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147. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Chicago photographer Alexander Hesler photograph of Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. Hesler took four photographs of Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln on 30 June, 1860. This ¾-profile pose being one of them, known as O-26 in the definitive Lincoln photograph reference book Lincoln in Photographs by Lloyd Ostendorf. After the Civil War George B. Ayres purchased Hesler’s negatives, and in 1881 printed Platinum Print Photographs of Lincoln from those negatives, this being one of those images.
1881 Abraham Lincoln photograph from Alexander Hesler’s original negative dated and signed by the photographer.
In 1933 the original glass plate negatives were broken while being shipped to Washington, D.C., and they now reside in the Smithsonian Institution. This current Superb Platinum Photograph has Ayres blind stamp credit at the lower right corner, “G.B. Ayres 1881”. The image measures 6.25 x 8.75 in. (158 x 222 mm.) visible through (13.5 x 16 in.; 342 x 406 mm.) mat, in what looks to be the original 19th Century frame. In addition Ayres has also signed his name on the back of the mount in ink (visible via an opening on the back of the frame) “Copyright Geo. B. Ayres Philadelphia”. The detail, contrast and tone of the image are superb. $3,000 - $5,000
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