Lot 8
[Grant, Ulysses S. and Franklin Pierce] Pen and Ink Drawings on Paper by Jacques Reich. Grant drawing: 7 1/8 x 5½", c. 1880, signed "J R" on his left lapel. Notations on verso include "Eq. School History" twice, and "D. Appleton & Co…" Small chip at lower left and a few specks in left background.
Pierce drawing: 6 7/8 x 5½", unsigned but by Jacques Reich, whose name is noted on back, with penciled date "1870s." Vertical crease, which does not touch Pierce's head, else fine.
Jacques Reich (1852-1923) was a Hungarian portrait etcher who drew many portraits for Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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