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Thayer & Co. (Benjamin W. Thayer), John Henry Bufford, and others

Baltimore Whig Convention Quick Step

1840

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Thayer & Co. (Benjamin W. Thayer), John Henry Bufford, and others

Baltimore Whig Convention Quick Step

Printer: Thayer & Co. (Benjamin W. Thayer)
Artist: John Henry Bufford
Publisher: Henry Prentiss

Baltimore Whig Convention Quick Step

1840

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 342 × 252 mm. (13 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.) Image: 125 × 185 mm. (4 15/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore

Object Number 2000.98

Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore

McCauley, Lois B., Maryland Historical Prints, 1752-1889, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1975.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: TRC(graphite): 'on stone by Bufford/ #9184/65-'; LRQ: 'Thayer, successor to Moore, Boston'; LWRC: 'BALTIMORE WHIG CONVENTION QUICK STEP/ [...]/ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840 [...]'

Markings: none - none

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Thayer & Co. (Benjamin W. Thayer)

American, active 1841-1853

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John Henry Bufford

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