(Abraham Lincoln)
TO THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PHILADELPHIA: ADDISON BANCROFT, 1865
LOT SOLD.
1,250 USD
Details & Cataloguing
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
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New York
New York
(Abraham Lincoln)
TO THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PHILADELPHIA: ADDISON BANCROFT, 1865
Printed broadside (17 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.; 454 x 349 mm) with mounted oval albumen photograph on a oval mount, surrounded by text. Glazed and framed; not examined out of frame.
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Provenance
Dr. Michael Krane
Catalogue Note
A rare mourning print of Abraham Lincoln. The image of Lincoln is based on one of the photographs taken at Matthew Brady's studio in Washington on 9 February 1864. To the left of the image are significant dates from Lincoln's life, and to the right are the last portions of his second inaugural address, delivered 4 March 1865.
Scarce. There are only a few extant copies of this rare print, at Indiana University, the Indiana Historical Society, Cornell University, and the Library of Congress. cornell has an additional rectangular version of the print, also published by Bancroft.
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Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
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New York
New York
