Prints
President Thomas Jefferson Cyrus Durand Vignette Portrait
c. 1830s, Formerly from the historic Cyrus Durand Archive Book, Plate 50, with nine elements of Vignettes, Portraits, Grillwork and Cycloidals, for document and currency security printing, Choice Very Fine.
Unique like all the Cyrus Durand constructions. This page with nine elements, all printed in black. Left of page center, constructed in four pieces, is an oval Thomas Jefferson portrait affixed to grillwork of interlocking hexagonal ONE pattern, edged left and right with different linear ruled lathe pieces, measures 110 mm by 70 mm. To its left, DB/DW Indian with tomahawk vignette. To its right, Seated Sailor on deck, imprinted DB. Above and below, elliptical cycloidals. To extreme right of page, tall and wide piece of fine linear lathe grillwork. The plate array is slightly out of balance, with the swath attached to the right end out of place. Small foxing spot left side edge of page away from images. Verso is blank with ghosted impression of Plate 51 from the original book. An excellent Thomas Jefferson Presidential piece. Provenance: Formerly from the 52 Collection; private purchase, Anthony Terranova.