Thou Shalt Steal [Swift, Richard (fl.1765)]. Dick Swift Thieftaker of the City of London. Teaching His Son the Commandments. [London], 1765. 15-1/2" x 10" (image size 12-1/2" x 9") etching. Toning, light foxing and soiling, light edgewear and chipping not affecting image, small faint dampstain to lower right corner of..... More
c.1865 Carte-De-Visite of the Framers and Supporters of the 13th Amendment [Slavery]. [Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)]. [Carte-De-Visite of Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, House Speaker Schuyler Colfax and the Members of Congress Who Framed and Supported the 13th Amendment to the Constitution]. New York: Powell & Co., 1865. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4"..... More
A Lawyer Leans on Coke Gropper, William [1897-1977]. Coke Said... c.1950s-1960s (1968?). 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" lithographic print (image size 12" x 7-1/2") with typed caption and penciled signature of William Gropper, professionally shrink-wrapped onto 15" x 10-1/2" foamcore board with hang tag. Light toning to margins, image vivid. $250. *..... More
"Brothers in Law" Dighton, Robert [1752-1814]. Iohn Doe & Rich.d Roe. Brothers in Law. [London]: Robert Dighton, November 6, 1796. 10" x 8" hand-colored etching, image size, including caption, 8" x 6." Moderate toning light soiling, crease to lower-right corner, colors vivid. $500. * "Two men, wearing patched and ragged..... More
"A Brow-Beater Badger'd" [Williams, Charles (d.1830)]. Counsellor Nodee, Or, A Brow-Beater Badger'd. [London]: [Thomas Tegg], No. 111 Cheapside, [c.1812]. 9-1/2" x 13" hand-colored etching backed onto 10" x 13" sheet. Light soiling to margins of sheet, margins of etching trimmed to edges of image, colors vivid. $750. * "A scene..... More
Examination Time! Barrere, Adrien [1877-1931]. [Daumier, Honore (1808-1879)]. Passing the Bar. [Paris/New York: Sidney Z. Lucas, c.1930]. 11-1/2" x 23-1/4" color etching on upper half of 19-3/4" x 25-1/2" sheet, small line-drawing and four 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" black-and-white reproductions of lithographs below. Negligible light toning, faint dampstain to right-hand margin..... More
A Group Portrait of the Burger Court [Supreme Court, United States]. [9" x 13-3/4" Color Group Photograph of the Burger Court]. [Washington, DC, c.1972-1975]. Photograph with matte finish mounted on 17" x 12" board, signatures of all nine justices below. Light toning to edges of board, light pencil guide marks..... More
"I Am Now Very Busy" [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Sewall, Samuel E. (1799-1888)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Salem, MA, June 9, 1829]. Single-page letter on 10" x 8" sheet and 9-1/2" x 7" engraved portrait of Story in judicial attire in attractively matted and glazed 13-3/4" x 19-1/4" frame. Moderate toning..... More
Print Commemorating an Event that Led to the Glorious Revolution Gole, Jacob [1660-1724], Engraver. De Seven Bisschoppen van Engeland. Amsterdam: [Published by P. Savoret and Jacob Gole], 1689. 18-3/4" x 14-1/2" Mezzotint broadside, image size 14-3/4" x 11." Faint horizontal crease through center, light soiling to lower-right corner. $750. *..... More
Satirical French Courtroom Image [France]. L'Incidente. N.p.: De L'Editrice P.V., c.1900-10. Attractively glazed and matted 13" x 8-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 21-1/4" x 16-3/4" wooden frame, small brass plaque to center of bottom. Light toning to margins, vivid image. $650. * A rather grotesque, and rather funny, image of..... More
"English-Beauties" For Sale in India Gillray, James [1756-1815]. A Sale of English-Beauties, In the East Indies. London: William Holland, May 16, 1786 (printed later). 15" x 21" etching on wove paper, trimmed to edges, attractively mounted and matted. Light even toning, light soiling, vertical crease through center, minor tear near..... More
"Well Friend, Where A'You Going, Hay?" Gillray, James [1756-1815]. Affability. [London: Hannah Humphrey, c. 1795]. 13-1/4" x 9-1/4" hand-colored etching and aquatint (measured to plate marks) on wove paper, without watermark, attractively mounted and matted. Light even toning to margins. A good impression with vivid colors. $950. * "The King..... More
"Swamped in the Flood of New-Taxes" Gillray, James [1756-1815]. A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, Or, John Bull Swamped in the Flood of New-Taxes: Cormorants Fishing in the Stream. London: Hannah Humphrey, May 9, 1806. 8-3/4" x 14" hand-colored etching (measured to plate marks) on wove paper, without watermark..... More
Impressive Caricature of One of the Great American Lawyer-Statesmen of the Nineteenth Century [Evarts, William M. (1818-1901)]. [Caricature of Evarts]. N.p., S.n., c.1872. 14-1/4" x 11-1/4" engraved woodcut caricature of Evarts by "Wiist" mounted on 21" x 17" board, clipped autograph signature of Evarts mounted below image. Moderate toning, light..... More
Frankfurter Letter to a Distinguished Lawyer Concerning Alger Hiss [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Stryker, Lloyd Paul (1885-1955)]. [Typed Letter, Signed (With Full Signature), On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, Washington, DC, November 29, 1950]. Single-page letter on 10" x 8" sheet and 7"x 5" portrait photograph of Frankfurter in judicial attire..... More
"A Peep Into the Court of Kings Bench" Dighton, Robert (Senior) [1752-1814]. Term Time or The Lawyers All Alive in Westminster Hall. [London, 1795]. Glazed and attractively matted 13-3/8" x 9-7/8" watercolor and pen and black ink on laid paper, signed, numbered and captioned on bottom margin, in handsome 24"..... More
Handsome Engraved Image of Vinson Vinson, Fred M. [1890-1953]. [Engraved Image of Vinson] N.p: S.n., c. 1950. 4-1/2" x 3-3/4" steel-plate engraving (measured to plate marks), mounted and matted, acetate overlay to image. Light soiling and minor edgewear to matte, image clean. $35. * Vinson was chief justice of the..... More
"That Scar Was Won by a Slave" Kemble, E[dward] W[indsor] [1861-1933]. "Look!" He Cried, "And Bless the Sight, For that Scar was Won by a Slave." [New York], September 1887. Attractively glazed and matted 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" pen-and-ink drawing in handsome 16" x 14-1/2" wooden frame. A few minor nicks..... More
A Philadelphia Lawyer Who Served as Pennsylvania's Deputy Attorney General [American School, 19th Century]. [Smith, Lewis Waln (1846-1881)]. [Portrait of Lewis Waln Smith]. Philadelphia, c.1870. 24" x 30" (image size). Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame, gilding slightly dulled, otherwise..... More
A Notable Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Lawyer and Democratic Politician [American School, 19th Century]. [Hirst, William L. (1804-1876)]. [Portrait of William L. Hirst]. 31-1/4" x 39-1/2" (image size). Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame, gilding slightly dulled, otherwise fine. $3,500. * Hirst..... More
Impressive Portrait of Chief Justice Taney [Healy, George P.A. (1813-1894), After]. [Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864)]. [Portrait of Roger Brooke Taney]. 40-3/4" x 33" (image size). N.p., n.d. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame, plaque reading "Rodger [sic] Brooke Taney/ Nat 1813-Ob 1864 / Chief Justice of the..... More
Portrait of a Prominent Philadelphia Lawyer-Politician by a Notable Female Artist Waugh,Ida [1846-1919]. [Haly, William Worthington (1805-1851)]. [Portrait of William Worthington Haly]. Philadelphia, n.d. 30" x 25" (image size), signed "Ida Waugh, 1889" in lower right corner. $5,000. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame, plaque reading "William..... More
An Important Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist [American School, 19th Century]. [Troubat, Francis Joseph (1802-1868)]. [Portrait of Francis Joseph Troubat]. Philadelphia?, c.1837. 29" x 24-1/4" (image size). Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame, small plaque reading "Francis J. Troubat/ Born 1802-Died 1868" to head of frame. Some minor nicks..... More
A Great Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist [American School, 19th Century]. [Read, John Meredith (1797-1874)]. [Portrait of John Meredith Read]. Philadelphia, c.1815. 25" x 20" (image size). Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame, gilding slightly dulled, otherwise fine. $3,000. * Read was..... More
A Distinguished Politician and Jurist in Maryland and Pennsylvania Neagle, John [1796-1865] [Peale, Rembrandt (1778-1860), After]. [Tilghman, William (1756-1827)]. [Portrait of William Tilghman]. Philadelphia, c. 1815. 29" x 24" (image size). Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame, small plaque reading "William Tilghman/ Chief Justice of Penna. 1806-1827/..... More