New York: Goupil & Co., 1854. Image size 550 x 758 mm., (21 7/8 x 29 7/8 inches). Printed on wove paper. Margins and legend removed; some restoration to the sky in the upper left, and old paper repair to central right otherwise a strong and highly detailed image. One of the classic American images of the mid-19th century was based on a painting created by George C. Bingham in 1851-52. The popularity of the painting, and the demand for the image of American democracy at work resulted in the collaboration of Bingham, Sartain and Irwin. The outcome was this complex engraving that incorporated etching, stipple engraving, mezzotint engraving and line engraving on the same plate. The detail, compositional format, and exquisite rendering of figures made The Country Election one of the touchstone images of 19th Century America. The engraving and printing took place in New York at Goupil & Co., under the direction of Bingham, who oversaw the project. With faults a deep, rich copy of the print, which sometime appears colored.

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Bookseller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 764
Title: The Country Election
Author: Bingham, George Caleb
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Goupil & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1854
Keywords: bib-week-vbf, BIB-WEEK-VBF

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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.

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