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

129 c   (PRINTS—ASSASSINATION.) Gardner, Alexander, photographer; after Miller. The Last Moments of Lincoln, 15th April, 1865. Albumen photograph, 12 3 / 4 x 18 1 / 2 inches, on original printed mount with gilt border, 17 3 / 4 x 21 3 / 4 inches; dampstaining and toning, numerous scratches in image, two repaired closed tears to mount. Washington, DC: Philip & Solomons, 1866 [400/600] A photograph of an original painting by E.H. Miller, depicting Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by 20 visitors, each named in the caption. It was copyrighted by the photographer Alexander Gardner, and was presumably commissioned by him for this purpose. One distinctive feature of this composition was the presence of the Rev. Phineas Gurley standing at center to offer his final prayers while Mary and Robert Lincoln are apparently bent over in tears. This copy was inscribed in December 1866 by Charles Augustus Parke (1845-1900) to his first cousin Charles Henry Leonard (1841-1902), both of Indiana. Holzer & Williams, Lincoln’s Deathbed in Art and Memory, pages 23-24. We trace one example in OCLC, and no other copies at auction since 1912. 130 c   (PRINTS—ASSASSINATION.) Group of 3 framed prints of the Lincoln assassination. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1865-66 [400/600] Currier & Ives.“The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’sTheatre,Washington, D.C.”Hand-colored lithograph, 9 1 / 2 x 13 1 / 4 inches to sight in period frame. New York, 1865 * Currier & Ives. “Death of President Lincoln at Washington.” Hand-colored lithograph, 11 1 / 2 x 15 1 / 2 inches to sight. New York, 1865 * Goldin after Littlefield. “Death-Bed of Lincoln.” Albumen photograph, 11 1 / 2 x 17 inches to sight, on original printed mount. Washington, 1866. 131 c   (PRINTS—ASSASSINATION.) Group of 9 unframed prints of Lincoln’s assassination, deathbed, and funeral. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1865 and undated [400/600] “The Martyr of Liberty.” Lithograph, 15 x 10 1 / 2 inches, uncredited, with a quote from Macbeth serving as a subtitle. Np, undated (see Lincoln Image, pages 152-3) * Upham. “The Nation is Weeping.” Engraved songsheet, 8 x 5 inches, showing a New York mourning scene. New York: Magnus, circa 1865 * Berghaus. “The Death-Bed of President Abraham Lincoln.” Wood engraving, 7 1 / 2 ” x 11 inches, apparently from a book * Kellogg. “Death of Abraham Lincoln.” Lithograph, 10 x 14 inches. Hartford, undated * Thayer & Russell. “We Cherish His Memory: A Neatly Printed Mourning Envelope.” Illustrated advertisement for mourning envelopes. Boston, [1865] * Currier & Ives. The Death-Bed of the Martyr President.” Lithograph, 12 x 16 inches. New York, 1865 * Uncredited. “Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre.” Lithograph, 13 x 17 3 / 4 inches. Np, undated * Bufford. “Last Moments of President Lincoln.” Boston, 1865 * Uncredited. “Attempted Assassination of Secretary Seward.” Hand-colored lithograph, 13 x 17 3 / 4 . Np, undated. with —a copy of “Lincoln’s Deathbed in Art and Memory” by Holzer & Williams. 129