Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 10.5 portrait of Hughes by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "To Hon. John W. Dwight, with high esteem, Charles E. Hughes, Oct. 10, 1922.” Blindstamped in the lower left by the esteemed Washington studio. In very good to fine condition, with small areas of silvering, and light rippling to the left edge from old mounting remnants on the back. During this period, Hughes was serving as Secretary of State under Harding; the recipient, John Wilbur Dwight, had been a Congressman from New York.
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