[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer. Platinum photograph of
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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer. Platinum photograph of Abraham Lincoln. George B. Ayers, printer, 1881.
7 x 8 3/4 in. platinum photograph mounted to board (toning, staining to verso). Housed in 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. frame (some surface scratching, light edge/corner wear). Blindstamped at lower right and left, "G. B. Ayres, Copyright 1881" (stamping partially cut off). Signed on verso, "Copyright Geo. B. Ayres Phila."
The image was taken on 3 June 1860 in Springfield shortly after Lincoln's nomination. Hesler had traveled from Chicago to capture portraits of the candidate during the campaign and Ayers purchased the negatives in 1867, saving them from the Great Fire of 1871. Ayers issued 8 x 10 in. platinum prints and "Plain ('old-fashioned') photographs" advertised in an undated pamphlet published in the 1870s.
7 x 8 3/4 in. platinum photograph mounted to board (toning, staining to verso). Housed in 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. frame (some surface scratching, light edge/corner wear). Blindstamped at lower right and left, "G. B. Ayres, Copyright 1881" (stamping partially cut off). Signed on verso, "Copyright Geo. B. Ayres Phila."
The image was taken on 3 June 1860 in Springfield shortly after Lincoln's nomination. Hesler had traveled from Chicago to capture portraits of the candidate during the campaign and Ayers purchased the negatives in 1867, saving them from the Great Fire of 1871. Ayers issued 8 x 10 in. platinum prints and "Plain ('old-fashioned') photographs" advertised in an undated pamphlet published in the 1870s.
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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer. Platinum photograph of
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