LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President (1809-1865). Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("A. Lincoln"), [by ALEXANDER GARDNER for] MATTHEW BRADY, published by E. Anthony, New York (imprint on mount verso), n.d. [circa late February, 1861]. 94 x 62 mm. (3 13/16 x 2 7/16 in.) including mount, some very minor scattered foxmarks on mount, otherwise in very good condition. A well-known portrait by Alexander Gardner from the first sitting in Washington, showing the President-elect full-length and seated facing to the left, with his arm resting on a table, signed by Lincoln on mount. With authentication inscription on verso by Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, which reads: "I certify that the President's signature is genuine, John Hay." Dated in pencil on verso in an unknown hand "Decr. 1861." See Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, Dayton, 1985, no. O-49. "Exhausted by a train journey during which he had travelled nearly two thousand miles and visited seven states, Lincoln went to Brady's Washington studio, probably on Sunday, February 24, 1861, and sat, absorbed in problems, while Alexander Gardner took five poses... Apparently concerned about the time the photographer was taking to prepare the lighting and plates, the harried President-elect has just looked at the watch which he holds, case still open, in his right hand"--Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf, pp. 77-79.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President (1809-1865). Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("A. Lincoln"), [by ALEXANDER GARDNER for] MATTHEW BRADY, published by E. Anthony, New York (imprint on mount verso), n.d. [circa late February, 1861]. 94 x 62 mm. (3 13/16 x 2 7/16 in.) including mount, some very minor scattered foxmarks on mount, otherwise in very good condition. A well-known portrait by Alexander Gardner from the first sitting in Washington, showing the President-elect full-length and seated facing to the left, with his arm resting on a table, signed by Lincoln on mount. With authentication inscription on verso by Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, which reads: "I certify that the President's signature is genuine, John Hay." Dated in pencil on verso in an unknown hand "Decr. 1861." See Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, Dayton, 1985, no. O-49. "Exhausted by a train journey during which he had travelled nearly two thousand miles and visited seven states, Lincoln went to Brady's Washington studio, probably on Sunday, February 24, 1861, and sat, absorbed in problems, while Alexander Gardner took five poses... Apparently concerned about the time the photographer was taking to prepare the lighting and plates, the harried President-elect has just looked at the watch which he holds, case still open, in his right hand"--Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf, pp. 77-79.
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