Sale 2486, Part I - The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana, September 27, 2018

58 c   (PHOTOGRAPHY.) Cased tintype of a scarce 1860 campaign image. Tintype, 2 x 1 1 / 2 inches to sight, minor wear; in period gutta-percha case. Np, circa 1860 [400/600] A reverse image of a photograph taken by William Marsh in Spring field, IL on 20 May 1860 (Ostendorf O-21), just two days after Lincoln was nominated at the Republican Party convention. 58 59 59 c   (PHOTOGRAPHY.) Cabinet pho- tograph of the important Grozeli- er-Hicks-Hesler campaign lithograph. Albumen photograph, 5 1 / 2 x 3 3 / 4 inches, on original plain mount; mount remnants and pencil notations on verso, minor wear to mount. Np, circa 1860 [600/900] A photograph of an important campaign litho- graph (see lot 86 below).The artist Thomas Hicks (1823-1890) was one of the first to come west to paint the new Republican candidate in June 1860. Hicks also used a photograph by Alexander Hesler as a source for his portrait. The completed work was then brought to NewYork for lithography, and was widely acclaimed by Lincoln’s supporters for presenting the candidate in a flattering light. In the present example, we can see the two tacks used to hold the original lithograph to the wall for photog- raphy. Lincoln Image, pages 43-50.