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PPF 2253
NEWMAN, HARRY SHAW COLD PRINT
SHOP]
Broks
The Old Print ShopInc.) Shop Inc.
Harry Shaw Newman
P.P. 22 F 3 5
New York.N.Y.
February 21, 1933.
On Memorandum, for Approval, to:
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
yes
6141 1 "U. S. Sloop of War Kearsarge", by Currier and Ives.
6115 1
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11
11
11
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We should like to present to Mr. Roosevelt whichever
of the above prints he lacks as a memento of his visit.
1 Battle of Red Bank
$2.00
1 Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh
20.00
1 U. S. Brig of War Somers.
35.00
1 U. S. Steam Frigate Princeton
35.00
1 "A View of the Merchant Ship Planter"
30.00
1 Cozzen's Dock, West Point
40.00
1
1 Book of views
75.00
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
P.P.F.
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF
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The Old Harry Print Shaw Newman ShopInc.) Shop
ld Print Shop Inc.
Harry Shaw Newman
New York.N.Y.
April 27, 1933
Miss M. A. Le Hand,
Secretary to,
The Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss Le Hand:
As I promised Mr. Roosevelt when he so kindly gave me
an interview recently, we are sending twelve copies of the" Currier
and Ives Rundle portrait of the President directly to him.
In a separate package we are sending six to you. One
of these is for you, personally, one for Mr. McIntyre, and the other
four the President very kindly offered to autograph for Mr. Harry T.
Peters, Mr. Rundle, the artist who drew the print, and me. I hope
X it will not be too much trouble for you to bother with this, and I
certainly appreciate your kind co-operation which has attended my
two meetings with the President.
I hope that you will stop in to see us the next time you
are in New York.
Yours
very
truly,
Returned 5/31/33
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Plain autographed
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
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150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
P.P.E.
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The Old Print Shop Inc.
Harry Shaw Newman
New York.N.Y.
April 27, 1933
Miss M. A. Le Hand,
Secretary to,
The Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss Le Hand:
As I promised Mr. Roosevelt when he SO kindly gave me
an interview recently, we are sending twelve copies of the" Currier
and Ives Rundle portrait of the President directly to him.
In a separate package we are sending six to you. One
of these is for you, personally, one for Mr. McIntyre, and the other
four the President very kindly offered to autograph for Mr. Harry T.
Peters, Mr. Rundle, the artist who drew the print, and me. I hope
X it will not be too much trouble for you to bother with this, and I
certainly appreciate your kind co-operation which has attended my
two meetings with the President.
I hope that you will stop in to see us the next time you
are in New York.
Yours very truly,
Returned 5/31/33 gdb
Plain autographed
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
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150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
Fin
UN
HOUSE
P.P.F.
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April 10, 1933.
Dear Mr. Newman:-
Would it be possible
for you to bring the print down to
show the President on Friday, April
14th, at twelve o'clock?
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop,
150 Lexington Avenue,
LT
New York City, N. Y.
AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
Fin
P.P.F.
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The Old Print Shop Inc.
JUN THE RECEIVER WHITE 1933 HOUSE
Harry Shaw Newman
New York.N.Y.
June 6, 1933
The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. President:
Allow me to thank you most sincerely for your kindness
in autographing the four copies of your portrait print.
You will be pleased to know that we have received much
favorable comment on this publication and that the print has enjoyed
a very good sale.
We are arranging to show at the Chicago Historical So-
ciety during July and August a group of one hundred large folio, and
fifty small folio Currier and Ives from the collection of Mr. Harry
T. Peters. It is well to have such an exhibition in Chicago so that
a new group and a very large one will become acquainted with these
delightful old prints.
We have been in active touch with Mr. John Wilbur Jen-
kins, who is assembling for the Newport News Ship-building Company
what he hopes will ultimately be the finest collection of Naval and
Marine material in the country.
Again thanking you for your kind patronage we are,
Yours very truly,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
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150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
The Old Print Shop, Inc. so 150 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
SUCCESSOR TO EDWARD GOTTSCHALK
HARRY SHAW NEWMAN
P.P.F. P. F.
TEL. ASHLAND 4-3950
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august 10, 1933
The Hon. Frau klin D. Rooswelf
Hyde Park, Mr.
Culture
mr. President,
allow we to thauh you for your
check for the Eudicott print about Captu.
Ingrahauis Valor.
d wish to offer you a very un.
of
usual poster. : 18" (24"
"Delano Life Reserving Coat t Vest Co.
a lithograph in colorsby sarong, Weagn
+ Kuaph Co. C.1859 - Estalling the wirets
of Delano life preserving farments.
this business was
the accompanying
CLIPPER
IN
STEAMER
located at
DISTRESS
DISTRESS
Skefch will
256 Bway N.Y.C.
description give a. better
and the name
STEAMER
T.A. DELANO
than I could
BURNING
appears-
give otherwise
price $2800
ou approval, of
OCEAN BATHING
SCENE
course at
you request
your very trues,
Harry than Newrung
150 LEXINGTUN AVENUE
August 17, 1933
Dear Mr. Newman:
The President asks me to thank you
for telling him about the poster and to tell
you that the man probably is no relation but
he would like very much to see it.
Very truly yours,
M. A. LeHAND
Private Secretary
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
mwd
New York, N. Y.
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
Thank him and
In as
say the Presedent is not
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interested in this
opIng
M.L.
etter of
April ninth. I spoke to the President
about the two handmade maps to which you
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refer but he is not inter asted in them.
Your interest in the matter is none the
less appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
M.A. Le H/ND
Private Secretary
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
#
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, 1. Y.
lb
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TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
P.P.F. P.
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April 18, 1934.
My dear Mr. Newman:
Many thanks for your letter of
April ninth. I spoke to the President
about the two handmade maps to which you
refer but he is not interasted in them.
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Your interest in the matter is none the
less appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Le H/ND
Private Secretary
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq., #
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
lb
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150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
The Old Harry Print Shaw Newman ShopIng.)
New York.N.Y.
April 9, 1934
Miss Marguerite LeHand,
Secretary to the President,
The Whitehouse,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Miss LeHand:
We have just had sent in on memorandum two hand-
made maps, the first of the United States and the second of the
two hemispheres, both the work of Elizabeth Roosevelt, one being
signed and dated November 4, 1812 and the other merely initialed,
E. R.
Both are rather crude in execution, but colorful.
They are mounted on pieces of pine nearly an inch thick and are
about 17 by 21 inches.
We have secured these on the off chance that E. R.
may be one of the President's ancestors. I do not know exactly
what the maps would nice cost us, but they would not go beyond $35.00
each I think, and if of any possible to Mr. Roosevelt we should be
glad to send them down on approval.
I still hope to hear further from you about those
two Currier and Ives Naval prints.
Yours very truly New
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:P
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
.
P.P.F. F!
March 2, 1935.
225-3
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq., x
The Old Print Shop, Inc., #
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York City, N. Y.
My dear Mr. Newman:-
The President would appreciate
it very much if you would send him the follow-
ing items listed in your Special Price List
of a Private Collection of Currier & Ives
Prints of New York State:
MILL COVE LAKE, NEAR PO'KEEPSIE ON
THE HUDSON
$15.00
KATZ-KILLS IN WINTER, BASTIAN FALLS . $10.00
THE DRIVE THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS
$10.00
XP.PJ450
Very truly yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
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June 18, 1935.
Dear Mr. Newman:-
In reply to your letter of
June fifth, which I referred to Mr. Early
who handles matters of this kind, I am send-
ing you herewith his personal and confidential
memorandum to me which I think speaks for
itself.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
(Enclosure)
LICAN
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
He
June 7, 1935.
Inc.
To Missy:
June 5, 1935
Speak to Steve about this and see
what he thinks.
F. D. R.
been placed in an em-
print field who has
nt Exchange. It is our
ibles ours, has caused
rs, with consequent loss
I situation through the
ence as to the continuous
eriod of years, since it
Gottschalk.
his patronage over a long
om him that he has known
P over twenty years would
u can do so without im-
bring this matter to his
ncerely
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:P
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
COPY
June 10, 1935.
Inc.
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR MISS LeHAND
June 5, 1935
Dear Missy:
I think we need an excuse, something like
an anniversary to be celebrated by the Old Print
Shop, in order that the President can justify the
writing of a letter. Otherwise he would become
involved in the court trial by the Old Print Shop
against a competitor.
, been placed in an em-
It occurs to me that the Old Print Shop
L print field who has
may be approaching an anniversary; that Mr. New-
nt Exchange. It is our
man might like to write the President and tell
ibles ours, has caused
him something of the history of the Shop and its
ers, with consequent loss
plans to celebrate the (blank) anniversary of its
founding. Then, I think, the President very
properly could write.
3 situation through the
lence as to the continuous
eriod of years, since it
Gottschalk.
S. T. E.
his patronage over a long
rom him that he has known
/ over twenty years would
ou can do so without im-
) bring this matter to his
incerely
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:P
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-395
FAID
The Old Harry Print Shaw Newman Shop Inc.)
New York.N.Y.
June 5, 1935
Miss A. Le Hand,
Secretary to the President,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Miss Le Hand:
During the past few months we have been placed in an em-
barrassing position by a new comer in the old print field who has
established a shop which he calls The Old Print Exchange. It is our
belief that this name, which so closely resembles ours, has caused
confusion in the minds of prospective customers, with consequent loss
of business to us.
We propose to ask relief from this situation through the
courts, and at that time we will present evidence as to the continuous
existence of The Old Print Shop over a long period of years, since it
was, in fact, founded in 1898 by the late E. Gottschalk.
Mr. Roosevelt has favored us with his patronage over a long
period of time and I feel that a statement from him that he has known
this shop as The Old Print Shop for certainly over twenty years would
be of great value to us. If you feel that you can do so without im-
propriety, perhaps you will be good enough to bring this matter to his
attention, and in the meantime believe me,
Yours sincerely Newwern
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:P
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
May 2, 1938
63/18/38
file
Prints
RRF
February 9, 1937.
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Old Print Exchange,
11 East 48th Street,
no sold 657-
New York City,
New York.
Gentlemen:-
Will you be good enough to send
to the President the following items
listed in your Catalogue No. 2:
No. 424 - Hudson River
$6.00
No. 427 - Hudson River
6.00
No. 432 - Southern Part
5.00
No. 657 - Navy Yard
4.00
No. 660 - President's Levee : 3.50
No. 817 - Annapolis
2.50
No. 851 - Charlestown
2.50
No. 852 - View of the interior
of U. S. Navy Yard.. 4.00
No. 853 - View showing launch-
ing of the U. S.
Steamer Merrimac ... 3.00
No.1014 - Coxsackie
5.00
No.1019 - Falls of the 9awkill.3.00
No.1057 - Charming Winter Scene
of Shipyard
2.50
No.1072 - Poughkeepsie
2.00
No.1073 - View from College....2.50
No.1105 - West Point
20.00
No.1582 - Bombardment
5.00
Very truly yours,
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May 2, 1938
My dear Mr. Newman:
The President has asked me to thank
you for your letter of April fifth and to say
that some day he hopes to have an opportunity
to visit your shop again.
While the President very much appre-
ciates your courtesy in writing him about the
Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to
Albany, he already has one.
Very sincerely yours,
1. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry S. Newman, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
ek
New York, N. Y.
Nu V. werere
X
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
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150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
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The Old Harry Print Shaw Newman Shop Inc.
New York.N.Y.
P.P.7.
April 5, 1938
The President,
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The White House,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:
We should like to bring to your attention
the following item, which I judge to be scarce since I
have never seen or heard of it previously:
PANORAMA OF THE HUDSON RIVER FROM NEW YORK
TO ALBANY. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by William
Wade. New York: Wm. Wade 122 Broadway. Philadelphia:
Wm. Croome 1845. " The size is 6 X 144 inches and it is
folded to go into an octavo size cover with which there
is included 32 pages of descriptive text. It is in good
condition save for the fact that the binding is somewhat
stained and worn. The price is $25.00. We should be
pleased to send it to you for inspection on approval if
you would like us to do so.
Would it be too much to hope that you might
be able to make another visit here at the shop? We have
accumulated a good deal of new material since your memo-
rable visit in 1933. In particular I should like to show
you our pair of paintings by N. Pocock of two phases of
the Engagement Between the Constitution and the Java, which
we consider to be the finest pair of American Naval paint-
ings, without qualification.
Perhaps it is presumptuous to even suggest
your visiting the shop, but I do SO with the thought that
you might find it pleasurable and a diversion from the
affairs of state.
