[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. 6 CDVs of Seth Kinman and his famous Elk Horn Chair.

2 seated portraits of "California Hunter and Trapper" Seth Kinman, dressed in fringed hide and holding his long gun in his lap (one with soiling and abrasions to print, rounded corners to mat). Washington, DC: Brady and Gardner, 1864. Captions and Gradner copyright on mount recto, studio imprints on verso. -- Full standing portrait of Kinman resting against and holding the barrel of his gun upward (toning, rounded edges, ink spotting to corner). Washington, DC: Brady, 1865. Caption and copyright on mount recto, Brady's imprint on verso. -- 3 images of the "Elk Horn Chair, Presented to Pres't Lincoln by Seth Kinman, California Hunter" (one with few abrasions to print; entire card clipped into a crude circle). Washington, DC: Brady and Gardner, 1864. Captions and copyrights on mount recto, studio imprints on verso. -- Together, 6 CDVs.

Seth Kinman (1815-1888) presented the elk horn chair to President Lincoln on Nov. 26, 1864.

Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey

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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. 6 CDVs of Seth Kinman and his famous Elk Horn Chair.

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