14.5x20.5" framed w/13x19" opening. Cooper was a Unitarian inventor, entrepreneur and college founder. A real-life rags-to-riches hero with deep humanitarian and religious convictions. Founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. In 1876, at the age of 85, he ran as presidential candidate for the Greenback Party but received less than 1% of the vote. Large and detailed portrait of Cooper in center w/vignettes of a young Cooper above. Candidate's name along left margin w/his running mate (Samuel F. Cary) on right margin. Text on banners above and below portrait read "National Prosperity Cannot Be Restored By Enforcing Idleness On A Large Portion Of The People/Exorbitant Rent (Commonly Called Interest) Silently But Surely Devours The Substance Of The People." Only light wear on poster w/edge wear on frame. Overall Exc. Not examined outside of frame. A rare third party campaign artifact. Rex & Patti Stark Collection.