Signature / Unsigned Portrait.
This Founding Father of the U.S. served as fifth president (1817-25), but was a Renaissance statesman who also served as (reverse order) eighth secretary of war, seventh secretary of state, twelfth and sixteenth governor of Virginia, U.S. minister to the United Kingdom and to France, and senator from Virginia. Item #51713
Bold signature (simple "Mr Monroe") on a 2½" X 1½" slip, n.p., n.y. Near fine. Accompanined by an outstanding contemporary 5½" X 7½" steel-engraved portrait of a young Monroe seated alongside a table. The signature and portrait have been tastefully double-matted in black and burgundy and framed in an ornate ddark wood frame (overall dimensions 12½" X 17½"). A small but attractive item, superbly presented.
Price: $500.00