Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952), a bronze bust of a lady, raised on a marble cylindrical pedestal over square plinth, inscribed in pencil to the underside 21cm high
AFTER JOHN WILLIAM LAMBERT (American, 1860 -1952). America's first gasoline Automobile, Photograph and documents on JW Lambert, an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. Framed. Not examined out of frame. - 17 x 13 in (frame)
Gielgud (John).- Fordham (Hallam) John Gielgud. An Actor's Biography in Pictures, Sir John Gielgud's ink presentation inscription to himself "For John. Yours ever John Gielgud" on title, erased ink inscription to title, photographic illustrations, original cloth, fading, dust-jacket, some chipping and fraying to head and foot, 1952 § Fitzgerald (Percy) The Life of David Garrick, 2 vol., frontispieces, folding table, ink inscription on titles, bookplate of Sir John Gielgud to front pastedowns, contemporary half morocco, joints cracking rubbed, 1868 § An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, 2 vol., number 129 of 305 copies with plates in two states, light spotting, bookplate of Sir John Gielgud to front pastedowns, original cloth, spine labels a little chipped, spine ends and corners a little bumped light rubbing to extremities, 1889, first editions, John Gielgud's copies; and 16 others, all from the library of Sir John Gielgud, v.s. (21)
SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN, RA (1860-1952) ST GEORGE, 1897 patinated copper, oak frame, initialled and dated (52cm (20 1/2in) high, 21.5 (8 1/2in) wide)
SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN, R.A. (1860-1952) THE GLAMOUR OF THE ROSE copper covered plaster, moulded ebonized frame, signed W GOSCOMBE JOHN (61cm (24in) high, 27.5cm (10 3/4in) wide) Footnote: Literature: Goscombe John at the National Museum of Wales No. 45 (ill). The Glamour of the Rose. Letter from sculptor to Isaac Williams, Nov 13 1928 "it is very different in style to my other works and I think interesting" quoted in the catalogue. Exhibited: New Sculpture, The Fine Art Society, 1968, exhibited 1989 (illustrated).
WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN British (1860-1952) The Elf bronze, signed "W. Goscombe John" height: 23 inches Provenance: Mallett Antiques, London, England; Private Collection, New York. Other Notes: tags: sculpture, bronze, European, England, English
SIR WILLIAM GASCOMBE JOHN (BRITISH, 1860-1952) Orpheus signed to the reverse 'W. Goscombe John' (on a later mahogany socle) bronze, dark brown patina 7 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high 11 ¾ in. (32 cm.) high, overall
An Elizabeth II vintage sterling silver and guilloche enamel compact, Birmingham 1952 by John William Barrett Of circular form with blue transparent enamel lid, set with the RAF wings device. Engine turned decoration to base. Together with a George V Art Deco sterling silver and guilloche enamel comb, Birmingham 1933 by Turner & Simpson, with Bakelite comb. (1) Compact diameter – 7.7 cm / 3 inches
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860 EPHEMERA Circa 1860 Approx. 38 items, primarily pertaining to John Bell and William H. Seward, though some Abraham Lincoln material is included. Includes pamphlets, campaign biographies, party platforms, texts of speeches, a copy of the "The Republican Pocket Pistol" campaign newsletter, an envelope with Lincoln seal, etc.
SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN, (British, 1860-1952), 'Sketch Model of the Statue at Aberystwyth', of Charles Edwards, DD. Patinated bronze on oak plinth. The bronze figure 34cm high. Note: Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900), Welsh minister, writer and academic, the First Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Sir William Goscombe John, 1860-1952 White marble portrait bust of Mrs. Herbert Ward, 1860-1944. Signed “W Goscombe John ARA 1902”. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902, No. 1685. A portrait in bronze by the sculptor Herbert Ward (1863-1919) was also exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902. The Wards were lifelong friends of the sculptor. An extensive collection of marble sculptures by Goscombe John is held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Worldwide shipping available. All queries must be made to shipping@sheppards.ie prior to 1 December 2015.
Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952), a marble bust of Mrs Herbert Ward (nee Sarita Sanford) (1860-1944), the white stone depicting the lady with her hair up, wearing pearls and a floral posy in the collar of her lace dress, signed Goscombe John ARA and dated 1902. The present bust was exhibited at the Royal Academy as item 1685 in 1902 in the same year as Goscombe John's bronze bust of his sculptor friend Herbert Ward (1863-1919). In 1927, Sarita Ward celebrated her husband by writing, 'A Valiant Gentleman Being The Biography of Herbert Ward'. She had written a book of poems and short stories with her daughter Frances in 1910. Herbert Ward had been awarded the Croix de Guerre and was a Knight of the Legion D'Honneur. Two of their sons, Charles and Herbert , were given the second name Sanford after Sarita's family name and her parents Charles H Sanford and Sarah Miller. h:64 cm
William Goscombe John England 1860-1952 Porträttbyst, möjligen föreställande Dr Livingstone. Signerad och daterad W. Goscombe John A.R.A. 1902 Marmor. H 68 A marble bust, signed and dated W. Goscombe John A.R.A. 1902. Possibly depicting Dr Livingstone.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION BRITISH 1860 - 1952 THE ELF signed: W. GOSCOMBE JOHN. and with a paper label inscribed: 4 i 24 bronze, dark brown patina 59cm., 23¼in.
Sir John Hunt (Leader of 1952 Everest Expedition), signed typed letter, Capt. John Ridgway (Atlantic Rower), two signed manuscript letters, Chay Blyth (Trans World Yachtsman), signed typed letter, L.P. Turls (Test Pilot), signed typed letter, John Fairfax (Ocean Rower), four autographs on a sheet (6)
Polar Exploration. Captain [Francis L.] McClintock. A Narrative Of The Discovery Of The Fate Of Sir John Franklin And His Companions. Phila: J. T. Lloyd, 1860. 8vo. ads [2], [title], blank [1], 7-317,[3 blank], ads [7]; blank [2], frontis,[3]-58pp. Original cloth stamped in blind. Cloth lightly worn and soiled, spine letters dull. Foxing, upper margin slightly dampstained (overlapping printed area of last 5 leaves). Folding facsimile split in 2 pieces, with loss. Tear without loss to one section of folding frontis. Includes first 58 pages of ''Godfrey's Narrative of the Last Grinnel Arctic Exploring Expedition, In Search of John Franklin...,'' with 6 engraved plates. Main narrative has 3 maps (2 folding + 1 in text), folding facsimile, and 12 wood-engraved plates. Sabin 43043.
The John Michael Philatelic Library Handbooks "The Royal Philatelic Collection", Sir John Wilson (1952), full crimson calf with slip case; also "The Queen's Stamps", Courtney (2004)
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A NAKED BOY 'BOY AT PLAY' CAST BY E. GRUET, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN (1860-1952), EARLY 20TH CENTURY The boy standing in full length, the naturalistic separately cast base inscribed W. GROSCOMBE JOHN and with foundry inscription E. GRUET JNE FONDEUR PARIS 66 cm. high
Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952) Boy at Play, bronze,1895, signed to the base W. Goscombe John 1895 45.5cm At the age of fourteen, William John entered the Bute Workshops, working on the decoration of Cardiff Castle. In 1881 he joined the London studio of the sculptor Thomas Nicholls. In 1889 he gained the Royal Academy Gold Medal and a Travelling Studentship. His travels ended in Paris, where he was much influenced by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). He set up his first London studio in 1891, and quickly established his reputation. Boy at Play reveals the influence of both Jules Dalou (1838-1902) and of Alfred Gilbert (1853-1934). A full size bronze was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896. Boy at Play was also exhibited in the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, where John was awarded a gold medal.
