William F. Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania 1848 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap A mid-century lithograph that resurrects

A mid-century lithograph that resurrects the Sage of Philadelphia for a Republic well past his own — Franklin rendered in the iconography the antebellum era loved best

the Ranger captain whose death in a Mexican plaza became one of those small

Designed for history lovers

and any wall that needs a little Old World gravity

where the capitol's limestone dome and the wrought-iron balconies of Quapaw Quarter find their way onto linen postcards and lithographed views — Main Street trolleys

William F. Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania 1848 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap A mid-century lithograph that resurrectsWilliam F. Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania 1848 a Whig portrait of the Keystone State's accidental executive, elevated from the Senate chamber the year Polk's war closed and the slavery question began its slow scald through Pennsylvania's anthracite politics. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic