[Broadsides]. 2 early 19th-century broadsides: R. & H. Farnam's Wholesale & Retail Store; Rembrandt Peale exhibition

[BROADSIDES]

FARNUM, RUFUS AND HENRY. R. & H. FARNAM'S WHOLESALE & RETAIL STORE OF SILVERWARE, CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, PLATED, BRITANNIA, & VARIOUS KINDS OF FANCY GOODS. [BOSTON, C. 1800] — PEALE, REMBRANDT. EXHIBITION OF THE COURT OF DEATH, AT R. PEALE'S PAINTING-ROOM, SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF WALNUT AND FIFTH STREETS …. CATALOGUE OF OTHER PICTURES IN THE ROOM, PAINTED BY R. PEALE. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY RACKLIFF & KING, [1837]

Farnum: Oblong broadside on laid paper (4 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.; 105 x 193 mm). Decorative border; some marginal browning, small nick in upper margin, Rufus Farnam's initial scored through in ink. Peale: Decorative Greek key border; minor wear and soiling. 

An early American trade card for noted Boston silversmiths Rufus and Henry Farnum, whose partnership lasted from 1800 to 1810. The Peale broadside serves as a catalogue to the exhibition of his work, listing 30 paintings, including two of George Washington, which "elicited the approbation of all Washington's most intimate friends, as the best likeness of him."

Neither broadside in American Imprints or OCLC.