Description: WILLIAM PINKNEY A HIGH QUALITY STEEL ENGRAVING BOOKPLATE FROM THE 1860's!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 130 YEARS OLD!! William Pinkney, (1764 - 1822) was a lawyer, diplomat, U.S. representative/senator; born in Annapolis, Md. Forced to leave school because of his poverty, he read law on his own. Admitted to the bar in 1786, he gained a reputation as one of the most talented trial lawyers of his day, noted for his oratory and vanity as well as for hiding his extensive preparations behind a facade of casualness. He spent 16 years abroad - as a commissioner negotiating maritime disputes with Britain (1796--1804) and then as ambassador, first to Great Britain (1806--11) and later to Russia (1816--18). As U.S. attorney general (1811--14), he strongly supported the War of 1812 and was wounded serving with the Maryland militia at the battle of Bladensburg (1814). He served Maryland as a Federalist in the U.S. House of Representatives (1791, 1815--16) and the U.S. Senate (1819--22), where he championed the slave-holding states during the debate that led to the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Almost to the end of his life he argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. SIZE: Image size is 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" overall page size is 6" x 9". CONDITION: Good condition. Printed on thick, rag stock paper with nothing on the reverse of the print. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. The item(s) being sold is an image on paper and IS NOT a block of wood or steel. IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER & CLEARER THAN THE SCAN SHOWS !! AN ACTUAL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1860's! A RARE PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, NOT FOUND OFTEN !
Price: 7.19 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-01T18:45:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Engraving
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Type: Print
