Dec 11, 2012 - Sale 2298

Sale 2298 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HESLER, ALEXANDER (1829-1895)/AYRES, GEORGE
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Albumen print, 7 1/2x6 inches (19.1x15.2 cm.), flush mounted, with Ayres's signature, in ink, on mount verso. 1860; printed circa 1881
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One of the three photographs taken by Hesler while Lincoln was campaigning for the presidency. Of the three studies, Lincoln said, "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen; if it pleases the people, I am satisfied."

with--Lincoln, General McClelland and Allen Pinkerton at Antietam (cropped) by Alexander Gardner. Sepia-toned silver print, 13x10 1/2 inches (33x26.7 cm.), flush mounted, with the subjects's names written, in ink, on recto. 1862; printed circa 1900.