Antique Print of the United States Coats of Arms by Johnson, 1872

1872 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print of the United States Coats of Arms by Johnson, 1872

Name: Antique Print of the United States Coats of Arms by Johnson, 1872
Brand: A. J. Johnson
SKU: BG-12592-12
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1872
Maker: A. J. Johnson
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 46 × 67.5 cm (18.1 × 26.6 in)
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning, shows minor wear and creasing. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-12592-12

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The state seals of the United States, titled "Coats of Arms," a double-page sheet from Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World, published in New York by A.J. Johnson in 1872. The left panel is headed "Coats of Arms. Procured especially for Johnson's Family Atlas."

The left sheet is headed by the seal of the United States in the center, with the eagle and shield, surrounded by round medallions for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and Michigan among others, each lettered beneath. The right sheet, "Coats of Arms, continued," carries four rows of five or four seals for the western and southern states, from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa to Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas and Virginia, then North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, California and Oregon. Each is a small engraved vignette in a circle, with figures, plows, ships, eagles and landscapes.

The sheet serves as a compact reference to the states of the Union at the time of the atlas, and shows the symbols each state used.

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