Lours very truly,
X
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
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TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
y
November 18, 1938.
My dear Mr. Newman:-
P.P.F.
Thank you so much for
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your letter of November third. The
President would like you to send him the
small folio size lithograph in colors
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published by J. Baillie, THE U. S. FRIGATE
HUDSON.
Very truly yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
*
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
HSN:S
MEMO FOR MARY
Will you look for this print in
the White House? It may be in the
Monroe Room or outside the Monroe
Room or in the West Hall.
G. G. T.
Sendish
returning from a Crince
rint ShopIng. Shop
law Newman
wutha fair wind
York.N.Y.
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
From the Old Print Shop to tell you about
a lithograph in colors of The U.S. Frigate
Hudson - - - Price $30.00
November 3, 1938
We have just secured a very pleasing
small folio size lithograph in colors published by
J. Baillie, THE U. S. FRIGATE HUDSON.
This is one of those early prints in
which the title is inset in the colored portion of the
print as if it were on a tablet instead of being in the
margin as usual. It is initialed "E. K." on the lith-
ographic stone in the lower right corner.
The print is in good condition, though
the margins are narrow as usual. The price is $30.00.
This would seem to be of interest for the President's
naval collection, particularly so because the ship is
called "Hudson", but it may well be that he already has
it.
Thanking you for bringing it to his at-
tention, I am
Yours very truly,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:S
Sendish
The Old Print ShopInc.) Shop
Harry Shaw Newman
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE New York,N.Y. TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
November 3, 1938
Miss Margaret Le Hand
Secretary to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear Miss Le Hand:-
We have just secured a very pleasing
small folio size lithograph in colors published by
J. Baillie, THE U. S. FRIGATE HUDSON.
This is one of those early prints in
which the title is inset in the colored portion of the
print as if it were on a tablet instead of being in the
margin as usual. It is initialed "E. K." on the lith-
ographic stone in the lower right corner.
The print is in good condition, though
the margins are narrow as usual. The price is $30.00.
This would seem to be of interest for the President's
naval collection, particularly so because the ship is
called "Hudson", but it may well be that he already has
it.
Thanking you for bringing it to his at-
tention, I am
Yours very truly,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.
HSN:S
THE WHITE \
Nov 24 9 4]
RECEIVE
Aquatints
achid
Engravings
Lithographs
The Old Print ShopIng.)
Mezzotints
Harry Shaw Newman
12/5
Established 1898
-
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
American Paintings
New York,N.Y.
TELEPHONE ASHLAND 4-3950
cd
before 1875
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Advertising
Archery
November 21, 1939
Audubons
Aviation
Baseball
P.P.B.
Birds
Bowling
xlast
The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boxing
The White House
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Bull Fighting
Caricatures
Washington, D. C.
Clippers
Cock Fighting
Dear Sir:-
College Views
Comics
they.
Cricket
+
is
Miss Fanny Borden, Librarian at Vassar Col-
Currier & Ives
lege, has kindly suggested that I bring to your
Dancing
attention the original oil painting signed S. M.
Farming
Fires
Evans, a view of Poughkeepsie about 1855, photo-
Fishing
graph of which is enclosed. The canvas size is 29
Flowers
X 44" and the price is $225.00.
Football
Fox Hunting
Fruits
It is a colorful painting, and while the ar-
Games
tist was no great master, he painted with that sin-
Genre
cerity and vigor which have made American primi-
Hawking
Historical
tives so dear to the present school of collectors.
Horse Racing
Humorous
It would be no trouble to send this painting
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to you on approval, either at the White House or at
Maps
Marines
Hyde Park, and while it is now unframed, the price
Medical Prints
includes a suitable frame, probably in silver gilt.
Mexican War
Military
Mississippi River
We might mention in passing that we secured
Music
last spring and loaned to Colonel Leath for his ex-
Naval
hibition at the House of History, a group of six
New York City
New York State
original water color paintings by W. G. Wall. These
Portraits
are of West Point, the town of Hudson and four other
Railroads
upper Hudson River views. It would be a pleasure to
Rowing
send these along on approval too, if you would like
Sentimental
Shooting
to see them.
Silhouettes
Skating
Yours very truly
Sporting
Steamships
Temperance
THE OLD PRINT SHOP INC.
Tennis
Town Views
Trade Cards
Trotting
Turf
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Valentines
Views-American
Views-English
Yachting
Whaling
Winter Scenes
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
December 5, 1939.
MEMORANDUM FOR
MISS HELEN W. REYNOLDS
XPI.7 X
234
Have you ever seen this
picture before?
F. D. R.
(Miss Helen Wilkinson Reynolds,
56 Grand Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Photograph of what seems to be a very
old print along a shore line with old
steamships and sailing vessels alongside.)
Photograph referred to in attached letter
from The Old Print Shop, Harry Shaw Newman
Vons
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150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
cd
Turf
Valentines
Views-American
Views-English
Yachting
Whaling
Winter Scenes
Picture has been stripped for mailing as
per the President's Memo. Leave carbon with
this file.
9.
any more pictures.
AUG vau FRAUD smop, INC. ,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
cd
Turf
Valentines
Views-American
Views-English
Yachting
Whaling
Winter Scenes
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
December 5, 1939.
Prepare note thanking him
and say the President is not
buying any more pictures.
AUG van is $400 umop, ,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
cd
rue
Turf
Valentines
Views-American
Views-English
Yachting
Whaling
Winter Scenes
Shop
December 5, 1939
My dear Mr. Newman:
The President asks me to acknowledge
your letter of November twenty-first, with the
enclosed photograph of the oil painting, and to
thank you ever so much for your kind offer to
send, on approval, this painting along with the
other group of paintings you mention. He does
not wish to avail himself of your suggestion,
however, as he is not buying any more pictures.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry Shaw Newman, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
150 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
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Valentines
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Winter Scenes
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Engravings
Lithographs
Mezzotints
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The Old Print Shop Inc.
Harry Shaw Newman
Established 1898
THE WHITE HOUSE
New York. N.Y.
JUL
150 LEXINGTON AVENUE
TELEPHON
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ND
4-3950
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before 1875
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RECEIVED
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Aviation
Baseball
The Hon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Birds
The White House
Bowling
Boxing
Washington, D. C.
