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THBRare DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Broadside New York Printing by William Woodruff
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Impressive "William Woodruff" Ornate Broadside Rare New York City Printing of The Declaration of Independence
(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) Printed Ornate Broadside, Designed By William Woodruff, Published by Phelps & Ensign, 7 1/2 Bowery N.Y., Story & Atwood Engravers, 151 Fulton St. N.Y., Framed, Choice Very Fine.
Engraved Broadside. "In Congress, July 4, 1776, the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.", New York: Phelps & Ensign, (ca. 1841-43). Story & Atwood Engravers, 151 Fulton St., N.Y. (Dedication:) "To the People of the United States... (Signed in the engraved plate:) "Wm. Woodruff". 1 page, folio, measuring 26 x 19 in. (by sight). Vignette of an American Eagle clutching Arrows and Olive Branch, above Flags and Horns. Title in ornamental script, text in a uniform round hand, signer's signatures in facsimile, within an ornamental border bearing the Seals of the 13 Original States and Portraits of Washington, Adams and Jefferson. The George Washington portrait is signed in the engraved plate: "Gimber Sc., Trumbull Pinxt." A rare variant of William Woodruff's 1819 engraving that contains new engravings of the State Seals, with the signatures reengraved in facsimile. Produced some twenty years after Woodruff's original, this excellent edition testifies to the steady popularity of this Broadside of great importance in Patriotic Iconography. At center are all of the original Declaration of Independence "Signers" signatures as seen on the original document, all printed in excellent facsimile of the actual Signer's signatures.
This authentic copy of the Woodruff Broadside printing is attractive and remains in superior above average complete condition. There are some scattered tone specks and two small finely sealed minor tears near the upper corners, likely from a prior display, that do not detract. To those collectors that have not seen this early Declaration of Independence previously offered, it is nicer than the few we have seen over the decades. This "Declaration" appears well printed and is nice for display, being framed measuring fully 28.5 tall x 21 in. wide, within gold-gilt painted wood under Plexiglas. One of the earliest and most important, historic printings of The Declaration of Independence one may acquire. Bidwell 4 (variant); Hart 117.
This handsome engraved Broadside DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE appeared just a few months before a very similar printing was offered by John Binns, who then accused Woodruff of stealing his design and filed a lawsuit against him. A "war of words" then raged in the newspapers of the day, between Binns and Woodruff, over the two historic printings of the Declaration, creating lots of free advertising for their Broadsides and remarkably generating an increased interest in the Declaration itself.
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