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

ENGRAVING PLATE,WITH A PERIOD PRINT FROM IT 104 c   (PRINTS—PRESIDENTIAL.) Perine,George E.;engraver. Original engraving plate for “Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.” Engraved copper plate, 9 3 / 4 x 6 1 / 2 inches to sight, minimal wear; framed without glass. New York, circa 1864 [500/750] George Edward Perine (1837-1885) apparently used the 8 November 1863 photograph by Alexander Gardner as his model (Ostendorf O-79). Provenance: Swann’s Lincoln sale, 23 May 1985, lot 427. with —a period print from this plate, 9 1 / 4 x 7 1 / 2 inches to sight; not examined out of frame. 105 c   (PRINTS—PRESIDENTIAL.) Group of 6 large prints of Lincoln as president. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1860-65 [600/900] L. Rosenthal. “Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.” Lithograph, 12 1 / 2 x 9 1 / 2 inches. Philadelphia, undated * Holcomb & Davis. “Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States” (sans beard). Woodcut engraving, cropped to 20 x 11 3 / 4 inches. Np, circa 1861 * Currier & Ives. “Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States.” 17 1 / 2 x 13 1 / 2 to sight, later restrike; earlier campaign print with heavy beard added. New York, ©1860 * Prang. “Abraham Lincoln, Copied by Permission from the Original Picture by Matthew Wilson.” Lithograph, 21 1 / 2 x 17 1 / 2 inches. Boston, 1865 * An early uncredited ink and wash copy of the preceding Prang print, 21 x 16 1 / 4 inches * [Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.] “A. Lincoln, President of the U.S.” [Cincinnati, OH], undated. 106 c   (PRINTS—PRESIDENTIAL.) Group of 23 prints of Lincoln published in Europe. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1861-65 and undated [500/750] Lincoln was a figure of fascination abroad. Some of these prints are discussed in Boritt,Neely & Holzer’s “The European Image of Abraham Lincoln” inWinterthur 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. 104