Bull Fighting
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Caricatures
Dear Sir:-
Clippers
Cock Fighting
College Views
We have just secured six original water
Comics
color paintings of Hudson River scenes which, though
PP7,
Cricket
unsigned, we believe to be the work of William G.
Currier & Ives
Wall. The subjects are as follows -
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Dancing
Farming
Fires
West Point From the North
Fishing
The Town of Hudson
Flowers
Football
View Near Hudson
Fox Hunting
View Near Fort Montgomery
Fruits
View Near Fort Edward
Games
Genre
one as yet unidentified view
Hawking
Historical
All six measure 14 X 21". They are most attractively
Horse Racing
Humorous
painted and all of very pleasing coloring. Our reason
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for attributing them to William G. Wall in addition to
Maps
their being definitely of his period, is that they are
Marines
Medical Prints
of exactly the same technique and coloring as he used
Mexican War
in that fine large water color view of New York which
Military
is on exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York,
Mississippi River
loaned by E. C. Arnold.
Music
Naval
New York City
We are pleased to offer you these six draw-
New York State
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14. BUILDING CASTLES. From Life in Camp, an excessively
scarce series of small lithographs after Winslow Homer
published by L. Prang, Boston, 1864. 4½ by 23/8 inches.
In original cardboard frame. Series of seventeen, $85.
LIFE IN CAMP, A SCARCE SET AFTER HOMER
THE Old Print Shop has acquired a very rare group of small
lithographs after Winslow Homer called Life in Camp which
were published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston in 1864. They
have come to us from an owner who received them as a gift
from Mr. Louis Prang. Martha Lemon Schneider gives the
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following description of them: "These lithographs were
given to me by Mr. Louis Prang in 1865 when on a visit to
his house in Boston. Many years afterwards I met Mr. Prang
in Washington and I told him that I still had the pictures
he had given to me when I was a little girl. He asked to
see them and I brought them out for his inspection. He
was surprised that I had the series SO complete, as he did
not think, outside of his own collection, there was another
set in existence. He autographed one for me.
The
subject which Prang autographed is entitled Upset his Coffee
and is representative of the general tone of the series which
strikes a human and often humorous note.
Lloyd Goodrich, who is preparing a catalogue raisonné
of the work of Winslow Homer, has kindly informed us that
a complete series of Life in Camp consists of twenty-four
and that the Boston Public Library has one of the very few
of these. It is contained in two envelopes of twelve sub-
jects each, bearing the title and the publisher's name and
date 1864.
In addition to those illustrated we have: The Guard House;
A Deserter; Late for Roll Call; An Unwelcome Visit; Water
Call; The Girl he Left Behind Him; Stuck in the Mud;
Fording; Hard Tack; Drummer; A Shell is Coming; Sur-
geon's Call; Good-Bye; Upset his Coffee; Riding on a Rail.
TOSSING IN A BLANKET.
The reason Homer's sketches of the Civil War have lived
while the work of other war artists of his day have been for-
gotten is that he broke through the lifeless conventions of
his time and drew real soldiers. As Mr. Goodrich writes
15. TOSSING IN A BLANKET. After Winslow Homer. Origi-
in his recently published book on Winslow Homer: "His
nally a presentation from Louis L. Prang, publisher of the
series; one is autographed by Prang. Remaining titles
soldiers were ordinary enough fellows, fond of sports and
listed in text. Series of seventeen, $85.
horse play, always hungry and thirsty, continually in trouble.
of the Potomac while it was being drilled by McClellan.
They displayed little martial spirit and the artist took a sly
In the spring of 1862, he saw a little more action at the
soldier delight in showing the human side triumphing over the
time of the offensive against Richmond and in 1863-64 he
Homer's first visit to the front occurred in
made further sketches to work up in his New York studio.
October 1861 when he had a few weeks with the army
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AUTOCRAT OF THE AIR
THE humming bird can be described by an extraordinary
number of superlatives. The smallest of all birds, it belongs
to the largest family, numbering 638 kinds. Considering
its size, it is the fiercest of all, will attack a hawk or eagle,
and striking at the eyes with its bayonet of a bill, can put
even the latter to flight. When it feeds on the wing and
17. THE JACOBIN HUM-
MING BIRD. From
suddenly darts backward in a line of mathematical pre-
Gould's Monograph of
cision, or moves with equal ease up and sideways, then with
the Trochilidea. The
name for humming-
the drop of a plummet, downward again, it is performing
birds in Spanish is
a feat possible to it alone among all birds, a feat which is
"jewel lances," and the
Peruvians call them
the basis of the movements in the "pendulum dance" of
"tresses of the day
star." Natives of Cen-
the male. In flight it is too fast for the eye to follow, main-
tral and South Amer-
ica, they range as far
north as Alaska, but
only one, the ruby
throat, comes east of
the Mississippi. Litho-
graph colored by hand.
211/2 by 14 inches. $35.
Other plates are priced
at $12, $15, $20, and
$25.
16. From a complete
set of the five volumes,
containing 360 plates,
taining a speed of a mile a minute, and in migration, crosses
of John Gould's HUM-
the Gulf of Mexico without a stop.
MING BIRDS or MONO-
GRAPH OF THE TROCHILI-
DAE, published from
Its jeweled plumage may be equaled but not surpassed,
1849 to 1861. This
while the variety of markings makes it a worthy subject for
plate represents the St.
the artist-naturalist. The prolific John Gould, who is re-
Domingo Mango.
Others range through
sponsible for close to three thousand plates of birds and
the remarkable forms
of the raquet tailed va-
animals, has delineated 360 plates in the five volumes of his
rieties, the wood stars,
spear tails, the hermits,
Monograph on the Trochilidae, a set of which has just
puff legs, lance bills,
arrived from England and gives us an opportunity to offer
and hill stars, etc. On
stone by H. C. Richter.
a wide selection for pairs and larger groups. The exotic
Printed by Hullmandel
& Walton. 211/2 by
tropical flowers in the backgrounds make the plates addi-
14 inches. $35.
tionally attractive.
Other prints are priced
$12, $15, $20, $25 each.
The
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INTERIOR OF THE JOHN HOWARD PAYNE HOUSE AT LONG ISLAND.
Signed ing an and interior dated by J. M. Falconer, 1880. One of EAST a pair, HAMPTON, the other also show-
Pair, $225. view. Oil on canvas, 13 by 18 inches. Framed in gilt lacquer.
