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yes or no William Jennings Bryan

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on December 3, 2023 at 1:48pm

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 9:50am

This the exact item offered - 1908 engraved campaign poster:

It is also plate signed by William Henry Warren Bicknell:

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 10:05am

So far, all of the live pencil W.H.W. Bicknell signatures I have seen are cursive but he employs block letters in the plate:

And the OP:

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 10:09am

Two RR, OP and another example from another copy of the same engraving. The RR's differ in a few ways. Bicknell signed this in the plate but not in the image likely because he knew he would not be doing so in pencil as usual. The question becomes why not a plate signature for Bryan? Is it reasonable to believe Bryan signed all these 1908 campaign posters? I think these posters are "secretarial"

Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on December 3, 2023 at 1:57pm

excellent info. I appreciate it.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 1:59pm

No problem :-)

Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on December 3, 2023 at 1:56pm

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 1:57pm

Here is a photograph of the subject at the same time in the same coat:

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 2:34pm

Another RR that supports my conclusion IMO:

Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 3, 2023 at 2:41pm

As I said at the beginning of this thread, extremely neat and not very spontaneous.  And that was looking at a slightly cockeyed angled, bit of a partial image of the piece which is apparently under shrink wrap (according to the listing).  Seeing the whole piece now seems to confirm that.  Best to pass, imho.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 3, 2023 at 2:48pm

Those are not the main features that eliminate this. It is form. Indeed pass. 

Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 3, 2023 at 2:52pm

I didn't mean to imply that those were the features that would eliminate it.  If I was unclear, I meant that that' the tiny section is all we were given as an image.  Even what I could see at the beginning eliminated it for me personally.  Reread what I wrote just above, please.

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