[LINCOLNIANA]. Sixth plate ambrotype of subject identified as Lizzie Gilmer, the daughter of Daniel H. Gilmer, who purportedly demanded a toll from Lincoln.
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots 1-294
Jun 15, 2023
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Lots 295-567
Jun 16, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$250 -
$350
Item was unsold
Lot Description
[LINCOLNIANA]. Sixth plate ambrotype of subject identified as Lizzie Gilmer, the daughter of Daniel H. Gilmer, who purportedly demanded a toll from Lincoln.
Sixth plate relievo ambrotype featuring a young girl wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and holding a bouquet of flowers in her lap. (Plate fully separated along diagonal crack, scratching and spotting to image surface, with some areas of loss to emulsion; unsealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, surface wear throughout). Provenance: Herbert Wells Fay, Lincoln Tomb curator and collector; Norm Boas, Seaport Autographs; Dr. John K. Lattimer, thence by descent; purchased by consignor.
The young girl in the image is identified by pencil inscription on paper behind image as "Lizzie Gilmer / Daughter / Col D.H. Gilmer / who entertained / Lincoln / Oct 1858 / See Sandburg / Lincon [sic] Pace[?]"
A friend of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel H. Gilmer was an attorney and Whig supporter who operated out of his home in Pittsfield, Illinois. Upon one of Lincoln's visits to the home in October 1858, it is reported that Gilmer's daughter, Lizzie, exacted a toll from the future president before allowing him to pass through the front gate. She was purportedly scolded by her father for the ploy.
Today, the site of the Daniel H. Gilmer Home and Law Office is identified with a historical marker describing the charming encounter between Lizzie and Lincoln.
The young girl in the image is identified by pencil inscription on paper behind image as "Lizzie Gilmer / Daughter / Col D.H. Gilmer / who entertained / Lincoln / Oct 1858 / See Sandburg / Lincon [sic] Pace[?]"
A friend of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel H. Gilmer was an attorney and Whig supporter who operated out of his home in Pittsfield, Illinois. Upon one of Lincoln's visits to the home in October 1858, it is reported that Gilmer's daughter, Lizzie, exacted a toll from the future president before allowing him to pass through the front gate. She was purportedly scolded by her father for the ploy.
Today, the site of the Daniel H. Gilmer Home and Law Office is identified with a historical marker describing the charming encounter between Lizzie and Lincoln.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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