THE FIRST HOME, SWEET HOME
WE HAVE recently acquired a pair of paintings by Falconer
showing interiors of the John Howard Payne House at
East Hampton Long Island. This house, which belonged
to the author of Home, Sweet Home, is now owned by the
village of East Hampton. Two other paintings by Falconer
of the Payne house, an interior and an exterior, belong to
the Long Island Historical Society, which also has other
works in his group of historic houses. According to Apple-
ton's biographical dictionary, he also painted The House
where the Declaration of Independence was Written; Robert
Fulton's House in Philadelphia; and The William Penn
Mansion.
John M. Falconer was born in Edinburgh in 1820 and
came to this country at sixteen. He was made an honorary
JESSIE FREMONT, a portrait of the heroine of Immortal Wife. Pub-
lished in 1856, the year in which John Fremont was a Presidential
member of the Academy in 1856.
candidate. Page 160.
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MARCH, 1945
NUMBER 7
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NUMBER 7
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WALL STREET IN 1820
IF an artist were to stand today at Wall Street and Broad,
in the same spot occupied by the painter in 1820 whose
design is the source of the unusual wall panel opposite, he
would have to draw the New York Stock Exchange standing
on the site occupied by the building at the left with the
conspicuous sign of Stephen Gould's Law Book and Stationery
Store. All that he would find today of the original scene
would be Trinity Church, and even that would not be the
same structure, for the second Trinity is seen in this view,
VIEW OF WALL STREET, TRINITY CHURCH AND THE PRESBYTERIAN MEETING
built in 1788 and demolished in 1839.
HOUSE IN 1820. A large wall panel in tempera based on a painting signed
and dated by J. H. Jenny, 1820, which was formerly in the Hewitt collec-
Our large wall panel is an exceptional piece of iconography
tion. The site at the left is now occupied by the New York Stock
Exchange. Early nineteenth century. Artist unknown. Tempera on paper
and decoration and we can think of no more handsome back-
mounted on canvas. 75 by 54 inches. $1200.
ground for American Federal furniture. It is painted in
tempera on paper, mounted on canvas, and has evidently
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never been glued to a wall as a wall paper, but has been
treated from the first as a wall panel.
The origin of the design will be immediately recognized
by students of New York views as based on a very important
painting recorded in Stokes' Iconography of Manhattan
Island (Vol. III, Plate 16) while its authorship was still
unknown. Later cleaning revealed a signature which was
illustrated in the catalogue of the Erskine Hewitt collection
when it came up at auction in 1938 and brought the note-
worthy price of $13,500. The signature could be read as
J. H. Jenny or Yenny, and the date was 1820. A "Mr.
Yenni" is mentioned by Dunlap as a Swiss artist who did
New York street views and went with Commodore Stewart
as a draughtsman to the Pacific Ocean. The name of Henry
1. ORIGINAL DRAWING by William Blake for America, a Prophecy, published in
Jenni is in the New York directory for 1820-1821. Thieme-
1793, a folio of twenty pages of dithyrambic verse. This drawing was in the
collection of Professor Charles Edwin West, which was sold at the American
Becker records a Johann Heinrich Jenny, the last form of the
Art Association in 1901, No. 783 of Catalogue of Old Master Drawings. On
name being correct, according to the Frick Art Reference
dark blue paper, in India ink, washed with red and brown. Gilchrist, I.,
pp. 110, 113. 65/8 by 103/4 inches. Framed. $400.
Library.
It is interesting to compare this view with a very similar
among the finest Blake ever produced. America appears
but horizontal view of Wall Street in a lithograph which
in both colored and uncolored copies, the latter being, as
Stokes says was issued about 1834, although the view was
a rule, in black or blue and white.
drawn about 1829. This was apparently intended as a sum-
mer board for a fireplace and an example is on view at the
Our drawing shows the figure of a man with hands clasped
Musuem of the City of New York.
behind his head, falling through space into flames. In the
completed design it forms the lower left portion of a page
AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY WILLIAM BLAKE
beginning with the words:
THE Old Print Shop has recently acquired an original draw-
"Albion's angels stood beside the stone of night and saw
ing by William Blake for America, a Prophecy, which ap-
the terror like a comet, Or more like the planet red."
peared in 1793 when its author was thirty-six years old.
The right side is balanced by a similar flame motif and in
America is a folio of twenty pages of dithyrambic verse in
between is one of Blake's inimitable serpents, coiled and
Blake's most mystical mood. The subject was the American
springing upward.
Revolution and among the personages incongruously intro-
Blake's individual manner of working, of combining mar-
duced are Orc, Urthona, Enitharmon, Washington, Franklin,
ginal designs with the text which was engraved on the plate
Paine, and the Angels of Albion. While the literary value
with the rest of the design, was created by him in order to
of the work is not great, the drawings are powerful and
make it possible for him as a poor man to publish his works.
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the
Alsothe
Lord
accepted
Job
Every one also gave him a piece of Money
Andmy Servant Job shall pray lor you
Andilie Lord turned the captivity of lob be prayed for his Friends
us ***** low estate
Merry endureth forever
3. EVERY ONE ALSO GAVE HIM A PIECE OF MONEY. No. 19 of
2. AND MY SERVANT JOB SHALL PRAY FOR YOU. No. 18 of the
the Inventions for the Book of Job. The second of four
Inventions for the Book of Job. W. Blake inv. & sculpt.
engravings for Job now in the collection of The Old Print
Published
March 8, 1835, by Will Blake, No. 3 Fountain
Shop, the others being No. 9, Then a Spirit passed before
Court, Strand. Proof. 7½ by 55/8 inches plus margins. En-
my face; and No. 13, Then the Lord answered Job out of
graving. Group of four, $250.
the Whirlwind. 7½ by 55/8 inches plus margins. Proof.
Engraving. Group of four, $250.
