James Buchanan: Fifteenth President of the United States

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James Buchanan: Fifteenth President of the United States
James Buchanan: Fifteenth President of the United States
Publisher (American, 1813 – 1888)
Datebefore 1856
MediumLithograph
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (35.4 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.44
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of James Buchanan, seated.
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.);

1963
Utica, NY (Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery). January 13 - February 10, 1963, (no cat.).


Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 3151
Inscribed "JAMES BUCHANAN, / FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. / LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "84" at lower left in pencil.
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