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title: 'Republican Candidates for President and Vice-President: James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur (A. S. Seer engraving)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/garfield-arthur-republican-candidates-1880/
description: Large-format engraved portrait sheet headed 'Republican Candidates for President and Vice-President', with bust portraits of James A. Garfield and…
section: Collection
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# Republican Candidates for President and Vice-President: James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur (A. S. Seer engraving)

Large-format engraved portrait sheet headed 'Republican Candidates for President and Vice-President', with bust portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur after a Sarony photograph, printed by A. S. Seer's, New York. The sheet shows fold lines from distribution. Technique is limited to likeness, name and party label.

[← Illustrated London News, 'The Zulu War: Defenders of Rorke's Drift', 1 March 1879](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iln-zulu-war-rorkes-drift-1879/) [Republican Candidates: James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (A. S. Seer lithograph) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/garfield-arthur-seers-lithograph-1880/)

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