Antique Print Description

Details:

• Title: Prominent Candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination at Chicago
• Type: Original Antique Wood Engraved Print
• Publication: Harper's Weekly Newspaper
• Date: May 1860
• Artist: Engraving after photographs by Mathew B. Brady
• Grade: Excellent, general age related toning. Paper quite supple, not at all fragile. Centerfold, as published.
• Size: 16" x 21"

Item Description:
This stunning original double-page print was published in Harper's Weekly, May of 1860. As this wood engraving suggests, Abraham Lincoln was just one of several candidates who were in contention for the Republican Party's nomination for president in 1860. Moreover, at the start of the convention in May, he was not even one of the favorites.

Many believed that William Henry Seward, the party's chief spokesman against slavery and a former governor of New York (center picture), stood the best chance, including Seward himself. But Lincoln bested them all. After he was elected president, Lincoln selected four of his rivals pictured here to serve in his cabinet. They included Seward for secretary of state, Edward Bates for attorney general, Salmon P. Chase for secretary of treasury, and Simon Cameron for secretary of war.

This beautiful detailed double-page print measures 16in x 21in with wide margins, perfect for framing. The paper is supple, almost imperceptible 1 tiny binding hole along the centerfold. Small tear in lower margin, repaired w/archival tape. Very light toning....simply a remarkable testament to the quality of paper used by Harper's.

For a closer look at the detail, see the eBay gallery pictures at the top of the listing. At nearly a hundred sixty years old, this engaging original print is highly displayable. Antiqueprintopia only sells original antique prints and they always come with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.

Those shown are: Edward Bates, 4 Sep 1793 - 25 Mar 1869 William Sandford Pennington, Jr., 1796 - 1862 Salmon Portland Chase, 13 Jan 1808 - 7 May 1873 William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872 John McLean, 3 Mar 1785 - 3 Apr 1861 Simon Cameron, 8 Mar 1799 - 25 Jun 1889 John Charles Frémont, 21 Jan 1813 - 13 Jul 1890 Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865 Nathaniel Prentice Banks, 1816 - 1894