Price: $1,950.00
SKU: 103342
PUBLISHER: Published by Kurz & Allison 76 & 78 Wabash Ave. Chicago.
MEDIUM: Lithograph
DATE: Undated, circa 1890.
EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 27 1/2 x 21 1/2" (69.8 x 54.8 cm)
DESCRIPTION: A rare series of portraits of the first eight Chief Justices of the United States. Each portrait gives the sitters name, birth and death date and date of appointment.<br><br> The sitters are:<br> John Jay; John Rutledge; Oliver Ellsworth; John Marshall; Roger Brook Taney; Salmon Portland Chase; Morrison R. Waite; and Melville W. Fuller.<br><br> The firm of Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs during the late 19th century. Based in Chicago, they built their reputation on large colorful prints depicting various battles of the American Civil War. In all, a set of 36 battle scenes were produced They also published views of the Spanish–American War, portraits of important figures of the day, historical events and natural disasters. <br><br> Harry T. Peters talks about the firm of Kurz & Allison in his book "America on Stone" (Doubleday, 1931). Louis Kurz came to America from Austria in1848. He fought in the Civil War on the Union side and was a personal friend of Abraham Lincon. Peters commends the firms "pure, wild and unadulterated American lithography".<br><br>
ADDITIONAL INFO: Ex: collection Winfield Robbins. Stamp on verso
CONDITION: Very good condition. B/W.
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