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JG Autographs | | Abraham Lincoln Your Passion Is Our Promise… Authentic Autographs, Fine Art & Antiquities Abraham Lincoln Vintage Photograph
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About this Item:
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16thpresident of the United Statesfrom March 1861 untilhis assassinationin April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through theAmerican Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved theUnion,abolished slavery, strengthened thefederal government, and modernizedthe U.S. economy.
Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962), New York textile executive and book lover is considered America's first great photograph collector and a premier authority on Linconiania. Today the collection that Meserve started five generations ago constitutes one of the nation's greatest archives of Civil War era and Abraham Lincoln photographs.
Silver gelatin photograph; printed byMeserve (circa 1916). 2.25 x 3.25 inches. Verso features original Merserve ink stamping credit.
Housed in a paper matte (finished size: 3 x 4.5 inches); may be removed easily, if desired. Face features original notations in graphite written in Meserve's hand: "Washington, 1864."
Also includes a facsimile copy of an original hand-written note (ANS) by Merseve to a young collector, April 25, 1916.
In fine condition.
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