AQS, signed “William Cullen Bryant,” dated August 17, 1876, on an off-white slip. Bryant pens a quote from his poem ‘The Battle-Field,’ in full: “Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again!!” Slip is matted in the bottom of a 7.75 x 11 engraved portrait of Bryant. In very good condition, with central vertical fold, one through a single letter of signature, and scattered toning and soiling. Engraving also bears trimmed edges and scattered creasing. RRAuction COA.
