Lot 418
Lincoln, Abraham. Original carte-de-visite photograph signed as President, 3½ x 2½ in. Back stamp of Alexander Gardner: "Gardner / Corner 7th & D Sts / Washington / D.C." The photograph was taken in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, 9 August 1863. Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, wrote in his diary on this day: "I went down with the President to have his picture taken at Gardner's. He was in very good spirits."
President Lincoln is pictured seated, legs crossed, his long coat draped to the floor; he is leaning on a book, holding his glasses in his right hand and a newspaper in the other. Fine; corners are trimmed, deeper toning to image and signature, and a few, tiny, scattered blemishes.
This is a virtually unobtainable form of Lincoln's Presidential autograph. The image is pictured in both Hamilton-Ostendorf and Mellon.
Estimated Value $70,000 - 80,000.
Charles Hamilton, Paul Richards, Bruce Gimelson, Private Collection, Bruce Gimelson, Dr. Robert Small, Bruce Gimelson.
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