He and his beloved Catherine were living in great poverty
were engraved. The next morning the faithful Catherine
and he had found that his career as a designer and en-
went shopping with what remained of their small store of
graver had not brought any financial returns, while his
cash and bought the necessary materials, Alexander Gil-
brief partnership with James Parker had also come to an
christ, in his Life of William Blake, writes: "The verse
end. He had written his Songs of Innocence but there was
was written and the designs and marginal embellishments
no publisher for them, and while he could make the designs
outlined on the copper with an impervious liquid, prob-
and print them, he could not be his own compositor. In
ably the ordinary stopping out varnish of engravers, then all
a dream, his dead brother Robert showed him how he
the white part or lights, the remainder of the plate that is,
might work with plates on which both words and designs
were eaten away with aquafortis or another acid so that the
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outline of letters and design was left prominent as in stero-
type." He printed his plates in any tint which would prove
to be a satisfactory ground color and finished them by hand.
Blake's pages are unlike anything else in the whole range
of graphic art. We have a beautiful example in his late work,
Inventions for the Book of Job, which was executed between
1823 and 1825, or when he was between the ages of 66 and
4. WATERCOLOR COPY OF VITTORE CARPACCIO'S St. George and the Dragon in a
decorative, wide gold tooled Renaissance style frame. 26 by 501/2 inches
68. His patron, Butts, had acquired as his last purchase from
overall. $150.
Blake twenty-one water colors illustrating the story of Job.
Blake was again in great poverty and no more patronage
CARPACCIO'S ST. GEORGE IN A WATER COLOR COPY
seemed to be forthcoming. He might at this time, says
ON the walls of the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Gilchrist, have been compelled to make his living by engrav-
in Venice is the greatest of all conceptions of St. George,
ing some of Morland's sporting scenes had it not been for
the warrior saint of Cappadocia, delivering the Princess
the fact that John Linnell saw the drawings for Job owned
Margaret from the dragon. It was painted by Vittore Car-
by Butts and commissioned Blake to engrave them. The
paccio about 1526, and is one of his two great works for the
designs for Job show the result of his having been influenced
Scuola, the other representing St. Jerome. So detailed is
at the time by the Italian Rennaissance engravers.
the figure of St. George that it seems we must have an actual
Four of the engravings for Job have recently entered the
portrait of a knight Carpaccio may have seen at a tourney.
collection of The Old Print Shop. These are numbers 9, 13,
His sword is the finest example of Venetian workmanship,
18 and 19. The last two are illustrated here, showing the
and the trappings of his horse are of great magnificance.
The Old Print Shop has just acquired an old water color
scenes No. in which the great drama of Job is brought to an end.
tells 9 illustrates the scene in which Eliphaz the Temanite
painting of Carpaccio's St. George in a Rennaissance style
of what was revealed to him in the visions of the night-
frame, which makes an attractive decoration, its faithfulness
stood Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my flesh
to the original making it also of value as a record.
No. up. This is one of the finest designs in the series.
St. George lived in the time of the persecution of the
13 illustrates the moment after Job has had the temerity
Christians under Diocletian and Maximian in the third
to defy his Maker-Then the Lord answered Job out of the
century A.D. He served in the Roman army with the rank
whirlwind. No. 18-And my servant Job shall pray for you,
of tribune. The adventure which always represents him in
illustrated here, illustrates beautifully the use of the line
art occurred in Libya near the town of Silena, where a dragon
and method, while his power in suggesting the elements of light
had long prayed upon the inhabitants of the city, who were
and fire is at its height. In No. 19, the trials of Job are over
offering to him their youths and maidens chosen by lot, in
order that the rest might escape death. The choice had
peace in and contentment have come to him again in the
of his friends.
scene which he sits with his wife receiving the offerings
fallen upon the princess Margaret when St. George arrived,
who saved her by killing the dragon at one blow.
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FROM THE PILLORY
rarest of American caricatures was
Hurd in Boston in 1762, entitled
he
Pillory.
Letter of Tuesday, March 18, 1762,
REPORTAL
THE
"At the Superior Court held here last
udson, having been convicted on four
SETH
OF
counterfeiting the Province treasurer's
HOLDER
THE
STIOTHOJON
be set in the pillory one hour, to
to suffer one year's imprison-
as a fine to the King.
Hurd's
rare and this is the first impression
The so-called "Dr." Hudson was a
H-df-n's SPEECH from the Pillory.
had lived in Marlboro and West
There HOW his brawny Back is dripping
WHAT mean thefe Crouds, this Noife and Roar!
ye ne'er fee a Rogue before?
Quite callous grown with often whipping.
stown. At one time he was in com-
Are Villains then a Sight fo rare,
In vain you wear your Whip Cord outs
To make you prefs and gape and flare
You'l ne er reclaim that Rogue P flout
Fort Massachusetts (1757), but his
Come forward all who look to fine,
To make him honeft, take my Word,
With Gain as illy got as mine
You mult apply bigger Cord.
Step up-you'l loon reverfe the Show
already doubtful for he was com-
The Croud above, and for below.
Now all ye who behold this Sight,
Williams, to give up his position.
Well-for my Roguery here I fland,
That ye may get fome profit by's
A Spectacle to all the Land
Keep always in your Mind, I pray,
Thefe few Words that 1 have to lays
High elevated on this Stage,
Howe, was born in Sudbury but
The greated Villain of the Age.
Follow my Steps and you may be
My Crimes have been both great and many,
In Time, perhaps, advanc'd like me ;
Equal'd by very few, if any
Or, like my fellow Lab'rer HOW,
New Hampshire.
And for the Mifchiefs 1 have done
You'l get at leaft 1 Poft below!
put this wooden Neckcloth on.
30-1777), the son of Jacob Hurd the
Sold by N. HURD, near the Exchange, and at the Heart and Crown in Cornhilly Byfon,
even better known as a silversmith
ediately issued a print from his shop
has shown Hudson in the pillory
he spectators, while Howe is taking
to receiving the required number
he has introduced the portraits of
5. HUDSON'S SPEECH FROM THE PILLORY. Engraved and published by Nathaniel
Hurd, Boston, 1762. Engraving colored by hand. TO by 73/4 inches. $400.
Hudson's profile appears in a medal-
the design; around it are the words.
true profile of the notorious doctor."
"There How his brawny back is stripping
is drawn halfway from its scabbard.
Quite callous grown with often whipping.
In vain you wear your Whip-Cord out,
You'd ne'er reclaim that Rogue SO stout.
versified speech is not identified. Its
To make him honest, take my word,
very well in the third verse:
You must apply a bigger Cord."
8 and 9. AUTUMN and
WINTER. J. L. Rugen-
6 and 7. SPRING and
das SC. et excudit.
