: Signed (4 results)
Language: English
Published by George Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1885
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.Carothers and Carothers
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 58 p., illus., plates. Presentation inscription "To Chas. R. Deacon, Esq. / with John Sartain's Compliments / Philadelphia Sept. 25th 1886." Light wear to corners of original cloth-covered beveled boards, light bumping to head and foot of backstrip, gold-stamped title and vignette to upper board,… spine title ("Cleopatra and the muse"), and vignette to lower board strong; front inner hinge cracked but holding, contents clean, all illustrations, plates, and tissue guards present, mild foxing to frontispiece and to tissue guard. 550 grams. Inscribed by Author(s).
Andrew Jackson. "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved"
SARTAIN, John (1808-1897, Engraver), LAMBDIN, James Reid (1807-1889, Painter)
Published by William Smith, No. 102 South 3rd Street, Philadelphia, 1856
- Softcover
- Signed
- Art / Print / Poster
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerMixed method mezzotint engraving and stipple on cream wove paper. Large format, full-length mezzotint portrait of President Andrew Jackson, positioning him as the protector of America's Union. Full-length portrait of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) standing and facing left, right hand at his side, left hand resting on a boo…k propped up on a table beside him next to other books and scrolls, wearing a dark suit with a tailcoat and cravat tied in a bow; column, curtain, and view from a terrace toward a large building in the background. Jackson, one of the founders of the Democratic Party, served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, Jackson gained fame as a General in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of common white men against what he framed to be a corrupt aristocracy; he recognized the Republic of Texas, leading to its annexation; and he held together the Union when South Carolina threatened to secede. But his treatment of Indigenous people - he signed the Indian Removal Act - has been condemned; his Vice President, John Calhoun, was one of the most racist figures in American history; and Jackson himself enslaved people. Due to this, Jackson remains one of the most controversial figures in American history, with no consensus as to his legacy, though in recent years his strain of politics has seemed to re-emerge. Sartain, the engraver, was a close friend of Edgar Allan Poe and the editor of Sartain's Union Magazine. He pioneered and popularized the practice of mezzotint printing in the United States, and engraved portraits of numerous US presidents. Copies of this print are held at the British Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. LoC 89710359.
More imagesPublished by Touranchet, Phot, Paris, 1891
- Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Small albumen photograph mounted on a partially printed souvenir card. Image size is approximately 1.25" x 1.75" on 1.%" x 2.25" card. Signed on the verso by the subject, and dated 13 April 1891. Image a bit faded with a little soiling on the card, very good. The subject shouldn't be confused with…the noted artist and engraver John W. Sartain.
- Signed
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerThis London-born American artist was an important and prolific engraver of book illustrations and banknotes, and pioneered the use of mezzotint engravings. AQS, 1p, 6 3/4" X 3 3/4", n.p., 1878 August 7. Near fine. On a lined slip, Sartain handsomely pens a six-line poem titled "Lines for my Library," which reads as follows: "Hea…lth, industry, content, prints, pictures, books, / And friends to share them with in cozy nooks. / Leading a tranquil life in thoughtful joy, / Exempt from envy, greed, or care's alloy; / Still ready here on earth to act any part, / Or with death's Angel cheerfully depart." Boldly signed and dated at the conclusion. A charming piece with appropriate mention of that around which Sartain's life revolved: "prints, pictures, books." Whether this stanza was ever published has not been determined. Accompanied by a modern 8½" X 11" reproduction of line drawing head-and-shoulders portrait of Sartain later in life.
