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

WITH ITS SCARCE ADVERTISING CIRCULAR 127 c   (PRINTS—SECOND TERM.) Sartain, John, artist; after E.D. Marchant. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, from the Original Portrait . . . Painted in the White House in 1863. Mezzotint, 21 x 18 inches to sight, framed. Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., 1864 [500/750] An important campaign print, done after an 1863 painting from life which subtly celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation. It is probably the only image of Lincoln in a white tie. Lincoln Image, page 108. Offered with the 2-page circular by Bradley & Co.,“A Portrait for AllTime: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln,” 11 x 8 1 / 2 inches; folds, foxing. None found in OCLC or at auction; the final acquisition for the Holzer collection. 126 c   (PRINTS—SECOND TERM.) Buttre after Brady andMomberger. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. Engraving, 15 1 / 4 x 11 1 / 4 inches; some toning, dampstaining and edge wear, laid down on board. New York, 1864 [200/300] with —3 pieces of 1864 campaign ephemera: Blank volume titled “Register of Electors, 1864” * Circular letter issued by the New York State Union Executive Committee, signed by treasurer Leonard W. Jerome (grandfather of Winston Churchill), acknowledging payment. New York, 15 October 1864 *Application for absentee ballot printed on an envelope and completed by Peter Haines of the 6th NY Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 October 1864. 126 127