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[Signed portrait, holograph inscription to Richard Harding Davis, being an the Vanity Fair portrait by Spy titled "U.S.A."]

[Signed portrait, holograph inscription to Richard Harding Davis, being an the Vanity Fair portrait by Spy titled "U.S.A."]

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[Signed portrait, holograph inscription to Richard Harding Davis, being an the Vanity Fair portrait by Spy titled "U.S.A."]

by Hay, John

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London, 1897. Inscribed in the margin below the image. Lithographed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. 15 x 9 1/4 inches. Mounted to board. Toned, crease through the top of the image. Inscribed in the margin below the image. Lithographed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. 15 x 9 1/4 inches. An autographed Spy portrait of Hay, with a nice inscription to journalist and writer Richard Harding Davis, a close confidant of Theodore Roosevelt.

Hay (1838-1905) Abraham Lincoln's private secretary and later biographer, served as Secretary of State under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, helping to establish the Open Door Policy and involved in the negotiations for the Panama Canal. At the time of this Vanity Fair portrait, he was serving as Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
320026
Title
[Signed portrait, holograph inscription to Richard Harding Davis, being an the Vanity Fair portrait by Spy titled "U.S.A."]
Author
Hay, John
Format/Binding
Inscribed in the margin below the image. Lithographed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. 15 x 9 1/4 inches
Book Condition
Used - Mounted to board. Toned, crease through the top of the image
Quantity Available
1
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1897
Keywords
American | Politics | John Hay
Bookseller catalogs
Americana; Literature;

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