THE DRUMMER BOY measurements note 38cm., 15in. signed: W Goscombe John bronze, dark brown patina, on ebonised wood base NOTE The present figure is a sketch model for a heroic-sized drummer, part of the Memorial to the King's Regiment at Liverpool. A sketch of the whole monument was shown at the Royal Academy in 1904. The following year Goscombe John exhibited the full size version of this figure and then went on to exhibit a bronze version of the sketch model (like the present example) in 1908. The figure of the drummer refers to the battle of Dettingen in 1743. There is another example of a bronze cast of the sketch model in the Neuchatel Art Gallery, Switzerland. In 1925 Goscombe John wrote that this was one of his best and most popular works. RELATED LITERATURE Pearson, pp.39-40, nos.63 & 64
[CIVIL WAR]. JOHNSTON, Albert Sydney (1803-1862), C.S.A. General. Autograph note signed ("A. Sydney Johnston, Secy. of War," with flourish), as Secretary of War of the Texas Republic, Department of War, [Austin, Tex.], 3 June 1839. 1 page, oblong folio, minor holes to a few letters due to acidic ink. A.S. JOHNSTON AS SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS In his capacity as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas, Johnston resolves a dispute over back pay: "This certificate entitles Wm. Kaiser to the difference between the pay of Sergeant & first Sergeant from the date of last payment made to him to the first day of October 1834--as he served during the time specified as last mentioned in Capt. Harry's Co, I, 1st Rgt....volunteers." After joining the Texas Army as a private in 1836, Johnston (a West Point graduate) found himself named brigadier general the following year--but was unable to assume his post due to wounds suffered in a duel with the commander he was to have replaced. In 1839 he became secretary of war but resigned the following year. He fought with the U.S. Cavalry in the Mexican War, commanded the Department of Texas in 1856, led the Utah Expedition escorting the Mormons to Salt Lake City between 1858 and 1860, and was serving at San Francisco when the secession movement erupted in 1861. He declined a post as Winfield Scott's deputy and instead accepted the request of his longtime friend Jefferson Davis to command the Confederate Army of the Mississippi. Johnston battled Grant at Corinth and Shiloh, where he was wounded in the leg and died from internal bleeding. When Jefferson Davis received the news of Johnston's death, he wept, and vowed that "the cause could have spared a whole State better than that great soldier" (W.C. Davis, Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour, p. 404).
MATERIAL/MEDIUM bronze, dark brown patina on a carved and inscribed wooden plinth together with two Great War medals awarded to Basil Webb and a catalogue from the Goscombe John Exhibition at the National Museum of Wales
Congress of the United States...The Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...Articles in addition to, and amendment of, The Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution... [Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine, 1792]. Folio (13 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.). 11pp. (minor browning to fore-margins of title and last page). Stabbed and sewn, uncut, AS ISSUED in thin blue paper protective wrappers (minor wear and slight soiling at edges). Provenance : Samuel Johnston (1733-1816) of South Carolina, with his signature ("S. Johnston") on titlepage and bold inscription on front wrapper "Confirmation of Amendments by several states S. Johnston." THE BILL OF RIGHTS BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND: JEFFERSON'S OFFICIAL FIRST PRINTING OF THE NEWLY RATIFIED AMENDMENTS COMPRISING THE BILL OF RIGHTS ONE OF ONLY FIVE EXTANT COPIES OF THIS HISTORIC EDITION AND THE ONLY COPY IN ORIGINAL CONDITION The first official edition of the ratified Bill of Rights, ten amendments to the newly adopted Constitution that have come to constitute a critical and fundamental bulwark of American liberty. This exceedingly rare official imprint of the Bill of Rights with the ratifications of 11 states was printed at the direction of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson after Virginia, his home state, had voted on December 15, 1791 to ratify the amendments, becoming the 11th state to do so and thereby confirming the Bill of Rights as the supreme law of the land. It is known that Childs and Swaine, printers to Congress, were paid for having printed 135 copies of this edition. Evidently two copies were transmitted to each state Governor under Thomas Jefferson's circular letter of March 1, 1792, which forwarded the Post Office act, a fisheries act and "the ratifications, by three-fourths of the legislatures of the several States, of certain articles in addition to & amendment of the Constitution of the United States as proposed by Congress" (for a photograph of Jefferson's circular letter to the Governor of Maryland, see Bill of Rights, Milestone Documents in the National Archives, Washington, 1986, p.25). "A GOOD CANVAS": PERFECTING THE CONSTITUTION Even before the Constitutional Convention had finished drafting the new Constitution, a conviction grew in certain quarters that it failed to adequately protect fundamental individual liberties against the power of the new Federal government. As Virginia's George Mason wrote in his 1787 Objections to this Constitution : "There is no declaration of rights, and the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several States, the declarations of rights in the separate States are no security. Nor are the people secured even in the enjoyment of the benefits of the common law...There is no declaration of any kind, for preserving the liberty of the press, or the trial by jury in civil cases; nor against the danger of standing armies in time of peace." Mason and many others argued that the Constitution should not be ratified unless a Bill of Rights was adopted. Writing from Paris on December 20, 1787 to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson also voiced concern at "the omission of a bill of rights, providing clearly, and without the aid of sophism, for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction of monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land, and not by the laws of nations. Let me add that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, & what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences." Seven months later, on 31 July, he told Madison "I sincerely rejoice at the acceptance of our new Constitution by nine states. It is a good canvas, on which some strokes only want retouching. What these are, I think are sufficiently manifested by the general voice from North to South, which calls for a Bill of Rights. It seem pretty generally understood that this should go to Juries, Habaeus corpus, Standing armies, Printings, Religion & Monopolies..." (for an analysis of Jefferson's and Madison's exchange of letters on the subject, see D.N. Mayer, Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, 1994, pp. 145-158). MADISON AS STEPFATHER OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS While Madison had originally maintained, with most Federalists, that no need for additional protections of individual liberties existed, as a pragmatist, he came to realize that the success of the new experiment in government depended ultimately upon the willingness of the principal part of the American public to support the new system, and that amendments guaranteeing certain fundamental liberties would do much to ensure that broad-based support. Serving as a representative from Virginia to the first Congress, "on June 8 then, an important date in American history, James Madison rose in the House of Representatives and offered his version of a bill of rights" (William Lee Miller, The Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding, p.251). After winnowing the amendments suggested by all the states, Madison had carefully drafted nine articles, and his care is reflected in the fact that "all the first ten amendments as we have them today were anticipated in Madison's list, and most passed on into the Constitution in his language, or something close to it" (Miller, p.253). A select committee of the House, with one member from each state, was delegated to consider Madison's articles and those proposed by the different state legislatures. On 24 August, 17 articles were adopted by the House. The Senate suggested further modifications to those, eliminated and combined others and approved 12 articles on September 9. In order to reconcile the two different drafts, a conference committee was convened, with Madison at the head of the House delegation. This joint committee revised an apportionment formula in Article 1, changed the wording of Article 3 (dealing with freedom of religion), and restored the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions in Article 8, but, in most respects, their version concurred with the Senate draft. After some further debate in the House on September 24, the House of Representatives voted 37 to 14 to accept the committee's report; and on September 25 the Senate gave its assent. Several days later, the 12 proposed articles were engrossed on parchment and signed by Speaker Frederick A. Muhlenberg and by Vice President John Adams as President of the Senate. Each state received an engrossed copy of the Joint Congressional Resolution submitting the amendments to the consideration of the state legislatures for ratification (11 of these 13 engrossed copies survive today, while the original Joint Resolution is at the National Archives). THE ORDEAL OF RATIFICATION As the amendments were ratified--in whole or part--by the individual states over the next 36 months, the state governors in turn formally notified the Secretary of State and Congress that ratification had taken place. (Jefferson, who had reluctantly accepted the post of Secretary of State upon his return