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AEDRare 15th Amendment Illustration, 1872
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Extremely scarce Black voting rights related illustration, "Voting by Ballot in the United States," from the English magazine "The Graphic," published Nov. 23, 1872. The image depicts an African American man in suit and hat, casting a ballot at the center of a busy polling place, surrounded entirely by white men wearing clothing suggesting a variety of classes. A uniformed police officer is partially depicted at one side, and through a window, the American flag is visible flying outside. Matted and framed under glass in a molded wood grain frame. Sight: 11"h x 14 1/2"W. Frame: 17 5/8"H x 21 1/4"W. Note: the 15th Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote, was passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870. The first subsequent U.S. Presidential election, likely depicted in this scene, was held Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1872. Incumbent president Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Democratic-endorsed liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley.
Condition
Excellent condition, professionally cleaned and deacidified. Not examined out of frame.
- Provenance
Estate of Judge John Nixon, Nashville, Tennessee.
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