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American History: Premier Auction
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- Sale 1853
Live
| Cincinnati
Jun 21 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1853
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$500 – $700
Lot of 2. Cabinet card portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with "Copyright / 91, by M.P. Rice" written in the negative lower right. Mount with copyright information and caption reading, "From the only original unretouched negative, made in 1864, at the time he / commissioned General U.S. Grant Lieut. General of all the Armies of / the Republic. It was suggested that this negative (with / that of Gen'l U.S. Grant) be made in com- / memoration of that event. / Abraham Lincoln." This portrait, originally taken by Alexander Gardner in 1863, is sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg" portrait or the "roving eye" portrait, after Lincoln's seemingly roving left eye. Pose cataloged in Ostendorf as O-77.
Cabinet card of an engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln, possibly after a photograph taken by Alexander Hesler in 1860 (cataloged by Ostendorf as O-27). Faded handstamp on verso reads, "To be returned to / P.S. Rogers / 313 West 40th St. / New York City."
Rice card with some soiling and wear to upper right edge of image; verso with wear to upper portion. Engraved portrait card with minor soiling and wear to edges; verso with pencil inscriptions and some moisture damage.
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