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Auction 90, Lot 363

"Il Presidente Roosevelt …",

Subject: Politics

Period: 1903 (dated)

Publication: La Domenica del Corriere

Color: Printed Color

Size:
11 x 15 inches
27.9 x 38.1 cm
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This is a colorful wood engraving of President Teddy Roosevelt addressing a crowd. It is a front page engraving from "La Domenica del Corriere" which is an illustrated supplement of the Milan daily newspaper "Corriere dell Sera", dated April 19, 1903. The engraving is by A. Beltrame. This is a very early example of colored newspaper printing. A bit of faint foxing.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $30 - $35

Sold for: $0

Closed on 3/15/2000

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