K. Edward Lay Furniture

This is an original Thomas Jefferson signature, presented framed with an etched portrait of Jefferson by Jacques Reich. The cut signature reads “Th. Jefferson” and is signed with a quill in black ink. This rare cut Jefferson signature was one of several prominent American statesman autographs collected together and bound in a 1809 volume of the Baltimore Evening Post. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was a leading figure in early American history, with a remarkable legacy in politics, law, and academia. He contributed significantly to the development of American democracy as a politician, diplomat, and as the main author of the Declaration of Independence. Throughout his life, Jefferson championed freedom of religion, agricultural innovation, and the importance of education. During the Revolutionary War, Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature, was governor of Virginia, and a member of the Continental Congress. Among the Committee of Five charged by the Second Continental Congress with authoring the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was the document's primary author. Jefferson served as United States Minister to France from 1785 to 1789. President Washington then appointed Jefferson as the nation's first secretary of state, where he served from 1790 to 1793. In the early 1790s, Jefferson and James Madison organized the Democratic-Republican Party to oppose the Federalist Party. Jefferson thought the national government should have a limited role in citizens’ lives. Jefferson lost the 1796 presidential election to Adams, which according to electoral procedure at the time made him Adams' vice president. Jefferson challenged Adams again four years later, in 1800, and won the presidency. During his two terms as president, the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory, which doubled the country’s size, he reduced the nation’s debt, established the nation’s first national military university at West Point, declared war on Barbary pirates, and implemented the Embargo Act. After leaving office, he retired to his Virginia plantation, Monticello, and helped found the University of Virginia. The original signature is paired with a handsome etched portrait of Jefferson by 20th century artist Jacques Reich. A head and shoulders portrait, Reich based his etched rendition off an 1805 oil-on-canvas painting by Gilbert Stuart...

This is the Sotheby's catalogue produced for the sale of Patricia Kluge's collection from Albemarle House, Charlottesville, Virginia - which took place ...

First edition, published by Andre Deutsch, 1988 A collection of elegant and sumptuous interiors collated from the archives of Country Life magazine. Documenting the history of the...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Northamptonshire from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Northamptonshire, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'New British At...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Northumberland from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Northumberland, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'New British Atlas'...

Original 1891 map showing Sandwich, Bourne, Plymouth Carver, Middleborough, Plympton and Kingston. Showing Long Beach in Plymouth also as well as all shore points. Cape Cod Bay is ma...

Antique map titled 'Jefferson'. Original antique map of Jefferson, Ohio. This map originates from 'Atlas of Preble County Ohio' by C.O. Titus. Published 1871.

Antique map titled 'A Map of Suffolk from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Suffolk, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'New British Atlas' by John Stock...

Antique county map of Bedfordshire first published c.1800. Villages, towns, and cities illustrated include Bedford, Todington, and Potton. Charl...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Durham from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Durham, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'New ...

1891 map of Norfolk county Massachusetts including the towns of Wrentham, Franklin, Medfield, Sherborn, Norwood etc., measures: 23 x 31.

Antique map titled 'A Map of Surry from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Surrey, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'New British Atlas' by John Stockdal...