Durand Co Bank Note Engravers 1824-1840 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame The Divine Instrument Patent No

The Divine Instrument Patent No

his epaulettes catching the light of a republic newly drunk on blue-water victory and the cabled headlines of an empire announcing itself

the work of remembrance done in lithograph ink

in McClellan's own dispatch

Durand Co Bank Note Engravers 1824-1840 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame The Divine Instrument Patent NoDurand Co Bank Note Engravers 1824 1840 a specimen sheet from the firm whose burin discipline anchored the paper currency of a young republic, when every state bank issued its own promises and only the engraver's line stood between solvency and forgery. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers