Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
Born in Scotland in 1815 and immigrating to Kingston in what was then Upper Canada, Sir John Alexander Macdonald was first elected to the legislature of the Province of Canada in 1844, serving as the colony’s premier by 1857. With a lack of governing stability at the time, the Great Coalition was formed by Macdonald in 1864 with George Brown, resulting in the British North America Act and Canada’s birth as a nation. Macdonald would serve as the country's first Prime Minister, entering into office during Confederancy on July 1st 1867, serving from 1867–1873 and from 1878–1891. We have a signed and framed lithograph of the father of Canadian Confederation. At 14 ½” x 20”, the lithograph pictures a well attired gentleman with placid demeanour, with “ADP 1886” over the lower right and the name of the artist is Andrew Dickson Patterson. Macdonald’s signature was placed over the bottom right in pencil, with the artist signing over the bottom left. Matted and framed to full dimensions of approx 23 ½” x 31”, this impressive display will highlight any world class Canadiana collection.
With absolutely no issues for the signatures, lithograph or frame, this display has a certain pronounced charm, and is deserving of a dignified setting. Macdonald would pass while still in office in 1891, at the age of 76.
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