Raynor HCA 2013-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/10/2013
Chicago photographer Alexander Hesler took four photographs of Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln on June 30, 1860. This 3/4 profile pose being one of them, known as O-26 in the definitive Lincoln photograph reference book "Lincoln in Photographs" by Lloyd Ostendorf. After the Civil War George B. Ayres purchased Hesler's negatives, and in 1881 printed Platinum print photographs of Lincoln from those negatives, this being one of those images. In 1933 the glass plate negatives were broken while being shipped to Washington, D.C., and now reside in the Smithsonian Institution. This superb Platinum photograph has Ayres blind stamp credit at the lower right corner "G.B. Ayres 1881". The image measures 6 3/8" x 8 3/4" (sight) and 13 1/2" x 16" overall in what looks to be the original 19th Century frame. In addition Ayres has also signed his name on the back of the mount in ink (visible via an opening on the back of the frame) "Copyright Geo. B. Ayres Philadelphia". The detail and tone of the image are superb. This same pose sold in Christies Sale #2395, October 6-7, 2010 photograph auction, lot # 315, realizing $5,625.00. A great opportunity to acquire a true Lincoln rarity.
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