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Lot 100
Sale 6560 - The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale
Mar 26, 2026
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. WARREN, Henry F., photographer. CDV of the last known photograph of Lincoln, ca 6 March 1865.
CDV on cardstock mount. Lacking a studio imprint but known to have been taken by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, MA, on 6 March 1865.
The last known photograph of Lincoln, taken two days after his second inaugural speech. According to Hamilton and Ostendorf's Lincoln in Photographs, Warren used Lincoln's son, Tad, to coax the President out of the White House just two days after his second inauguration, on 6 March 1865. 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 (pp. 214-215).
[With:] CDV, standing portrait of a gentleman identified in pencil on verso as "Will Jones." Waltham, MA: Henry F. Warren, ca 1865. Verso with Warren's imprint and 2-cent stamp initialed by the photographer, Henry F. Warren ("H.F.W.").
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
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