SUMMER from a set of
Johann Philippe Haid
The Four Seasons. An
inv. et del. Undated,
unusual setting in the
but in style about the
Rococo style for the
middle of the eigh-
theme that two hearts
teenth century. With
may beat as one in any
the exception of the
season. The coloring is
peasant figures in the
brilliant and the rock-
wine press design, il-
and scroll-work motifs,
lustrating Autumn, the
which are the basis of
subjects have the air
the style rocaille, pro-
of the typical Rococo
vide a decorative
fêtes galantes. Engrav-
Der
Frühling
Ver:
framework for figures
ings colored by hand.
Phone
in the costume of the
12 by 73/4 inches plus
Der Harost
Autumnus
Vost
Louis XV period. $125
margins. Set of four,
area
for set of four.
$125.
on
158
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159
ERRATUM
IN the notice of the death of I. N. Phelps Stokes which
appeared in The Portfolio for January, 1945, it was incor-
rectly stated that Mr. Stokes presented St. Paul's Chapel,
which he designed, to Columbia University. The Chapel was
actually the gift of his aunts, the Misses Olivia and Caroline
Phelps Stokes.
A LINCOLN ENGRAVING AND A ROGERS GROUP
WHILE walking across Union Square one evening late in
1863 Frederick B. Carpenter found himself thinking that it
would be a valuable contribution to historical painting to
portray the scene of the Cabinet meeting at which Lincoln
first read the Emancipation Proclamation, which had gone
11. Rogers' Group, the COUNCIL OF WAR, showing Lincoln
between Grant and Stanton. Historical subjects were seldom
modelled by John Rogers, whose sentimental and humorous
subjects occupy a unique position in nineteenth century art.
Plaster, parchment colored. Height 24 inches. $125.
into effect in January of that year and was its most important
event. Carpenter had already painted two former presi-
10. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. Fine proof before letters of Alexander
Hay Ritchie's engraving after the first state of Francis Bicknell Carpenter's
dents and he wanted very much to paint Lincoln. The
painting, now at the Capitol. The cabinet members are, from left to right:
formalities of introduction took a few months and it was
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; Salmon P. Chase, Treasury; William H.
Seward, seated in front at right, Secretary of State; Gideon Welles, Navy, seated
not until February, 1864, that Carpenter was actually in
on far side of table (Lincoln said his long white beard always made him think
Lincoln's presence. Carpenter was given the state dining
of Neptune); Caleb B. Smith, Interior; and Montgomery Blair, Post Master
General, both standing. At extreme right, seated, Edward Bates, Attorney
room as a studio and he set to work to make a series of
General. Engraving, black and white. 211/4 by 321/2 inches plus margins. $75.
portraits of each member of the Cabinet as well as of Lincoln,
160
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also a careful sketch of the room in which the meeting
LANDMARK OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
occurred. In his Six Months at the White House, Carpenter
has given an intimate account of Lincoln. The President
So completely has the old Tennent parsonage on the battle
field of Monmouth been obliterated that recently when the
would come at the end of the day to see what progress had
been made. "He would often bring with him persons of
United States Department of Agriculture wished to deter-
mine its exact location it was necessary to trace deeds and
note who had called during the day or evening, and sitting
down upon the large table used on state occasions where
even to take aerial views in order to determine approximately
he could swing his long legs, he would comment upon the
where it stood. According to E. Marie Becker, who was
different characters of the Cabinet, slyly alluding to the
formerly with the Monmouth County Historical Associa-
antagonisms of two or three of them, and the presidential
tion, it has been determined that the Tennent parsonage
aspirations of others, winding up with, 'Mrs. Lincoln says
stood on the Applegate Farm. In the year 1859, the much
this is Mr. Carpenter's Happy Family'."
scarred building was still standing and a lithograph was
As Carpenter proceeded he made various changes in his
published by William S. Potter of Freehold, the lithographer
canvas, and in its final form it represents the signing, not the
being Charles Currier, who was the brother of Nathaniel
first reading, of the Proclamation. While it was still in its
Currier. Charles Currier worked for the firm of Currier &
earlier form. Ritchie made the engraving in our collection.
Ives but it is rare that his name appears on a plate.
The Old Print Shop has another Lincoln item of interest
The Battle of Monmouth occurred June 28, 1778.
in the Rogers Group entitled Council of War, showing
Lincoln between Grant and Stanton. The many types of
groups, sentimental, humorous, domestic, which went out
from 212 Fifth Avenue where Rogers had his headquarters
were described in his own day as having "caught the spirit
of a social age." Council of War is one of his rare historical
subjects, and like all of Rogers designs, succeeds in present-
ing its story with clarity and just the right suggestion of mood.
The Cover-Jessie Benton Fremont, the Immortal Wife
of Irving Stone's best seller, looking much more sedate
than when she called on Lincoln in the lawn dress in which
she had just made a railroad journey across the country.
This lithograph, after a photograph by S. Root, is by Leo-
pold Grozelius. Printed by J. H. Bufford. 141/4 by 11 inches.
Uncolored. $15.
12. THE OLD TENNENT PARSONAGE; ON MONMOUTH BATTLE FIELD. 1859. Erected
1706. Published by William S. Potter, Freehold, N. J. Lithograph by C.
Currier, the brother of Nathaniel Currier. 111/2 by 153/4 inches plus margins.
Lithograph colored by hand. $65.
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THE OLD PRINT SHOP. 150 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK 16
QUEEN OF THE HUDSON
THERE was never another boat on the Hudson that inspired
so much affection or was the subject of so many legends as
the Mary Powell. Her beauty, her speed, her accomplish-
ments made history for sixty years along the river where
she was a familiar sight on her daily run from Kingston to
New York and back. Carl Carmer has given an interesting
P.P.F.
account of her history in The Hudson. It seems she could
not pass her home landing at Kingston, when she chanced to
be on the way to Albany, without veering of her own accord
toward Rondout Creek; her passing of West Point was
taken as a more accurate evidence of time than the Academy's
clocks; and not even a cyclone could throw her off schedule.
The Mary Powell was designed by Captain Absalom Anderson
himself, and was built by Michael Allison at Jersey City.
The North River Iron Works made her engine. She was
first placed in service in 1862, but made her greatest speed
in 1882, twenty-five miles in one hour, one minute.
Old Print Shop
M.P.
NEWMAN, Henry Shaw
March 3, 1933
New York
13. THE MARY POWELL. As the "Queen of the Hudson" looked in 1882, after
remodelling. C. R. Parsons del. Lith. of Endicott do Co., New York. 18 by 27
inches plus margins. Lithograph colored by hand. $75.
P.P.F.
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Henry Shaw
2253
Old Print Shop
March 3, 1933
New York
Incloses memo of the packages at the town house containing the prints,
and the boxes containing the paintings which were packed up and fixed at their
shop. Should the President want him to, he will undertake the hanging of these
prints at the White House.
SEE P.P.F. 223
P.P.F
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw
2253
New York
March 21, 1933
Peters.
Sends the President a print at the request of Mr. Harry T.
SEE P.P.F. 9-P
P.P.F
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw
New York
2253
April 11 1933
In letter to Miss LeHand says that when the President paid them his
memorable visit just a month ago he very kindly offered to lend a group of
Naval prints for exhibition at Columbia University in Avery Hall, in order
to launch the new drive for a print collection at Columbia. Hopes it can
be arranged so that they can secure these prints for exhibition sometime in
April. They are publishing a lithographic portrait of the President in
colors, in the exact manner of the series of Presidential portraits issued
75 years ago by Currier and Ives and that they are very enthusiastic about
it. Would like personally to show it to the President sometime late this
week or early next.
SEE P.P.F. 233
5942
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
P.P.F.
New York, N. Y.
7-19-33
2253
1853, for sale to the President.
Offers a fine colored lithograph, published by Geo, S. Appleton
SEE P.P.F. 450
P.P.F
2253
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq., (The Old Print Shop, Inc.)
New York, N.Y.
October 2, 1933
Wants to send on approval, with view to buying, two prints of
Civil War Naval engagements.
See P.P.F. 223
P.P.F.
2253
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw
New York City
11-10-33
The President on the above date,
Sends rare old print asking that Mr. Newman have it sufficiently
repaired repaired to make it look somewhat better, and have it put in a plain
black frame and returned to him
SEE OLd PRINT SHOP
P.P.F.
2253
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq., (The Old Print Shop, Inc.)
New York, N.Y.
November 11, 1933
inspection. Sends the President a List of Naval Prints for his
See P.P.F. 223
INC.
SEE
Newman, Harry Shaw,
P.P.F.
The Old Print Shop Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
Dec. 7,1933.
2253
Says that when Miss LeHand's check in payment of their invoice for cleaning
the President's print was received the awful truth dawned on him that he
had failed to carry out his instructions to have the print suitably framed
in a black moulding. Asks Miss LeHand to be good enough to rush it back
to them, charges collect, so that they may complete the job.
SEE OLD PRINT SHOP, INC.
newman, HARRY SHAW, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
P.P.F.
New York, N.Y.
December 16, 1933.
2253
Sends to the President on approval a lithograph of the "U.S.S. Franklin!
(Returned to sender as President already has one)
See P.P.F.223
Inc.,
Service York, N.Y.
1933
the President that they have been fortunate in
8 of Currier and Ives folio size Naval
2n they have
Writen that the President
to that the tab who ected
the Folios Revel
Perry's of Lake the Combes
Herrinat.
Breatment
to
450
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq.,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
2253
New York, N.Y.
December 27, 1933
Writes the President that they have been fortunate in
securing a group of Currier and Ives small folio size Naval
prints, which are in pristine condition, &which they have
listed on a separate enclosed sheet. Writes that the President
will be interested to know that the ten collectors who acted
as judges of the Best Fifty Small Folios selected two Naval
prints, Perry's Victory of Lake Erie and the Terrific Combat
between The Monitor and The Merrimac. Hopes the President
will be able to visit New York during this exhibition.
See P.P.F. 450
The
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq.,
2253
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
May 9, 1934
Writes Miss LeHand that his cousin, Laura Vitray, is
feature editor of the Washington Post, and has asked him
if he could obtain for her some photographs of seven or
eight outstanding items from the President's collection of
Naval prints to use in the rotogravure section of her paper.
On May 14, 1934 Miss LeHand replied to Mr. Newman that
the President had chosen five pictures which are down here
in Washington, and which he will be glad to let Miss Laura
Vitray photograph. Asks to have Miss Vitray get in touch
with her, etc.
See Old Print Shop, Inc. The
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq.,
2253
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
Aug. 9, 1934
Writes the President that in going over some of the old
stock this summer, he found a pen drawing of a coach and four,
carrying the pencilled inscription, "J. R. Roosevelt." Thinks
that if this should be the family coach of the Presi dent's
father that the President would like to have it, encloses
it in letter. Also encloses a list of a handful of Naval
prints, some of which the President may lack.
See P.P.F. 9-N
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq.,
2253
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
November 17, 1934
Writes the President that they have secured an impression
of a very rare Naval print which writer thinks may be of interest
to the President; they would be pleased to send this on approval
if the President would like them to.
See P.P.F. 223
OLD PRINT SHOP
NEWMAN, Harry S.
P.P.F.
New York, N.Y.
September 6, 1935
2253
Have secured a fine impression of the rare Naval caricature by William
Charles, engraved in line and aquatint, entitled, "John Bull making a new
Bath of Ships to send to the Lakes." The price is $45.00. Asks if the
President is interested.
SEE P.P.F. 223
vah.
P.P.F.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw, Esq., (The Old Print Shop, Inc.)
New York, N.Y.
June 11, 1936
2253
Writes the President calling to his attention two fine contemporary portrait
engravings of Commodore Thomas Macdonough and Commodore Oliver H. Perry, which
he offers for sale.
See P.P.F. 223
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw,
The Old Print Shop, Inc.,
P.P.F.
New York, N.Y.
Jan. 28, 1938.
2253
Calls President's attention to an interesting American naval
print, which they have recently secured. Describes this print, and will send
it on approval if President is interested. Price is $75.00.
Miss LeHand advised Mr. Newman on 2-3-38 that President already has print.
See P.P.F.223
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P.P.7.
NEWMAN, Harry Shaw,
OLD PRINT SHOP, THE,
2253
New York, N.Y.,
February 1, 1943 - (ackd.)
Note of thanks from Miss Tully for sending the President a copy of
the January issue of "The American Neptune" .-Publication sent to Study.
See P.P.F. 9-0
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