LOT 318 Abraham Lincoln, Trio of Early Prints
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Lot of 3 early prints of Abraham Lincoln. Beardless in all three, the portraits likely coincide with the 1860 presidential election. All handsomely framed. Lincoln. [Leiden?]: Steendr v. P.W.M. Trap, ca 1860. 7 x 8.5 in. (sight), 17 x 19 in. (frame). A remarkably scarce lithograph of a beardless Lincoln. The imprint indicates the image was made by Dutch lithographer Pieter Willem Marinus Trap (1821-1905) who worked in Leiden, an active publishing city. The image has some similarities with the spring/summer 1860 photograph by William Shaw, however, the artist here has taken liberties with the image, smoothing LincolnÂs hair, filling out his face, burnishing his characteristic wrinkles and overall creating a more conventionally refined character. The beardless image was possibly made for the European market.President Lincoln. [London]: Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph, after Mathew Brady, ca late 1860-1861. 5.75 x 8 in. (sight), 14 x 16 in. (frame). After BradyÂs first photograph of Lincoln taken on the day of the Cooper Union speech (February 27, 1860), and considered by historians to be one of his most important. Lincoln himself recognized the power of the image stating after his nomination, ÂBrady and the Cooper Institute made me President. Produced by British engraver Daniel John Pound (active, 1842-1877), this was also likely made for the British or European market. [Beardless Lincoln], after Samuel M. Fassett photograph, ca 1860. 6 x 8 in. (sight, oval), 12.25 x 14.25 in. (frame, oval). An engraving, also of the beardless Lincoln, after the 1859 photograph taken by Fassett (1824-1920). FassettÂs business partner Cook wrote in 1865, ÂMrs. Lincoln pronounced [it] the best likeness she had ever seen of her husband. The image was popular in the 1860 election, used on campaign ribbons and more. With Lincoln's facsimile signature ÂYours truly, A.Lincoln.Â
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