Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
CDV, a vignetted waist-up view of Abraham Lincol with identification on the front mount, “PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photographed on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865 by H.F.Warren, Waltham, Mass.” It also has the Warren backmark with revenue stamp. The final Lincoln photographs were taken during his inauguration in early March 1865. In addition to a number of photographs of candid crowd scenes containing the president taken on March 4th, there were three notable photographs taken by Henry F. Warren on March 6th on the balcony of the White House. President Lincoln granted Mr. Warren’s request for a brief impromptu photo session on the White House balcony. Lincoln carried a chair out himself. Perhaps Lincoln believed that some photographic record of his inaugural was in order and Mr. Warren was at the right place at the right time. Much of his visible exhaustion was surely due to the hectic activities surrounding his inaugural. However his more advanced weight loss and deteriorating physical condition is evident. The war was still not over and the final details must have weighed heavily on Lincoln.
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