Zachary Taylor: Equestrian Baillie print (1846)

Print, a portrait of Gen. Zachary Taylor, "Commander of the U.S. Forces on the Rio Grande," 1846. Hand-colored small folio lithograph, published by J. Baillie, New York, with stated 1846 copyright. Trace age discoloration along upper edge and a small tear closed with archival tape, bottom. Displays excellent.

Dashing equestrian portrait dating to the Mexican War. Two years later, Taylor would be the Whig candidate for president, and prints such as this would be recycled as campaign posters.