Northeast Auctions: Fall Portsmouth Auction - Prints, Books

RARE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT "HIS EXCEL: G: WASHINGTON ESQ: LLD. LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE U.S. OF AMERICA & PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION OF 1787. PAINTED & ENGRAVED BY C.W. PEALE, 1787.”

EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT "THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, C.W. PEALE PINXT ET FECIT,”

RARE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT "HIS EXCELLENCY B. FRANKLIN L.L.D. F.R.S. PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA & LATE MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, C.W. PEALE PINXT ET FECIT 1787.”

PRINTED AND SIGNED OATH RENOUNCING ALLEGIANCE TO KING GEORGE III AND PLEDGING TO SUPPORT AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,

PAUL JONES SHOOTING A SAILOR WHO HAD ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE HIS COLOURS IN AN ENGAGEMENT,

MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE INDIANS IN THE BACK SETTLEMENTS OF AMERICA,

MESHECH WEARE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MILITARY ORDERS ADDRESSED TO DR. JOSIAH BARTLETT AND COLONEL NATHANIEL PEABODY, EXETER, AUGUST 23, 1777.

TWO SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN NORTH AMERICA FROM A DRAWING BY A GERMAN OFFICER.

LARGE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS, INCLUDING AMERICAN AND ENGLISH TITLES.

BRITISH SATIRICAL PRINT "THE SPENDTHRIFT.”

BROADSIDE: THE GALVESTON NEWS, IN MEMORY OF THE DEATH OF ROBERT E. LEE, OCTOBER 18, 1870.

ARGUING THE POINT.

ENGRAVED MAP "NOVA BELGICA ET ANGLIA NOVA,”

ENGLISH SATIRICAL PRINT "DISSAPPOINTED EPICURES,”

ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF AMERICA HOLDING AN EAGLE-DECORATED SHIELD AND LIBERTY CAP ATOP A POLE.

A NEW MAP OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE PLANTATIONS OF THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA,

BRITISH SATIRICAL PRINT "MILITARY LOVER.”

MESHECH WEARE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR ELIJAH HILLS, EXETER, 20 DECEMBER, 1776.

THE MANCHESTER HERO, OR ARTS YIELD TO ARMS, 1778.

LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE, FROM CENTRE HARBOR, N.H.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN, COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY. MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR WILLIAM DILLS, BURLINGTON, 27 MARCH 1773.

BRITISH WEST INDIES PRINT: "A GRAND JAMAICA BALL” TOGETHER WITH A REPRODUCTION OF "A WEST INDIA SPORTSMAN.”

THE SNOW-STORM.

BRITISH ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN.

FIXEE PRINT "AN EMBLEM OF AMERICA.”