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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$300 – $500
Pen and ink wash drawing, 8.75 x 11.75 in. (sight), framed to 13 x 17 in. Signed lower right, n.d. An intimate depiction of President Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln seated together.
Lloyd Ostendorf (American, 1921-2000), noted Lincoln historian and commercial artist of Dayton, Ohio, published five important books on Lincoln including Lincoln in Photographs (1963), a compilation of every known image of the sixteenth president. His obituary in the Chicago Tribune described him as "the definitive cataloger of Lincoln."
Not examined outside frame. Appears to be in excellent condition.
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