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yes or no William Jennings Bryan

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 2, 2023 at 2:57pm

Just logged in and saw this. This looks to be pencil on a lithograph?

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on December 2, 2023 at 5:13pm

I thought the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 2, 2023 at 5:54pm

It's extremely neat and doesn't seem very spontaneous.

Might be a stretch to think that he signed something like that in pencil. Pencil is a good cover for people who create signatures that are meant to be of this age. Harder to get a sense of aging with pencil as opposed to ink.

... Of course... that could be just my cynicism coming out 😉

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 2, 2023 at 3:13pm

Here is one from RR Archives:

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on December 2, 2023 at 5:13pm

Thank you for the sample. I appreciate it.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 2, 2023 at 6:06pm

There's also some odd flow issues at those fold lines (if graphite flows). My suspicion would be that someone created that signature partially over the prior fold lines. It's tiny but that's what it looks like to me even given the quality of this image of the piece.