from France, was therefore, appropriately, in office to receive the ratifications of the last 11 of the states to ratify.) The present ratification edition prints, in order, each of the state resolutions certifying ratification. In order, these are: New Jersey (November 20, 1789); Maryland (December 19, 1789); North Carolina (December 22, 1789); South Carolina (January 19, 1790); New Hampshire (January 25, 1790); Delaware (January 28, 1790); New York (February 4, 1790); Pennsylvania (March 10, 1790); Rhode Island (June 7, 1790); Vermont (November 3, 1791); and Virginia (December 15, 1791). Several states did not ratify the Bill of Rights. Connecticut, a staunchly Federalist stronghold, held the position that the original Constitution was sufficient without additional guarantees; Georgia, too, maintained that amendments were unnecessary. In Massachusetts, the upper and lower houses of the legislature failed to agree on which amendments to ratify. (It was not until 1939 that these three states finally ratified the Bill of Rights, on its 150th anniversary.) Because Vermont, North Carolina and Rhode Island had entered the Union in February 1791, 11 states were required to achieve the necessary three-fourths majority stipulated by the Constitution for ratification. Therefore, once the tenth state, Vermont, had voted in November to ratify, the fate of the Bill of Rights hung on the decision of the one state: "That tenth state, fittingly perhaps, was Virginia, the state with which the whole process of protecting the great rights of humankind with solemn bills and declarations had begun, back in May 1776, with the Virginia Declaration of Rights" (Miller, p.261). There, the amendments had encountered powerful opponents, including such august patriots as Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry, who loudly denounced the amendments. In addition, the Virginia legislature itself was divided, with Anti-Federalists controlling the state Senate and Federalists controlling the lower house. Both Madison and Jefferson, now Secretary of State, exerted their influence publicly and privately on behalf of ratification. Finally, in an unrecorded vote on December 15, 1791, Virginia approved articles 3 through 12, which became the first ten amendments to the Constitution. The extreme rarity of this historic imprint is quite striking. Of the 135 copies ordered by Jefferson, a mere five are today known to be extant; the only copy offered at auction was sold at Parke-Bernet, November 25, 1952, lot 50 ($2100). This is, therefore, THE ONLY COPY TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE IN HALF A CENTURY. Not in Evans; Bristol B8177, locating copies at the Library of Congress and Maryland Hall of Records, noting another sold at auction in 1952 (that copy is now in the Posner collection at Carnegie Mellon University Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.); ESTC WO33765 (adding a copy at the American Antiquarian Society).
8 o. Original black cloth-like boards, decorated and lettered in red; pictorial dust jacket after a design by Ian Fleming (minor fading to spine panel, and very minor chipping to ends of spine panel and edges). Provenance : John Hayward (presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION OF FLEMING'S FIRST JAMES BOND NOVEL. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY, WITH A WITTY INSCRIPTION TO ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS, JOHN HAYWARD, on front free endpaper: "To John This prenatal 1st Edition of the first of the collected works of Balzac." Ian Fleming's inspiration for Casino Royale was a baccarat battle Fleming played in Lisbon during the Second World War against several Portuguese men. According to one biographer, Fleming whispered at the table to his friend John Godfrey: "Just suppose these fellows were German agents -- what a coup it would be if we cleaned them out entirely!" (John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming, London, 1966, p. 131). Hayward has made numerous pencil corrections to the text; he challenges Fleming's word choices, points out holes in the plot, and, at the baccarat scene (page 80), amends Fleming's calculations to scores. John Hayward was one of Fleming's closest friends. They were neighbors in Carlyle Mansions in the respectable Cheyne Walk area of London: Fleming had the flat above Hayward and his roommate, T.S. Eliot. (Hayward was the titular dedicatee of Eliot's Four Quartets, 1943). Along with Percy Muir, Hayward was the editor of the Book Collector, a small but respected bibliographical journal owned by Lord Kemsley. In 1952, Fleming bought the journal, then called Book Handbook from Kemsley. He was pleased to call the magazine his, but left Hayward and Muir in charge of all editorial decisions. The journal remains the leading bibliographical journal for the book trade, and Hayward's bibliography English Poetry: A Catalogue of First and Early Editions (Cambridge, 1947) is one of the most important publications on the subject.
