Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(PRINTS--PRESIDENTIAL.) Group of 23 prints of Lincoln published in Europe. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1861-65 and undated

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Lincoln was a figure of fascination abroad. Some of these prints are discussed in Boritt, Neely & Holzer's "The European Image of Abraham Lincoln" in Winterthur Portfolio 21:2/3 (Summer 1986). Highlights include D. J. Pound after Brady's Cooper Union photo (O-17), "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States," engraving for Illustrated News of the World, London, circa 1861 S. Chèvre. "A. Lincoln, President." Embroidered silk, 9 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Basel, 1861 Hagelberg. "Abraham Lincoln." Chromolithograph, 24 1/2 x 18 1/2, "printed in oil colors." Berlin, undated Lassalle. Untitled lithograph, 23 1/2 x 19 inches. Paris: Tantet, undated Rocca after Brady. "Abraham Lincoln, president of U.S.A." Tinted lithograph, 17 1/2 x 15 inches. Berlin, undated and numerous memorial prints.