Price: $350.00
SKU: 44487
PUBLISHER: Lith & Pub by N. Currier 2 Spruce St. N.Y.
MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,
DATE: undated.
EDITION SIZE: Small folio - image size 11 3/8 x 8 1/2" (28.9 x 21.7 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Polk facing left, with Capitol through window at left. <br><br> Having narrowly defeating Henry Clay in the election of 1844, Polk is often referred to as the "most adept U. S. President between Jackson and Lincoln." His administration was dominated by the expansionists' dream of "Manifest Destiny" and, as a result, the instigation of the Mexican War.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair condition and color, overall toning and fading of color. Framed in rosewood veneer frame originally used by Currier & Ives.
REFERENCE: Conningham #3161.
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