Andrew]. CHASE, Salmon P. (1808-1873), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Autograph document signed ("S.P. Chase") as Chief Justice, n.p. [Washington, D.C.], [about 10 a.m.], 15 April 1865. 1 page, 4to (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.), integral blank, very slight repair at folds in right-hand margin. Verso with Chase's autograph docket: "Oath of V.P. Johnson on taking the Office of President and the certificate of Chief Justice, Apl. 15, 1865." "...PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION...": THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE IS ADMINISTERED TO ANDREW JOHNSON, A FEW HOURS AFTER LINCOLN'S DEATH, BY CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE An historic document, certifying Andrew Johnson's succession to the office of President and vividly recording the orderly process of succession as prescribed by Article II of the Constitition. Johnson's oath-taking, some three hours after Lincoln's death, as officially recorded here by Chase, constitutes the first instance in the nation's history in which Presidential succession resulted from the assassination of a President. (Ironically, Chase had administered the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln at his second inauguration, a little over a month before.) In the upper portion of the sheet, Chase has written in a bold hand the text of the oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." Beneath, he has added his certification: "I Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, certify that on this fifteenth day of April [1865]..., at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, personally appeared Andrew Johnson, Vice President, upon whom by the death of Abraham Lincoln, Late President, the duties of President of the United States have devolved, and took & subscribed the oath of office above set forth." Vice-President Johnson, lodging at Kirkwood House, was awakened at about 10:15 p.m. on April 14 by a friend, former Governor Leonard J. Farwell of Wisconsin, who had been present in Ford's Theater and witnessed the assassination. Farwell rushed to Johnson and reported the momentous news. A contingent of soldiers arrived momentarily, to protect the Vice-President in case there was a further plan to murder him as well. Shrugging off the offer of a military escort, Johnson hurried to the Peterson House, across from the theater, where Lincoln had been carried. When he ascertained that the President was unlikely to recover, Johnson returned to Kirkwood House, "where he paced the floor of his room while wringing his hands, and saying 'They shall suffer for this. They shall suffer for this'" (Trefusse, Andrew Johnson: A Biography, p.194). The next morning, Johnson was officially notified that President Lincoln had died at about 7:22 a.m. Asked when and where he wished to take the oath of office, the former Tennessee tailor specified that the ceremony should take place as soon as possible, preferably at his lodgings. A delegation accordingly went to Kirkwood House where Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the oath of office, between ten and eleven o'clock. Present were Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch, Attorney General James Speed, Frank Blair and his son Montgomery, Senators Solomon Foot, Alexander Ramsay, Richard Yates of Illinois, William M. Stewart, John Hale and Congressman John F. Farnsworth. "All were deeply moved by the great tragedy and watched the proceedings with sad faces. Johnson repeated the oath after Chase 'very distinctly and impressively.' At its close, he kissed the Bible. When he handed the book back to the chief justice, Chase said to him 'You are President. May God support, guide and bless you in your arduous duties.' The other guests also offered their congratulations, though, under the circumstances, it was difficult for them to find the right words." Johnson made a brief, informal address, noting that he was "almost overwhelmed" by Lincoln's murder, and that he felt "incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible." Anticipating questions as to his future policies, he stated that "the only assurance I can now give of the future is reference to the past." He reassured his audience that he would strive to "establish and perpetuate the principles of free government" and that "the Government in passing through its present perils will settle down upon principles consonant with popular rights more permanent and enduring than heretofore" (ed. S.D. Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 6:305-306, as published in the Sunday Morning Chronicle, 16 April 1865). Johnson's accession to the presidency, as a recent biographer has observed, "was to have fateful consequences--for the freedmen, for their former masters, and for the country" (Trefusse, p.196.). Provenance : The Oliver R. Barrett Lincoln Collection (sale, Parke-Bernet, 20 February 1952, lot 671, full-page illustration); Philip D. Sang (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 June 1979, lot 725, full-page illustration).
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