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Lot 272
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$1,890
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Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. WARREN, Henry F., photographer. The Latest Photograph of President Lincoln, Taken on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865. Waltham, MA, 1865.
6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 10 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. mount (toning, occasional spotting to print and mount, light edge wear to mount). Title and Henry F. Warren's Waltham, MA, imprint in lower margin. Warren made three negatives on 6 March 1865, one of which was lost, and they are believed to be the only photographs of Lincoln taken between his second inaugural and death. This pose is cataloged by Ostendorf as O-112.
Provenance: The Lloyd Ostendorf Collection of Lincolniana; Bonhams & Butterfields (consignor notes).