American Historical Ephemera & Photography

3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. tintype of Abraham Lincoln, his cheeks lightly tinted pink. (Very fine clarity and contrast, some edge wear to plate.) Tintype with 2-cent and 3-cent US Internal Revenue Proprietary stamps affixed on verso, each initialed "J.C.H." Housed in a half Union case, Scroll Design with Patterned Center and Stars (see Krainik-42) (staining and some loss to interior paper lining). The portrait is catalogued by Lincoln collector Lloyd Ostendorf as a variant of sitting O-92.

The tintype is an adaptation of the photograph originally taken by Anthony Berger at Brady's Gallery in Washington, DC, 9 February 1864, subsequently known as the five dollar bill portrait. This example includes what appear to be small, patriotic vignettes at lower left and right of the plate, indicating that the tintype may have been made from a lithograph or engraving memorializing Lincoln.