Lot 130
Very Rare Lincoln Original Stereo View Photo. Original albumen stereograph (stereo view) card, 4 x 7", Taylor & Huntington imprint on verso with gallery's statement on the series: "This series of pictures are Original Photographs taken during the war of the Rebellion." Titular information on mount recto "1861 The War For the Union - Abraham Lincoln, President. Photograph taken in 1864." Stereoviews all have a double portrait to create a 3D effect, Lincoln is very rare in stereoviews. This stereoview has a double portrait of a standing Lincoln in formal attire with left arm behind his back, a bit of fading on the left to the image on the right, else in very good condition. This is a very rare stereograph of a Matthew Brady portrait taken on January 8, 1864. Cataloged as O-86A&B in Ostendorf's "Lincoln's Photographs", This stereoview provenance is from Ostendorf's own collection.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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