Beschreibung:

Lot of 5 Lincoln-related prints from Harper's Weekly. Hand-colored engraving, 21 x 15 in. (sight), framed to 27.5 x 22 in., portraits of presidential hopefuls for the Republican presidential nominations including a large portrait of Seward alongside Lincoln, Fremont, and others all after photographs by Mathew Brady, titled at bottom, "Prominent Candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination at Chicago." Center pages pulled from Harper's Weekly, May 12, 1860 Hand-colored engraving, 11 x 14.5 in (sight), framed to 19.5 x 23.5 in., portrait of Lincoln after photograph by Brady, titled at bottom, "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809." Frontpage of Harper's Weekly Vol. IV. No. 202, Saturday, November 10, 1860. Engraving, 10 x 15 in. (sight), framed to 19.5 x 25.5 in., of Lincoln speaking from a balcony, titled at bottom, "Abraham Lincoln, The President Elect, Addressing the People from the Astor House Balcony, February 10, 1861." Frontpage of Harper's Weekly Vol. V. No. 218, Saturday, March 2, 1861. Hand-colored engraving, 21 x 14.75 in. (sight), framed to 30.5 x 24 in., of various vignettes illustrating the Chicago Democratic Platform with a central illustrated portrait of George B. McClellan, titled at top, "The Chicago Platform." Captions throughout. From Harper's Weekly, October 15, 1864. Engraving, 15.5 x 17 in. (sight), framed to 23.5 x 27.5 in., of a seated bespectacled Lincoln reading to his son Tad Lincoln, titled at bottom, "President Lincoln at Home." Engraved by F.W. Sumner, published by Haskins & Co., ca 1865. Provenance:The Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Smith Collection of Lincolniana