FR 416 "DeSoto - Mississippi 1541" $10 CGC 63PQ
US FR 416 1875 $10 NATIONAL "PARIS" PCGS & CGC 63PPQ! FROM SMALL CU RUN! THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE NOTES IN THIS VERY SMALL CU RUN AND THESE NOTES ARE HIGHLY PRIZED! "DeSOTO DISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI" IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER VIGNETTES AND THIS PIECE DISPLAYS THIS WORK OF ART IN ALL IT'S BEAUTY. INCREDIBLE MARGINS, ESPECIALLY FOR BEING HAND CUT 140 YEARS AGO AND CERTAINLY MUCH NICER THAN THE OTHERS WE'VE SEEN. THE WHOLE 1875 SERIES OF NATIONALS IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND PRIZED ~ THIS PIECE IS CERTAINLY DESTINED FOR THE BEST OF COLLECTIONS!
ON THE REVERSE A PORTRAIT ORIGINALLY PAINTED BY THE AMERICAN PAINTER WILLIAM HENRY POWELL (LAST ARTIST COMMISSIONED BY CONGRESS TO PAINT FOR CAPITOL ROTUNDA). IN THE FOREGROUNDS OF THE PAINTING CAN BE SEEN WEAPONS AND ARTILLERY ALONG WITH A SOLIDER WRAPPING A NATIVE AMERICANS LEG SUGGESTING BATTLE TAKING PLACE THE DAY BEFORE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS SCENE WAS BASED ON PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF HISTORY, INCLUDING THEODORE IRVING'S 1835 THE CONQUEST OF FLORIDA BY HERNANDO DE SOTO. DE SOTO WAS SAID TO BE THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO VIEW THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, A YEAR AFTER DE SOTO WAS BURIED IN THE RIVER AFTER PASSING AWAY FROM FEVER.
ON THE REVERSE A PORTRAIT ORIGINALLY PAINTED BY THE AMERICAN PAINTER WILLIAM HENRY POWELL (LAST ARTIST COMMISSIONED BY CONGRESS TO PAINT FOR CAPITOL ROTUNDA). IN THE FOREGROUNDS OF THE PAINTING CAN BE SEEN WEAPONS AND ARTILLERY ALONG WITH A SOLIDER WRAPPING A NATIVE AMERICANS LEG SUGGESTING BATTLE TAKING PLACE THE DAY BEFORE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS SCENE WAS BASED ON PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF HISTORY, INCLUDING THEODORE IRVING'S 1835 THE CONQUEST OF FLORIDA BY HERNANDO DE SOTO. DE SOTO WAS SAID TO BE THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO VIEW THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, A YEAR AFTER DE SOTO WAS BURIED IN THE RIVER AFTER PASSING AWAY FROM FEVER.