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

67 c   (PHOTOGRAPHY.) Spooner, J.C.; artist and photographer. Large early pho- tograph of a Lincoln painting. Albumen photograph,16 1 / 2 x 11 3 / 4 inches,signed by the artist in the negative, with Lincoln’s facsimile signature below; corners cropped, moderate soiling and foxing, minor dampstaining, ink and wash portrait of unidentified woman laid down over the entirety of verso. Massachusetts, 1865 [400/600] Spooner apparently based his painting on Chris- topher German’s January 1861 photograph of Lincoln (Ostendorf O-41), thickening Lincoln’s beard a bit and softening his features. He marketed photographs of his work in various sizes including cartes-de-visite. 68 c   (PHOTOGRAPHY.) [Gardner,Alex- ander; photographer.] President Lincoln and his Son Thaddeus, the Last Photo- graph the President Sat For. Albumen photograph, 8 1 / 4 x 6 1 / 4 inches, on original mount with printed caption; minor foxing. Boston: G.F. Bouve, circa 1865 [300/400] Depicts Lincoln with his son Thomas “Tad” Lin- coln (1853-1871), here incorrectly named. 67 68