New 5×7 Picture: Mary Todd’s Favourite of Abraham Lincoln

Value: $2.99
(as of Jun 08,2022 08:09:28 UTC – Particulars)

New borderless print measures 5″ x 7″ (approximate). Our prints are customized made-to-order utilizing a gloss end on heavy-weight photographic paper. Print can also be coated for water-resistance and acid free to forestall yellowing. **A Word on Picture High quality: The standard of historic photos are topic to the sporting of time, the capabilities of the unique photographer, and limitations of interval expertise. Historical past affords us no re-takes; we should content material ourselves with what has been left to us. Please notice that we don’t try to repair, improve or disturb the unique picture in any approach, as we really feel these eccentricities add to its historic attraction. Thanks for taking this into consideration earlier than making your buy.
Title – Mary Todd’s Favourite of Abraham Lincoln
Description – Abraham Lincoln: “Lincoln posed for this portrait on the gallery of Cooke and Fassett in Chicago, and Cooke, who had requested for the sitting, wrote on April 25, 1865, to his companion: ‘Mrs. Lincoln pronounced [it] the very best likeness she had ever seen of her husband.” The damaging of this uncommon {photograph} was destroyed within the Chicago hearth.” (Supply: Ostendorf, p. 30)
Description Supply – Library of Congress
Yr – October 4, 1859
SKU – LIN-0073