Image of a single-fold insurance policy certificate issued by the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company; two bust-length portraits of Benjamin Franklin (at left) and William Penn (at right), a crest with horses and an eagle, and two views of a building on fire at top center with policy text below. "$2,500 No. 1558 on goods. This policy of Insurance witnesseth, that... this Fourth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Seven."--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 43.02 x 55.25 cm (16 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Eagles--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Insurance Fires--Pictorial works Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Pictorial works Penn, William, 1644-1718--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Finance Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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