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
Handsome Engraved Image of Taney Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Engraved Image of Taney] 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. * The author of the Dred Scott..... More
Framed Portrait of Felix Frankfurter [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. [Reproduction of a Portrait of Frankfurter]. N.p., c. 1960. 9" x 6-1/2" half-tone black-and-white image, matted and glazed in black-and-gold wooden 11-1/2" x 9" frame. Light toning to matte, some rubbing to edges of frame. $25. * From an image painted near..... 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. $4,000. * Hirst..... More
A Distinguished Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist and Politician [Marchant, Edward D. (1806-1887)]. [Portrait of James Thompson]. 41" x 53-1/2" (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 * Thompson was a jurist and politician serving..... More
Impressive Portrait of Chief Justice Taney [American School, 19th/20th Century]. [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. $6,500. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame, plaque reading "Rodger [sic] Brooke Taney/ Nat 1813-Ob 1864..... 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. $3,500. * 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
"Both Alike Have Gain'd the Public Scorn" [Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)]. [Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland (1745-1814)]. The Loss of Eden, And Eden!, Lost. London: Printed & Publish'd... by W. Hinton, 21 December 1785. 8-1/4" x 12-1/2" hand-colored etching (image size) above eight lines of verse, attractively mounted and matted. Margins..... More
Photographs of Distinguished Nineteenth-Century British Jurists [Photographs]. [British Judges and Lawyers]. Photographs (Cartes-de-Visite) of Thirty Distinguished British Jurists Dating From The Second Half of the Nineteenth Century. London and Surrey, c. 1865-c.1875. Thirty cartes-de-visite, in good condition, from various studios, mounted on lightly album sheets housed in mylar folders, biographical..... More
"Noted Lawyer and Dry Senator Debate Liquor Law" Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. [6" x 10" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Darrow and Senator Smith W. Brookhart]. [New York: International New Photos, March 19, 1930]. Negligible edgewear and minor crinkling, stamps, pencil markings and tipped-in caption to verso. $150. * The caption reads..... More
"His Famous Wig Composed Entirely of Split Hairs and Adorned with the Ceremonial Crimson Tape" Robinson, Boardman [1876-1952]. [Becker-Rosenthal Murder Trial]. Mr. Justice Precedent. [New York, 1914]. 21" x 15-1/2" gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2" sheet, image signed twice and inscribed by Robinson, caption in pencil below image, most..... More
A Knotty Point Vautier, Benjamin [1829-1898]. A Knotty Point-Submitting a Case to the Family Lawyer. Colored reproduction of a woodcut from Harper's Weekly, November 21, 1874. N.p.: S.n. Glazed 17-1/4" x 14-1/2" colored image in attractive, high-quality 21-1/4" x 17-1/4" imitation wood frame. $150. * Vautier was a Swiss genre..... More
"Spy" Portrays a Group of Influential MPs at Rest Spy (Ward, Sir Leslie [1851-1922]). "On The Terrace: A Political Spectacle-'The Ayes Have It-The Noes Have It.'" Supplement to Vanity Fair, November 30, 1893. 18-1/2" x 12-1/2" (image size) color lithograph, matted and glazed in attractive 26" x 21-1/4" wooden frame..... More
Darrow Reacts to His Critics Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. [6" x 8-3/4" Black-and-White Portrait Press Photograph of Darrow seated and Reading]. [New York: Associated Press Photo, May 21, 1934]. Margins trimmed away on three sides of images, minor crease to bottom right corner, stamps, annotations and caption to verso. $125. *..... More
The Essence of the Law... Cheesebrough, G.R. [1936-1993]. Obedientia Est Legis Essentia (Obedience is the Essence of the Law). N.p.: Circa, 1980. 18" x 24" color lithograph, glazed and matted in a handsome 20" x 26" frame. Signed and numbered by artist. A few minor scratches and nicks to frame..... More
The Nature of Equity Cheesebrough, G.R. [1936-1993]. Equitas Sequitur Legem (Equity Follows the Law). N.p.: Circa, 1980. 18" x 24" color lithograph, glazed and matted in a handsome 20" x 26" frame. Signed and numbered by artist. A few minor nicks to frame, otherwise fine. $200. * From a series..... More
Frankfurter ALS With Interesting Content Concerning Judges [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, On Harvard Law School Letterhead, Signed F.F. and Dated Sept. 19] c.1935. Three-page letter on three 5" x 8" sheets and 5"x 7" portrait photograph of Frankfurter in judicial attire in attractively matted and glazed 28"..... More
Eager to See Darrow in Person [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [7" x 9" Photograph of People Waiting in Line to See Darrow Testify Before the Senate Finance Committee]. New York: Acme Newspictures, 20 March 1935. Negligible edgewear, minor wrinkling, annotations, stamps and tipped-in caption to verso. $150. * The caption reads..... More
Watercolor Caricature of Sir Edward Sugden [Sugden, Sir Edward (1781-1875)]. A Chancellor in 1832!. 7-1/2" x 11" watercolor on board, attractively matted. Great Britain, Possibly Ireland, 1835?. Toning, a few minor waterstains, small inkstain near bottom right corner, otherwise fine. $1,250. * Possibly intended as the basis for a lithograph..... More
Interesting Collection of Darrow Photographs [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Eighteen Black-and-White Press Photographs of Darrow]. Sizes ranging from 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" to 8" x 10." Light to moderate edgewear, annotations and tipped-in captions to versos, some photos have crop marks and creases. $1,500. * This interesting collection comprises seven formal and..... More