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

135 c   (PRINTS—MEMORIAL.) Hartwich, F., lithographer; after G. Bartsch. Lincoln in City Point. Tinted lithograph, 20 1 / 2 x 26 3 / 4 inches; light folds, moderate foxing. Berlin: Oswald Seehagen, circa 1865-70 (printed by J. Hesse) [1,200/1,800] A German imagining of Lincoln’s visit to the Union troops shortly before Lee’s surrender, depicting Lincoln alongside General Grant and Secretary of War Stanton on horseback. They are shown at Union headquarters in City Point, VA, where none of the destruction visible here actually took place. “Easily the most heroic of the German-made Lincoln prints”—Boritt, Neely & Holzer, “The European Image of Abraham Lincoln,” in Winterthur Portfolio 21:2/3 (Summer 1986), page 173-4, 178. None in OCLC (though Library of Congress holds a copy), and none traced at auction since 1925. 136 c   (PRINTS—MEMORIAL.) Kimmel & Forster; lithographers. Columbia’s Noblest Sons. Tinted lithograph, 19 x 24 inches; minor foxing, edges slightly browned. NewYork: Henry &WilliamVoight, 1865 [500/750] Twin portraits of Washington and Lincoln, surrounded by three vignettes from each of their careers. Liberty stands between them, placing a wreath on each of their heads. In the foreground are a pair of broken shackles and the Emancipation Proclamation. Printed by Manson Lang. Provenance: Swann’s Lincoln sale, 23 May 1985, lot 166, to the consignor. 137 c   (PRINTS—MEMORIAL.) Kimmel & Forster; lithographers. The Preservers of our Union. Tinted lithograph, 19 x 24 inches; minor foxing, edges slightly browned. NewYork, 1865 [400/600] Similar to the “Columbia’s Noblest Sons” print above, but with Grant inWashington’s place and different vignettes. Liberty is here seen not fully clothed.The lithographers Kimmel & Forster held the copyright on this one.We trace no others at auction since 1913. 135