IMPORTANT AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK ART
AND DECORATIVE ARTS
lots 110-189
Property of a PHILADELPHIA GENTLEMAN
AN INK ON PAPER COMMISSION OF ANTHONY JAMES MORRIS IN CARVED WALNUT FRAME
SIGNED JOHN HANCOCK, DATED NOVEMBER 25, 1779, FRAME, MID-19TH CENTURY
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AN INK ON PAPER COMMISSION OF ANTHONY JAMES MORRIS IN CARVED WALNUT FRAME
signed John Hancock, dated november 25, 1779, frame, mid-19th century
The rectangular printed and handwritten document detailing the appointment of Anthony James Morris Esquire to Major of the Pennsylvania Battalion by the delegates of the United Colonies and signed by John Hancock, President, enclosed in a rectangular frame deeply carved with motifs referencing the military and surmounted by a spreadwinged eagle
25½in. x 23in.-with frame, 10in. x 13in. (sight without frame)
signed John Hancock, dated november 25, 1779, frame, mid-19th century
The rectangular printed and handwritten document detailing the appointment of Anthony James Morris Esquire to Major of the Pennsylvania Battalion by the delegates of the United Colonies and signed by John Hancock, President, enclosed in a rectangular frame deeply carved with motifs referencing the military and surmounted by a spreadwinged eagle
25½in. x 23in.-with frame, 10in. x 13in. (sight without frame)