2021-05 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/22/2021
Cabinet Card Photograph of a standing, beardless Abraham Lincoln in faux oval, back marked by Stalee National Portrait Studio, Washington DC. The original image was by Matthew Brady made in New York on February 27, 1860, a few hours before Lincoln's famous Cooper Union speech. Stalle's front mount has a pencil overwrite, "Brady". Ever so light, else great image. It was a salted-paper print of Abraham Lincoln, taken on February 27, 1860, the day Lincoln addressed a large Republican audience in the lecture hall at Cooper Union in New York, that may have had a significant impact on American history. While Lincoln was denigrated in his campaign as little more than a bumpkin, Brady's photograph of a beardless Lincoln in a smart suit, his collar showing high so as to hide an unusually long neck, helped give him a sophisticated look that matched his timeless words.
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