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Abraham Lincoln Signed Document and Portrait

$18,500List Price

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This is an original document signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, dated April 20, 1861. The document is a partly-printed official document appointing Cornelius A. Walborn as Deputy Postmaster in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The appointment is countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State. The document reads: "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, To All Who Shall See These Presents, Greeting: Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in your Integrity, Ability, and Punctuality of Cornelius A. Walborn, I Do Appoint Him Deputy Postmaster at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that Office according to Law; And To Have And To Hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, unto him, the said Cornelius A. Walborn, during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being, and until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States, and no longer. In testimony whereof, I have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seat of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the Twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-one, and in the Independence of the United States of America, the Eighty-fifth. By The President: Abraham Lincoln. William H. Seward, Secretary of State." Framed above the Justice of the Peace appointment is an original pencil-signed Jacques Reich etching portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Reich completed the portrait in the early 20th century. Reich was Hungarian-born portrait etcher, active mainly in the United States. After studying at the National Academy of Design in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Reich established a studio in New York City in 1885. Working on private commissions and portrait designs for Appelton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography and Scribner’s Cylodaedia of Painters and Paintings, Reich honed his portraiture technique and skill. In the early 1890s, Reich began working on copper plates, etching a series of 14 portraits of American and English artists, writers and poets. Reich completed a series of etched portraits titled “Famous Americans”, which number 25 subjects, and include Hamilton, Franklin, Carnegie, Curtis, Roosevelt, Washington, Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, as displayed here. The Lincoln portrait is a beautifully executed etching, printed in 1905. It is a strong impression on creamy paper, with plate mark visible. Reich based his portrait off the famous Matthew Brady photograph of Lincoln. The photograph was taken in 1864, as the nation was in the final throes of the Civil War. Lincoln is depicted from the shoulders up, in partial profile, and wears a black topcoat, white shirt, and black bowtie. His brow is slightly furrowed and his expression collected. The overall result is a stoic, insightful and skillful rendering of our 16th President. The bottom paper margin includes a pencil signature of Jacques Reich. The print is inscribed “Third Proving, 3 copies” in light pencil. Condition: Document is in good condition, with tack holes to corners, short tears along edges, a few old bits of tape, and light irregular toning; Lincoln's signature nonetheless remains a bold example.

Dimensions:
Height: 43.5 in (110.49 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Period:
1860-1869
Date of Manufacture:
1861
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Document and etching are artfully presented together in a custom-built black beaded frame.
Seller Location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Reference Number:
Seller: AS631stDibs: LU90978878353

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