[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. [HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer]. Platinum photograph of Abraham Lincoln. George B. Ayers, printer, 1881.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $2,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. [HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer]. Platinum photograph of Abraham Lincoln. George B. Ayers, printer, 1881.
12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (visible) platinum print laid to ragboard, housed in frame, 16 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (rich tonality, unexamined outside frame, accompanied by conservation report). Catalogued by Lincoln collector Lloyd Ostendorf as sitting O-26.
This is one of four known portraits of Lincoln taken by Hesler on 3 June 1860 at the old Capitol Building in Springfield, IL, two weeks after Lincoln's nomination for President by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The original plates were retained by Ayres when he bought and sold Hesler's gallery immediately after the Civil War. In 1881, Ayres produced prints from the plates and also created a duplicate set of glass negatives [Ostendorf, 49].
Provenance: Erle H. Reid, Attorney and Chairman of the Wyoming State Republican Party (photocopied documentation).
Property from the Estate of Joanne Wojtusiak, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut
Condition Report
Framed: 19 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches.
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